Masons of Yore

Q: Does the Rule of 3 limit how many non-fighter ships I can have in a system total?

A: No. The restriction only applies to the act of moving ships into the active system during a tactical action. You can have a fleet of 5 or 6 heavy ships sitting in a system defensively, but they must have been produced there over time or moved in across multiple separate activations.

Q: Can I use Bolster to place a modifier token on Mecatol Rex or Mallice?

A: No. Bolster explicitly states it triggers after gaining control of a non-Legendary planet. Legendary planets cannot receive these tokens via the Bolster ability.

Q: If a planet with a Resource modifier token is captured by another player, what happens to the token?

A: The token remains on the planet. The Bolster modifier alters the physical architecture of the world itself. If an opponent captures your planet, they inherit your masterwork and get to utilize that +1 resource or influence value until you take it back!

Q: For Quantum Quarry 2, does the production value scale with the Bolster tokens?

A: Yes. Quantum Quarry 2 calculates its production value based on the total resource value of the planet. If a planet naturally has 2 Resources and features a +1 Resource Bolster token, its resource value is 3, making the Space Dock's PRODUCTION value 6 (3 + 3).

Q: For the Commander's ability, do I have to exhaust a Cultural, Industrial, and Hazardous planet from my home system?

A: No. Your Commander permanently grants those three traits to the three planets in your home system (Bedrock Prime, Keystone Verge, Stratum Deep), but you can exhaust any three matching planets across your entire empire to forge your free relic fragment.

Q: During setup, do my home system planets start with modifier tokens?

A: Yes. These tokens are placed at the start of the game and remain on those planets unless removed or altered by a game effect.

Q: Are modifier tokens considered attachments?

A: No. Modifier tokens (such as the Bolster tokens placed by the Masons of Yore) are distinct, faction-specific infrastructure markers. They alter or upgrade the intrinsic value of a planet for the faction controlling it, but they do not follow the game rules governing standard attachment cards (which permanently physically alter a planet card's base stats for any player who captures it).

Q: Can the Agent choose a planet that has no base technology specialty or planet trait and grant it one?

A: No. The Agent's ability specifies that it alters an existing technology specialty or planet trait already present on the card. It cannot be used to manifest a specialty or trait on a planet that naturally possesses neither.

Q: How does "Your non-fighter ships have a minimum capacity of 3" work?

A: Each of your non-fighter ships is treated as having a capacity value of at least 3. If a non-fighter ship already has a capacity of 3 or more, its capacity is unchanged. This affects a ship's total capacity for transporting fighters and ground forces and does not increase the capacity of fighter units themselves.