Driving Out Foreign Colonies

If a player draws his or her own color from the destiny deck (or a special card that designates him or her as the defense), the player may try to eliminate a foreign colony in his or her home system. This type of encounter is similar to normal encounters, except the offense points the hyperspace gate at another player’s colony in his or her own planet system.

The offense chooses which player’s colony is the target. That player becomes the defense for that encounter. Remember that all ships of one color on any planet make up only one colony. All other colonies on the planet are bystanders.

Note: If there is a planet in a player’s home system with no ships on it, aiming the hyperspace gate at that planet allows the player to automatically re-establish a colony on that planet with up to four ships from any of his or her colonies. Doing so counts as a win and a successful encounter.