This scheming faction begins the game with all of their cards on the "The Firmament" side but at a later point in the game those cards are flipped to their "The Obsidian" side.

The Firmament[]

Faction Abilities[]

PLOTS WITHIN PLOTS: You can score secret objectives already scored by other players, if you fulfill their requirements; This does not count against your secret objective limit or the number you can score in a round. When you score another player's secret objective do not score a victory point. Instead, place a face down plot card into your play area with that player's control token on it.

PUPPETS OF THE BLADE: If you have at least one plot card in your play area, gain the following ability: ACTION: Purge the Firmaments faction sheet, leaders, planet card, and promissory note, then gain all of the faction components for The Obsidian.

Faction Promissory Note[]

Black Ops

When you receive this card:

If you are not The Firmament, the Firmament player may place 1 facedown plot card in their play area with your control token on it. Then, gain 2 command tokens, gain 2 trade goods, and purge this card.

Faction Technologies[]

Plane Splitter

When you gain this card, put The Fracture into play. Flip this card if the Obsidian faction is in play.

Prerequisites:

Neural Parasite

At the start of the status phase, you may place 1 infantry from your reinforcements on a planet you control in your home system. Flip this card if the Obsidian faction is in play.

Prerequisites:

Faction Specific Components[]

Component Type	Component Name	Description
Plot Cards	Enervate	A card with the following text: You can perform the secondary abilities of the puppeted players strategy cards without spending command tokens. For Leadership, you can perform the primary ability instead.
	Syphon	A card with the following text: When the puppeted player gains commodities, you gain an equal number of trade goods.
	Seethe	A card with the following text: When this card is revealed, destroy all units on a non-home planet controlled by the puppeted player. At the start of the status phase, destroy one of the puppeted players infantry in any system.
	Asail	A card with the following text: Apply +1 to the results of each of your combat and unit ability rolls against the puppeted player.
	Extract	A card with the following text: When this card is revealed, gain one non-faction technology owned by the puppeted player. When the puppeted player gains a non-faction technology, you may spend 4 resources to gain that technology.

Breakthrough[]

The Sowing
Synergy	When you gain this card and at the start of the status phase, you may place up to three of your trade goods on this card. Flip this card if you become The Obsidian faction.

Flagship[]

Name	Cost	Combat	Move	Capacity	Abilities
Heaven's Eye	8	5x2	1	3	Sustain Damage If the Active System contains units that belong to a player who has a Control Token on one of your Plots, apply +1 to this ship's move value and repair it at the end of every Combat Round.

Mech[]

Viper EX-23
When ground forces are committed to this planet, you may choose for your units to coexist, if they were not already. Flip this card if your faction becomes the Obsidian. Sustain Damage
2	6
Cost	Combat

Leaders[]

Portrait

Name

Unlock Criteria

Ability

Flavor Text

Agent

Myru Vos

At Game Start

When a player moves ships:

You may exhaust this card; if you do, SPACE CANNON cannot be used against those ships. If they are not transporting units, they can also move through other players' ships.

Vos's ship passed undetected through the collectives' fleet. The fools. So reliant on their "visions" and "Nefishh" that they failed to see what was directly under their nose.

Commander

Captain Aroz

Have one plot card in play.

You may treat planets in systems that contain your ships as if you controlled them for the purpose of scoring secret objectives.

Resolute in the firmament, the Black Flag flies.

Hero

Sharsiss

Have 3 Scored Objectives

THE BLADE BECKONS

ACTION: Place 1 of your plot cards in play with any other player's control token on it. Then, you may place any player's control token on 1 of your in-play plot cards; one plot cannot have two of the same player's tokens.

Then, purge this card.

Sharsiss turned the point toward himself and plunged the splinted Obsidian into his own chest. It glittered. Sharsiss smiled.

The Obsidian[]

Faction Abilities[]

NOCTURNE: This faction cannot be chosen during setup.

THE BLADE'S ORCHESTRA: When this faction comes into play, flip your home system, double sided faction components and all of your in-play plot cards. Then, ready Cronos Hollow and Tallin Hollow if you control them.

MARIONETTES: The player or players whose control tokens are on each plot card are the puppeted players for that plot.

Faction Promissory Note[]

Malevolency

At the end of one of your tactical actions: Spend 1 Influence to give this card to 1 of your neighbors; you can use this ability even if you are The Obsidian player. At the end of the status phase, if you are not the Obsidian player, remove 1 command token from your fleet pool and return it to your reinforcements.