Analysis of Factions

This page will contain analysis on various elements of Factions.

Faction Elements by Genre[]

Arborec[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Planet Control
Abilities			X
Technology		X	X
Units			X
Breakthrough		X	X
Flagship			X
Mech			X	(Protection)
Agent			X
Commander	X		X
Hero			X

The Barony of Letnev[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Tokens
Abilities	X				X
Technology	X
Units
Breakthrough		X
Flagship	X
Mech				X
Agent	X
Commander			X
Hero	X	X

The Clan of Saar[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Other
Abilities			X		X
Technology		X		X
Units		X		X
Breakthrough	X
Flagship	X
Mech				X
Agent		X
Commander				X
Hero	X

The Embers of Muaat[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Other
Abilities		X	X
Technology	X	X	X
Units	X
Breakthrough				X	*Planet creation
Flagship			X
Mech			X
Agent			X
Commander		X
Hero	X				*Planet destruction

The Emirates of Hacan[]

	Combat	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities		X				X
Technology		X						*Strategy card
Units
Breakthrough					X
Flagship	X
Mech		X		X
Agent		X
Commander							X
Hero		X	X

The Federation of Sol[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tokens
Abilities			X		X
Technology	X	X
Units	X			X
Breakthrough			X
Flagship			X	X
Mech			X
Agent	X
Commander	X
Hero	X				X

The Ghosts of Creuss[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Other
Abilities		X
Technology	X	X
Units
Breakthrough			X
Flagship		X
Mech		X
Agent		X
Commander			X
Hero		X		System swap

The L1Z1X Mindnet[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech
Abilities	X		X
Technology	X	X			X
Units				X
Breakthrough			X
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent			X
Commander	X
Hero		X

The Mentak Coalition[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Action Cards	Other
Abilities	X		X
Technology			X	X
Units
Breakthrough		X
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent					X
Commander						Promissory Notes
Hero	X

The Naalu Collective[]

	Combat	Movement	Tokens	Agendas	Other
Abilities		X			Initiative order
Technology	X		X
Units	X
Breakthrough			X
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent
Commander				X	Promissory Notes
Hero					Promissory Notes

The Nekro Virus[]

	Combat	Monetary	Tech	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities			X		X
Technology						Steal other faction tech
Units
Breakthrough						Steal flagship abilities
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent		x
Commander				X
Hero		X	X

Sardakk N'orr[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens
Abilities	X
Technology	X
Units	X
Breakthrough					X	X
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent			X
Commander		X		X
Hero		X		X

The Universities of Jol-Nar[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Tech
Abilities	X			X
Technology		X	X
Units
Breakthrough				X
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent			X	X
Commander	X
Hero				X

The Winnu[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Other
Abilities				X	X
Technology		X	X
Units
Breakthrough	X	X
Flagship	X
Mech				X
Agent			X
Commander	X
Hero						Strategy card

The Xxcha Kingdom[]

	Combat	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities				X		X
Technology					X		Defense
Units
Breakthrough		X
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent		X
Commander						X
Hero			X	X

The Yin Brotherhood[]

	Combat	Unit Generation	Tech	Other
Abilities	X	X
Technology	X	X
Units
Breakthrough				Promissory notes
Flagship	X
Mech	X
Agent	X
Commander			X
Hero		X

The Yssaril Tribes[]

	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Action Cards	Other
Abilities				X	Stalling
Technology				X
Units
Breakthrough		X			Allowing players to stall
Flagship	X
Mech			X
Agent					Copy another agent
Commander				X
Hero				X

The Argent Flight[]

	Combat	Movement	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tokens
Abilities	X
Technology	X	X	X
Units	X			X
Breakthrough		X			X
Flagship	X
Mech		X
Agent		X
Commander	X
Hero		X

The Empyrean[]

	Combat	Movement	Tokens	Action Cards	Other
Abilities		X			Players move through your ships
Technology		X			Steal Promissory
Units
Breakthrough					Limit movement
Flagship	X
Mech				X
Agent			X
Commander			X
Hero					Exploration

The Mahact Gene-Sorcerers[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Naaz-Rokha Alliance[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Titans of Ul[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Vuil'Raith Cabal[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Council Keleres[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Crimson Rebellion[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Deepwrought Scholarate[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Firmament / The Obsidian[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

Last Bastion[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

The Ral Nel Consortium[]

	Combat	Movement	Monetary	Unit Generation	Planet Control	Tech	Tokens	Action Cards	Agendas	Other
Abilities
Technology
Units
Breakthrough
Flagship
Mech
Agent
Commander
Hero

Faction Interaction Analysis[]

	Bad	Mutual	Good
The Arborec
The Barony of Letnev	Mentak: - The Mentak’s Pillage ability makes Barony's commander's ability much worse	Nekro: - If Baroney has their commander unlocked, and nekro virus copies the non-euclidian shielding faction technology and both have duranium armour, they can send two dreadnoughts to fight each other which will produce nearly infinite money. (There is a special rule about this interaction as it may be an infinite loop)
The Clan of Saar	Mentak: - The Mentak’s Pillage ability makes the Scavenge ability much worse
The Embers of Muaat	Mentak: - The Mentak’s Pillage ability makes Muaat's commander's ability much worse
The Emirates of Hacan
The Federation of Sol
The Ghosts of Creuss
The L1Z1X Mindnet	Titans: - Because titan's PDS are considered units, they are the only faction's PDS who can not be taken with the Assimilate faction ability
The Mentak Coalition
The Naalu Collective	Mahact: - Naalu may not give Mahact alliances to use the ability of its Breakthrough (to be verified) Saar: - Saar's floating factories do not trigger the Foresight faction ability
The Nekro Virus		Jol-Nar: - When Nekro copies the E-Res Siphons faction technology, these two factions can activate each other back and forth to produce trade goods Saar: - If the Saar player’s Floating Factory II unit upgrade is copied, both the Nekro player and the Saar player may have their space docks in the same system, if there are no ships in that system.	Xxcha: - If the Nekro player has the Xxcha player’s Alliance promissory note, the Nekro player may vote, without losing their ability to predict outcomes for their Galactic Threat ability
Sardakk N'orr
The Universities of Jol-Nar
The Winnu
The Xxcha Kingdom
The Yin Brotherhood			Mahact: - The Yin Breakthrough allows it to gain the Mahact Alliance, making it the only faction in the game able to do so.
The Yssaril Tribes
The Argent Flight
The Empyrean	Saar: - If the Empyrean player moves a ship into a system containing only a Saar's space dock will be blockaded and destroyed before the Empyrean player can unlock Xuange (unlock: be neighbours with all other players). Mentak: - The Mentak’s Pillage ability makes the Dark Pact Faction Promissory Note's ability much worse
The Mahact Gene-Sorcerers	Nekro: - Nekro cannot be targeted by the Genetic Recombination faction tech (unless they were to be holding Xxcha's alliance)
The Naaz-Rokha Alliance
The Nomad	Mentak: - The Mentak’s Pillage ability makes the Future Sight ability much worse	Hacan, Nekro: - Because of the flexible timing of Hacan and Nekro's agents, The Nomad can perform a transaction with them at almost any point on any players turn during the action phase using Temporal Command Suite.
The Titans of Ul	Mentak: - The Mentak’s Pillage ability makes Titan's commander's ability much worse
The Vuil'Raith Cabal
The Council Keleres			Titans: - Keleres may attach the Terraform promissory note to their Custodia Vigilia planet card, making it so that it cannot be lost. This gives it the ability to be explored, though it may be immune to the effects of some exploration cards.
The Crimson Rebellion
The Deepwrought Scholarate
The Firmament / The Obsidian
The Firmament / The Obsidian
Last Bastion
The Ral Nel Consortium