Simultaneous Play

• If you are first player, you get the GREY marker.
• The PINK marker goes to the secondary player.
  • The secondary player is the player opposite the first player.
  • If there is no-one exactly opposite, it's the player on the left of the gap opposite.

    # Players	Secondary player
    5	3th position.
    7	5th position.
    9	6th position.

• You may end up holding two markers if one of them catches the other.
• If you have ANY markers you make take an action.
  • Announce your action clearly as you decide to take it.
  • Pass a marker to your left when the action is done.
  • Pass the GREY marker before the PINK marker if you have both.
  • You may not perform RESEARCH unless;
    • One of the markers you're holding is the GREY one or
    • The RESEARCH is limited to genetics.
  • If you chose to EXPLORE, you must state the locations you're exploring/influencing.
    • If you have the PINK marker you must ask the preceeding players behind you (who would get the grey marker before you) if they will allow it.
    • If they say no, you have to wait for the GREY marker to reach you to do that action.
    • You may instead choose another location or another action.
    • A preceeding player may refuse to let you EXPLORE any hexes at all. (If the III tile stack is running low, for example).
  • You may PASS while holding any marker.
  • If you are given a marker and you have passed, you may take a reaction or just pass the marker to your left.
  • If you are given the GREY marker and you have passed and no-one has yet taken the first player marker, you may take it to claim first action next turn.
  • The turn ends when everyone has passed as normal.
  • In case of priority conflicts, the player who will soonest hold the GREY marker may veto an action until after they have acted.

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  The reasons for EXPLORE and RESEARCH being limited is that they're constrained to available resources. EXPLORE is limited both by the tile stacks and also by the spaces in the galaxy. Consider two players (B and C) both want to explore the same gap/preplaced tile. (sat to the right of B) is holding the grey marker and performing an action. C is holding the pink marker and wants to explore the gap. But B should have the opportunity first, so may veto.

  INFLUENCE needs to be limited because again there could be two players who could both want the move influence into the same hex and the priority should be given to the player who will soonest hold the GREY marker.

  BUILD is limited by the player's own ships, UPGRADE is not limited by parts.