A Billion Suns
Errata & FAQs v1.2 — March 2021
[p25] Replace the first paragraph of the Primary Target
Errata section with the following:
“When attacking with an auxiliary weapon system,
Movement Step the attacking battlegroup may select any number of
[p21] Replace the first paragraph of the Coherency rule valid targets within range and auxiliary arc of fire to
with the following: be its Auxiliary Targets.”
“After all ships in a battlegroup have been moved, if
all the ships in the battlegroup form an imaginary
Tactical Phase
chain with no more than 3" between one ship and the [p31] Jump Point Hopping and Easy Target and both
next, that battlegroup is said to be in coherency.” supposed to be within the Additional Tactical Phase
Rules section, but the section header was put in the wrong
place.
Passive Attacks
[p21] Add the following to Passive Attacks Step: [p31] Move “At the start of a battlegroup’s activation,
“Objects and ships not controlled by CEOs must discard any Easy Target tokens” to the Easy Target
always make passive attacks if able. These attacks section, where it is supposed to be.
may be resolved by any CEO.” [p31] Remove the word “missed” from this sentence:
“While a battlegroup has one or more Easy Target
Combat tokens, all enemy battlegroups and objects may
[p24] Replace the Arc of Fire section with the following: re-roll missed attack dice once against it.”
“All ships have a Primary Arc Of Fire, which is a
45-degree arc to the front of the ship.
FAQs
All ships have an Auxiliary Arc Of Fire, which is a
Is the limit on utility ships a limit on individual
180-degree arc to the front of the ship.”
ships or on utility ship battlegroups?
[p25] Replace the first paragraph of the Primary Target
Individual ships, regardless of how those number of
section with the following:
utility ships are arranged into battlegroups.
“When attacking with a primary weapon system, the
Do Carriers follow all the rules for Jump Points?
attacking battlegroup must select a single valid
Can I jump hop through them?
target within range and primary arc of fire to be its
Primary Target.”
No. Carriers are not Jump Points. They just have a
set of special rules that cause them to play a similar
role to Jump Points during play.
Competitive Advantages
Is a Competitive Advantages says that it “Requires
Level 0, 1, and 2 Aggression, or Level 3 Military”,
can I research the Competitive Advantage when I
have Level 3 Military, but nothing in Aggression?
Yes.
Remote Targeting Pattern says it increases both
minimum and maximum range by 2. Does that
mean a 6-12" range becomes 8-14" or 4-14”?
It simply adds 2 to each number, so 8-14”.
If I use Iron Will to re-roll two dice, does only one
of the re-rolls have to succeed to gain the CMD
token back, or both?
Only one of the two re-rolls needs to be a successful
hit or save to gain the CMD token back.
