FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

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5- and 6-Player Extension - If I have both Spacejump cards, can I jump with two ships?
5- and 6-Player Extension - If the Friendship Card “Specific Encounter” is played, an encounter may be rejected. When can the encounter be rejected?
5- and 6-Player Extension - Should the colored number chips of the 5- and 6-player extension be mixed with the number chips of the Base Game?
5- and 6-Player Extension - Which starship does The Travelers’ Friendship Card “Spacejump” refer to?
Flight Phase - A trade ship was received during an encounter and placed in the flight phase. Is it allowed to fly in the flight phase?
Flight Phase - Can a colony ship that isn’t allowed to fly be converted into a colony?
Flight Phase - Do bonuses from Friendship Cards also count for the player who rolls the dice as the pirate?
Flight Phase - During his flight phase, a player moves a trade ship onto a space adjacent to the Scientists, to found a trading outpost there. He receives a booster. Can he use this booster for his 2nd and 3rd ship during the same flight phase?
Flight Phase - I built a trading outpost at outpost intersection 1and own a freight ring. But I want to use the Encounter Card “Wear and Tear” to remove the freight ring – can I do that? What if something happens to the trading outpost?
Flight Phase - If I own starships in the game area but don’t want to fly them, do I nevertheless have to roll the mother ship?
Flight Phase - If the Encounter Card “Wear and Tear” is played, are potential Friendship Cards of the Scientists race counted as expansions of the mother ship?
Flight Phase - In case of a tie, do I also defeat a pirate?
Flight Phase - Is it possible to melt an ice planet or defeat a pirate lair (and thus receive a victory point) WITHOUT settling on the planet?
Flight Phase - Starships can also be pulled back again during flight. Can I only go straight back to the starting point, or is it also possible to return to any point within its trajectory?
Flight Phase - The almanac states that in a 3-player game, one colony intersection must remain unoccupied in each solar system. According to this, it should also be possible to build in the Catanian colonies at a later moment if more than one colony inter
General - Assuming that I don’t have a colony ship in the game area, and I build one: can I provide the ship with a transporter that carries 3 rings so as to intentionally convert the next ship to be built into “First Starship?”
General - Is it possible to sell already purchased ship expansions back to the bank?
Production Phase - Do the production increase cards also take effect if I draw the corresponding resource from the reserve pile, or if I receive the resource as tribute from a game partner when a “7” is rolled?
Production Phase - Is the reserve pile assembled only once or each time it is depleted?