| Macron |
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| Power of mass |
| Each ship is worth 4 |
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| Eon |
| Launch Alliance Reveal |
| Wild As ally or offensive player, you may put as many tokens into the cone as you have bases (including bases in your own system). |
| Super You can take up to 4 of your tokens in the cone as an ally or offensive player. |
| Macron |
|---|
| Power of mass |
| Each ship is worth 4 |
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| CEO |
| Launch Alliance Reveal |
Macron is an alien with the power of Mass. The Macron can only launch one ship as the offense and can only send one ship an ally, but each of its ships count as 4 ships each.
| Macron |
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| Power of mass |
| Each ship is worth 4 |
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| Mayfair |
  
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| Wild As an ally or offensive player, you may put as many tokens in the cone as you have bases, including home bases in your own system. |
| Super You may put up to four tokens in the cone as an ally or as offensive player. |
| Macron |
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| Power of mass |
| Each ship is worth 4 |
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| AH |
| Launch Alliance Reveal |
The most recent version of the Macron depicts the alien's body as a pale sickly greenish color with large orange slit eyes and flat nostrils. To emphasize its immense size it does not actually fit within the picture.
Strategy[]
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|
| Great as defense Ships die more slowly |
Slightly worse defense rewards and compensation without flare. |
As Macron[]
Macron's power is at its maximum effectiveness at the start of the game, and Macron makes a far better offensive ally (4 attack, but only one ship risked!) than a defensive ally (can only take one defender reward, or two in the FFG version). This means they should play aggressively and end things as soon as possible.
Against Macron[]
The Macron has one of the less powerful alien powers without their flare, with their power effectively allowing for the equivalent of 4 ships in every encounter whilst also being less able to gain cards. Their less effective compensation and defensive rewards make the macron a good target for taking cards.
Matchups[]
Macron is often disproportionately chosen as the victim of powers such as Vacuum, because of the power of their ships. They will need to use diplomacy to limit the impact of this if such powers are in the game.
Macron/Amoeba is a notoriously powerful combination when using multiple powers.
Macron is particularly weak against Shadow or Anti-Matter: the former because they can only attack with a single ship and thus are vulnerable to losing their foreign colonies to a single execution, and the latter because the Macron's high defensive value is a liability vs. the Anti-Matter.
Text[]
| Edition | Power Text | History |
|---|---|---|
| FFG | You have the power of Mass. When you are the offense, use this power before launching ships in an encounter. When you are an ally, use this power after allies are invited. If you are the offense or an ally, you may only send one ship into the encounter. As a main player or an ally, use this power after encounter cards are revealed. Each of your ships adds 4 to your side's total in the encounter instead of 1. When collecting compensation or rewards, each of your ships is worth two ships. |
Beginning life on a gargantuan planet, the Macrons accustomed themselves to tremendous atmospheric and gravitational forces. Power comes so naturally to them that they scoff at the fragile intelligences they crush on their way to universal dominance. |
| Macron |
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| Power of mass |
| Each ship is worth 4 |
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| FFG |
  
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| Wild As a main player or ally, after your reveal an attack card in an encounter, you may add 1 to your side's total for each ship you have in the encounter. |
| Super As the offense or an ally, you may launch up to four ships in the hyperspace gate. |
Errata from the FAQ[]
The FFG FAQ contains the following clarifications for Macron:
"You have the power of Mass. When you are the offense, use this power before launching in an encounter. When you are an ally, use this power after allies are invited. If you are the offense or an ally, you may only send one ship into the encounter.
As a main player or an ally, use this power after cards are revealed. Each of your ships adds 4 to your side's total in the encounter instead of 1.
When collecting compensation or rewards, each of your ships is worth two ships."
This clarifies that Macron may be zapped either when sending ships into the encounter (to allow him to send up to 4 ships worth 1 each) or after cards are revealed (in which case they' just out of luck).
Trivia[]
Macron's name is Greek and literally means "something long."