First Player

When a new round begins, the system will pair players with each other and randomly assign one of those players as the first player and the other player as the second player.

In an effort to balance the game, the first player will suffer a temporary debuff on the first turn of a round.

The first player will not receive any credits on their first turn and 25% of their owned sectors will not gain any action points.

It is possible to stockpile credits in one round and carry them into the next round. As the first player you will not get any additional credits at the start of your first turn in the round, but you will have access to the credits you brought from the previous round.

It is also noteworthy that players may take ships in their reserves area into the next round as well.

Keep in mind that the first player of a pairing is chosen randomly, and there is no guarantee that a player will be the first player in every round.