Game Setup: Choose one unused player color and place the 20 ships of that color on this sheet (16 if you are playing with four planets per player) as crusher ships. Do not use this power unless you have an unused player color.
You have the power to Crush. As a main player, before encounter cards are selected, you
may use this power to crush the ships of the other main player and his or her allies. For each affected player, stack his or her involved ships and place one of your crusher ships from this sheet on top. Each crushed stack is controlled by its owner, and moves and counts as a single ship in every way. A crushed stack may not have ships added to or removed from it and may not be re-crushed into another stack.
Whenever one or more of your ships go to the warp, you
may use this power to choose one other player and crush all of that player's ships in the warp that are not already crushed.
During the alliance phase, you
may use this power to release one or more crushed stacks in exchange for anything their owners could give you as part of a deal, and/or in exchange for their owners agreeing to receive cards from your hand. The released ships remain in place and the crusher ships return to this sheet.
If this power is lost or turned facedown, all crushed ships are released wherever they are.
"The Crushers are a simple, rather brutal race with straightforward tactics."
