Pulsar 2849

Line the rolled silver dice in order; the median is the middle die and you place the median marker on it (if more dice sit to one side, move the marker one space toward that side so it sits between spaces). When you take a die you move either your initiative or engineering counter left or right relative to the median marker by the number of die spaces between the marker and the die you took, which affects play order and cube income later (p.7-8).

A flight must use exactly the number of segments equal to the die you pay (possibly modified) and you may not use any flight segment more than once during that single flight; flights of distance zero are not allowed and isolated pulsars with no connecting segments cannot be flown to (p.10).

No — if you only pass through a system you must place your token on a lifeless planet if one is available and you get no exploration bonus; you receive an exploration bonus only when your flight ends at the system and you establish a station on a blue planet (p.11).

You must first claim a pulsar, then take a gyrodyne tile (taking costs: 1 for small, 2 for medium, 4 for large), place it on your claimed pulsar to start construction, and later spend the tile's completion die (3 for small, 5 for medium, 6 for large) to flip it so it is spinning; spinning gyrodynes produce points each Production Phase equal to the gyrodyne's face plus the value of the current technology row (p.12, p.16).

When you take transmitter tiles you decide immediately whether to link them end-to-end into an array (links are permanent) and you must pay each printed die cost to flip a transmitter online (one cost is covered when you take it); if you have two linked transmitters that are flipped online you gain the red bonus die formed by their link, which you may use as your bonus die that turn (p.13, p.15).