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So lets get straight into it. The cards being shown today are the human starter cards. Each player before beginning play has to choose to play with one of the sets of starter decks. There are 4 different races in the game; Human, Sylax (bio-ships), Ordan (high-tech aliens), Wayfarers (intergalactic junkers). Each starter deck contains 6 fighters, 6 builders and 5 locations (2 planets and 3 asteroid fields).
There are several ways to set up the market for a game. You can play with separate markets for each player that only contain their races ships (beginner). Alternatively you can do a randomised pool from all available ships choosing 4 ships per player which anyone can buy from (intermediate). Or for play groups with multiple sets of the game you can construct a pool of 5 ships that you use as your own personal market (advanced). The reason I mention this here is that although you start with a specific races starter cards you can still buy ships from other races during the game if your market set up allows it.
The first image here is of the constructor ship. Each starter race has a "builder" ship that reduces the cost of other ships of that race being purchased. It can be seen where the cost of the ship normally is on the lower left hand portion of the card there is the word "starter" so the starter deck cards are easy to find. The use of the cog symbol on the card as part of the cost of the constructor ability denotes that another "idle" ship needs to be discarded from play to use this ability, note that using a ship ability does not require spending an action unless otherwise specified on the card. Destroying the constructor effectively removes it from the game, thinning your deck. Each player has their own personal destroyed pile, which is relevant for some cards. The constructor here also has a plus symbol in the top left hand corner, this means it can form a fleet with any other cards with plus symbols including cards from other races such as the previously previewed Sylax Hunter card.
The second image is of the Starfighter. Each race has a different fighter card that comes in their starter deck. This particular card boosts it's own damage output when you have 4 of them stacked on top of each other in a fleet. The triangle symbol is used by all fighter cards and carrier cards in the game so these two types of ships can form fleets together. Humans ships are generally more aggressive in nature as you will see throughout the forthcoming previews.
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The second image is of the Starfighter. Each race has a different fighter card that comes in their starter deck. This particular card boosts it's own damage output when you have 4 of them stacked on top of each other in a fleet. The triangle symbol is used by all fighter cards and carrier cards in the game so these two types of ships can form fleets together. Humans ships are generally more aggressive in nature as you will see throughout the forthcoming previews.
