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.
• 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.
• 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

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

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
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
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	Engineering Bay	Gain 1 Shield Point for every played Laser or Ion card Upgrade	4 Mass	6
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