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	Effect	Cost	Cooldown
Beam Sweep	Deal 6 Damage Ignite	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	3
Catalyst Pulse	Deal 4 Damage Precision All Pulse cards played this turn deal +1 Damage	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	3
Cutting Beam	Deal 3 Damage each turn Ignite Gain 1 Heat per turn Duration: 3 turns	3 Ordnance 1 Energy	3
Infrared Pulse	Deal 3 Damage Ignite Precision If enemy is overheating deal 6 Damage	3 Ordnance	4
Laser Pulse	Deal 4 Damage Precision	3 Ordnance	3
Quick Pulse	Deal 3 Damage Precision -1 Cooldown on next attack this turn	2 Ordnance	2
Repeater Pulse	Deal 4 Damage Precision Return a Laser card from the Cooldown Pile to hand (cannot return itself)	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	4
Streamline	Each Laser card played this turn reduces the cost of other Laser cards by 1 Ordnance	4 Mass	6
Swift Charge	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)	Deal 4 Damage Precision Next enemy attack does half damage	3 Ordnance 2 Energy	4
Booster Pulse (rare)	Deal 4 Damage Precision Laser cards cost 1 less Ordnance this turn	3 Ordnance 3 Energy	4
Heavy Pulse (rare)	Deal 8 Damage Precision	5 Ordnance 2 Energy	4
Paired Pulse (rare)	Deal 3 Damage twice Precision	4 Ordnance 1 Energy	3
Scrape (rare)	Deal 4 Damage 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	Effect	Cost	Cooldown
Charged Shot	Deal 3-7 Damage Deal 5 Shredding If enemy has shields deal maximum Damage	3 Ordnance 2 Mass	3
Covering Fire	Deal 3-6 Damage 10% chance to discard an enemy attack card per point of Hull Damage dealt	3 Ordnance 2 Mass	3
Light Barrage	Deal 2-5 Damage Deal 5 Shredding	3 Ordnance	2
Spread Shot	Deal 2-5 Damage Destroy the closest enemy missile	3 Ordnance 1 Mass	3

Shield cards

Shield cards can be added to Tactical Hardpoint equipment.

Card	Effect	Cost	Cooldown
Auto-Shield	Gain 4 Shield Points Draw 1 Shield card from the Draw Pile If the draw succeeds gain 2 Shield Points	3 Energy	3
Barrier	Gain 6 Shield Points	3 Energy 1 Mass	3
Bolster	Gain 4 Shield Points Gain 2 Shiel Points per Shield Duration	3 Energy	5
Charged Barrier	Gain 6 Shield Points Gain 1 Shield Duration	3 Energy 2 Mass	4
Rampart	Gain 10 Shield Points Gain 1 Shield Duration	4 Energy 2 Mass	5
Shield Fortifier	Gain 6 Shield Points Gain 1 Shield Point for each Fortify card played (max 12)	4 Energy 1 Mass	4
Shield Stream	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	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