Arcs

Your card’s suit limits which actions you can take, and each action pip lets you take one action; you may leave pips unused. When you don’t have the initiative, Copy and Pivot each allow only one action, while a successful Surpass lets you take actions up to the pips on your card (p. 8, 10).

No. Declaring an ambition covers your card number with the zero marker, but you still get all its action pips. You may declare only before taking actions, and only if you have the initiative (p. 9).

You control a system if you have more fresh ships there than each rival; if there’s a tie, nobody controls it. Damaged ships don’t count as fresh for control (p. 7).

Yes. A move from a Loyal starport can become a Catapult move, letting your ships continue through systems; they must stop when they enter a planet or gate controlled by someone else. Check control before moving into that system (p. 13).

A hit damages a fresh piece; a hit on an already damaged piece destroys it. The attacker takes destroyed defending pieces as trophies, while the defender takes destroyed attacking ships as trophies (p. 14).