Your turn: tap a system you own → build ships, upgrade the colony, or MOVE / ATTACK an adjacent system. Each ship jumps once per turn. End Turn when done.

Economy: every system pays credits each turn. Mining Rigs raise income, Shipyards unlock Cruisers (lv1) and Dreadnoughts (lv2), Orbital Shields protect the colony.

Ships: Drone = cheap swarm · Frigate = backbone, strong on defense · Cruiser = elite strike craft · Interceptor = shreds dreadnoughts and drones, weak vs shields · Dreadnought = devastating, fragile, punches through shields.

Blockades: attacking a shielded colony offers a choice — Assault now (bring dreadnoughts to break the shields) or Blockade and cut supply lines: the garrison starves every turn and the shields fail once reserves run out. Owners can jump a fleet back to break the blockade.

Win by holding 24 systems or annihilating all six rival empires.