5- and 6-Player Extension - If I have both “Space Jump” cards, may I jump with two ships?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No.
5- and 6-Player Extension - If the “Specific Encounter” friendship card is played, an encounter may be rejected. When can the encounter be rejected?
The Starfarers of CATAN
The player must decide before the card text is read to him. Once the text is read, fate takes its course…
5- and 6-Player Extension - Should the colored number chips of the 5-6 player extension be mixed with the number chips of the base game?
The Starfarers of CATAN
They should be mixed. Since the chips are marked on the front side, you can mix them, distribute them face down, and separate them again after the game is finished. If the cards weren’t supposed to be mixed, different card backs would have been used to distinguish the cards.
5- and 6-Player Extension - Which starship does the Travelers’ “Space Jump” friendship card refer to?
The Starfarers of CATAN
You may jump with any ship of your choice, because it is an ability and not a random event. Also, the text on the card says “with one of your starships” and not “with your first starship.”
Flight Phase - Do bonuses from friendship cards also count for the player who rolls the dice as the pirate?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No.
Flight Phase - During an encounter I received a trade ship, which I then placed during the flight phase. May the ship fly during the flight phase?
The Starfarers of CATAN
Yes.
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. May he use this booster for his 2nd and 3rd ship during the same flight phase?
The Starfarers of CATAN
The booster takes effect immediately. The rule doesn’t say otherwise.
Flight Phase - I built a trading outpost at outpost intersection 1, and I have a freight ring. However, I want to use the “Wear and Tear” encounter card to remove the freight ring – may I do that? If yes, what happens to the trading outpost?
The Starfarers of CATAN
As in all Catan games, you must meet the requirement only when you build. You don’t have to reverse previous building activities if later in the game you no longer have the things needed to meet the requirement.
Flight Phase - If I have starships on the game board but don’t want to fly them, do I still have to roll the mother ship?
The Starfarers of CATAN
Yes.
Flight Phase - If the “Wear and Tear” encounter card is played, are potential friendship cards of the Scientists race counted as expansions of the mother ship?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No.
Flight Phase - In case of a tie, do I defeat a space pirate?
The Starfarers of CATAN
Yes.
Flight Phase - Is it allowed to build in the Catanian colonies at a later moment if there is more than one free colony intersection?
The Starfarers of CATAN
No. No matter how many colony intersections remain free in the Catanian colonies after the starting setup, you are not allowed to found additional colonies in the Catanian colonies afterwards - not even if the requirement that in a 3-player game in each planetary system one colony intersection must remain free were met, and this requirement need not be met during the starting setup.