Cards

Cards represent actions the ship can take each turn. Cards have different, scripted effects and costs during the Prologue.

Attributes

Cards may have the following attributes:

• Deplete: Removed from battle when played.
• Hack: Effect applies if target has 0 Security, otherwise removes 1 Security.
• Ignite: Hull Damage adds Heat to the enemy ship but is reduced equal to Dissipation at the end of the turn.
• Ion Damage: Only deals damage to shields. Hull damage inflicts equal Ionize instead.
• Ionize: On enemy, every 6 Ionize remove 1 pip from a random card. On player, every 6 Ionize reduces Reactor Power by 1 during the battle.
• Missile: The damage is dealt the following turn.
• Ongoing: Persistent Effect removed if equipment is disabled.
• Precision: Able to target enemy equipment.
• Security: Protects against enemy Hack and increases the effects of Hack cards.
• Shredding: Each stack of Shred increases minimum Flak damage by 1. Counts down on turns with no Shredding applied.
• Upkeep: As long the condition is met the card's Persistent Effect will remain active.
• Upgrade: Grants a permanent Persistent Effect to the user and is removed from battle while its Persistent Effect is active.

Laser cards

Laser cards can be added to Weapon Mount equipment.

Card	Damage	Effects	Cost	Cooldown
Beam Sweep	6	Ignite	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	3
Catalyst Pulse	4	Precision All Pulse cards played this turn deal +1 Damage	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	3
Cutting Beam	3	Deal Damage again each turn Ignite Gain 1 Heat per turn Duration: 3 turns	3 Ordnance 1 Energy	3
Infrared Pulse	3	Ignite Precision If enemy is overheating deal 6 Damage	3 Ordnance	4
Laser Pulse	4	Precision	3 Ordnance	3
Quick Pulse	3	Precision -1 Cooldown on next attack this turn	2 Ordnance	2
Repeater Pulse	4	Precision Return a Laser card from the Cooldown Pile to hand (cannot return itself)	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	4
Streamline	0	Each Laser card played this turn reduces the cost of other Laser cards by 1 Ordnance	4 Mass	6
Swift Charge	0	Adds 3 Blink cards to the hand (if hand is full they're added to the Draw Pile instead)	1 Energy 3 Mass	6
Blinding Pulse (rare)	4	Precision Next enemy attack does half damage	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	4
Booster Pulse (rare)	4	Precision Laser cards cost 1 less Ordnance this turn	3 Ordnance 3 Energy	4
Heavy Pulse (rare)	8	Precision	5 Ordnance 2 Energy	4
Paired Pulse (rare)	3	Deal the Damage twice Precision	4 Ordnance 1 Energy	3
Scrape (rare)	4	Ignite Apply -1 Dissipation for each Heat added by the attack	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	3

Flak cards

Flak cards can be added to Weapon Mount equipment.

Card	Damage	Effects	Cost	Cooldown
Charged Shot	3-7	Deal 5 Shredding If enemy has shields deal maximum Damage	3 Ordnance 2 Mass	3
Covering Fire	3-6	10% chance to discard an enemy attack card per point of Hull Damage dealt	3 Ordnance 2 Mass	3
Light Barrage	2-5	Deal 5 Shredding	3 Ordnance	2
Spread Shot	2-5	Destroy the closest enemy missile	3 Ordnance 1 Mass	3
Volatile Barrage	0-8	Deal 5 Shredding	2 Ordnance 2 Mass	4

Shield cards

Shield cards can be added to Tactical Hardpoint equipment.

Card	Shield Points	Effects	Cost	Cooldown
Auto-Shield	4	Draw 1 Shield card from the Draw Pile If the draw succeeds gain 2 Shield Points	3 Energy	3
Barrier	6		3 Energy 1 Mass	3
Bolster	4	Gain 2 Shiel Points per Shield Duration	3 Energy	5
Charged Barrier	6	Gain 1 Shield Duration	3 Energy 2 Mass	4
Rampart	10	Gain 1 Shield Duration	4 Energy 2 Mass	5
Shield Fortifier	6	Gain 1 Shield Point for each Fortify card played (max 12)	4 Energy 1 Mass	4
Shield Stream	4	Gain 4 Shield Points per turn Gain 1 Shield Duration per turn Reduces Energy Generation by 1 Duration: 3 turns	4 Energy 3 Mass	5
Surge	0	If unshielded gain 4 Shield Points If shielded gain 1 Shield Duration	1 Energy	3

Resource Bay cards

Resource Bay cards can be added to Utility Hardpoint equipment.

Card	Effect	Cost	Cooldown
Blueprint	Draw 2 Support cards All Support cards cost 1 Mass less this turn Deplete	2 Energy	5
Conservation	Gain 1 Energy for every 2 Ordnance you spent this turn		4
Equivalence	Gain 1 Mass for every 2 Energy you spent this turn		4
Optimization	Gain 1 Ordnance for every 2 Mass you spent this turn		4
Energy Surge	Gain 4 Energy until the end of the turn Gain 1 Heat		5
Mass Surge	Gain 4 Mass until the end of the turn Gain 1 Heat		5
Ordnance Surge	Gain 4 Ordnance until the end of the turn Gain 1 Heat		5

Other cards

Card	Type	Effect	Cost	Cooldown
Harnessed Strike (rare)	Engineering Bay	Gain 1 Shield Point for every played Laser or Ion card Upgrade	4 Mass	6
Ion Javelin	Ion	If shielded deal 6 Ion Damage If unshielded deal 12 Ion Damage	1 Ordnance 2 Energy	3
Shield Switch	Ion	If unshielded gain 4 Shield Points If shielded deal 4 Ion Damage and +1 for each Shield Point but removes all Shield Points	1 Ordnance 1 Energy	3
PDC Burst	Point Defense	If a missile is incoming it its destroyed If a missile is not incoming it deals 2 Damage Deplete	1 Ordnance 1 Energy	2
Hack Heatsinks	Hack	Next turn enemy loses 2 Dissipation Consumes all Security Hack	2 Energy	3
Thermal Tick	Hack	This turn every card deals deals 1 Ignite If ship has Security it reduced is by 1 and doubles the Ignite effect Hack	2 Energy	3
Target Lock		Deal +1 Damage Upkeep: Play at least one attack card per turn	2 Energy 2 Mass	3