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Official rule · Prophecy of Kings · Rule 78.7

Space Combat

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78.7 STEP 5—RETREAT: If a player announced a retreat during number of units it can produce. step 2, and there is still an eligible system for their units to retreat to, they must retreat. 79.2 The primary way in which players acquire space docks is by resolving either the primary or secondary abilities of the a If a player announced a retreat during the “Announce “Construction” strategy card. Retreats” step, but their opponent has no ships remaining in the system, the combat immediately ends and the retreat 79.3 Space docks are placed on planets. Each planet can have a does not occur. maximum of one space dock. b To retreat, a player takes all of their ships with a move 79.4 If a player’s space dock is ever on a planet that does not contain value in the combat and moves them to a single system that any of their ground forces and contains a unit that belongs to is adjacent to the active system. That player’s fighters and another player, that space dock is destroyed. ground forces in the space area of the active system that are a The Clan of Saar’s “Floating Factory” faction-specific space unable to move or be transported are removed. dock is destroyed when it is blockaded; that is to say, when c The system that a player’s units retreat to must contain one it is in a system with another player’s ships and none of the or more of that player’s units, a planet they control, or both. Clan of Saar’s ships. Additionally, the system cannot contain ships controlled by RELATED TOPICS: Construction, Producing Units, Structures

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Source: Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition - Living Rules Reference: Prophecy of Kings
Expansion: Prophecy of Kings
Version: 2.0
Reference: Rule 78.7

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