To activate a certain colored gate, players will need to place a matching colored Production Die on one of the empty slots. They draft this die from the marketplace. Once a die is placed, that colored gate is open meaning any Draft placed there can be used, or activated.

There are 3 types of Drafts. (Mandates, Satellites and Civ Tech). Once purchased and placed under the matching Gate color, it can be used or activated so long as that gate is open with a Production Die. Some Drafts have an additional cost in order to be used. Mandates are contracts with conditions that need to be met in order to gain the benefit. Satellites are tech that get placed on the main board and can effect other player ships. Civ Tech are special abilities or tech that increases the amount of functionality a player can have on their turn.

Players on their turn will eventually enter into their “Production Phase” which requires them to take any number of their Production Dice from their Gates section and place it on any empty slot on the Production board. Doing this will allow them to produce more resources, convert resources, etc.

Here is where players upgrade their ship by placing Ship Augment Cards on any empty slot. This boosts their ship’s performance and functionality.

The Civ-Type Level Tracker tracks a player’s ranking of what level of Civilization they are. Doing certain things in the game will move their tracker down thus gaining mini benefits but overall slowly increasing their Civ-Type level going from 0-3. Once at type 3, they can enter Uranus to terraform it and to try and win the game.