High Frontier 4 All: Module 3 – Conflict

It can break out when a Factory is built during industrialization and the Exploitation Track adjustment triggers a roll: roll 1d6, add the number of Seniority Disks in the assembly, and War starts if the result is greater than that category’s unmodified stock value. Completing a casus belli Future can also start the first War (p. 12).

Your bloc determines your allies and enemies: Loyalists are allies with Loyalists and enemies with Independents, and vice versa; your Crew is always your ally. Combat is mandatory during War but optional during Anarchy, with exceptions for certain weapons and ranged attacks (pp. 11, 23–24).

Only if you petition the delegate in the Ideology associated with that restriction to evade it; eligible delegates include your own, your extremist, an ally’s with permission, or a corrupt delegate. Starting a research auction is restricted, but participating in one is allowed (pp. 16–17).

No. A bribe is required for a vendetta, such as a sneak attack, sabotage, Human kamikaze, beamed gray goo, or dropstone attack; Felonies are not vendettas and never require a bribe (pp. 14–15).

The attacker fires first if using a raygun, jammers, or sneak attack; otherwise, the defender fires first. In War, players generally must fire all eligible weapons at the chosen defending space, but ranged attacks, kamikazes, and amat bombs are optional; each weapon can fire only once per turn (pp. 24, 27).