The Mentak Coalition

Starting Information:

Techs: Sarween Tools, Plasma Scoring

Ships: 1 Carrier, 2 Cruisers, 3 Fighters, 4 Infantry, 1 Space Dock, 1 PDS

Planets: Moll Primus (4/1)

Max Commodities: 2

Faction ability

Ambush

At the start of a space combat, you may roll 1 die for each of up to 2 of your cruisers or destroyers in the system. For each result equal to or greater than that ship's combat value, produce 1 hit; your opponent must assign it to 1 of their ships.

Pillage

After 1 of your neighbors gains trade goods or resolves a transaction, if they have 3 or more trade goods, you may take 1 of their trade goods or commodities.

promissory note

Promise of Protection

ACTION: Place this card face up in your play area.

While this card is in your play area, the Mentak player cannot use their Pillage faction ability against you.

If you activate a system that contains 1 or more of the Mentak player's units, return this card to the Mentak player.

unique technology

Salvage Operations (Yellow):

After you win or lose a space combat, gain 1 trade good; if you won the combat, you may also produce 1 ship in that system of any ship type that was destroyed during the combat.

Prerequisites: 2 Yellow Technologies

Mirror Computing (Yellow):

When you spend trade goods, each trade good is worth 2 resources or influence instead of 1.

Prerequisites: 3 Yellow Technologies

unique Units

Flagship: Fourth Moon

Cost: 8

Combat: 7 (x2)

Move: 1

Capacity: 3

Abilities:

Sustain Damage;

Other players' ships in this system cannot use Sustain Damage.

mech: Moll Terminus

Cost: 2

Combat: 6

Abilities:

Other players' ground forces on this planet cannot use SUSTAIN DAMAGE;

Sustain Damage.

leaders

agent: Suffi An

unlock Criteria: Game Start

Ability:

After the PILLAGE faction ability is used against another player:

You may exhaust this card; if you do, you and that player each draw 1 action card.

commander: S'Ula Mentarion

unlock Criteria: Have 4 cruisers on the game board

Ability:

After you win a space combat:

You may force your opponent to give you 1 promissory note from their hand.

hero: Ipswitch, Loose Cannon

unlock Criteria: Have 3 Scored Objectives

Ability:

At the start of space combat that you are participating in:

You may purge this card; if you do, for each other player's ship that is destroyed during this combat, place 1 ship of that type from your reinforcements in the active system.