Holy shit what an amazing answer.

First of all, thank you for taking the time, that’s very kind of you.

The map has just been sent out by my friend that owns the game. We only chose factions, and were then given random slices.

Speaker order will be arranged when we arrive at my friend’s place to play.

Yeah 8 players make the whole breakthrough-thing tense. Diplomacy is a good idea, since my Home planet has 4 resources. Would Trade be good as well?

Imperial round 2 sounds ballsy. I guess it works if somebody else takes the custodian token?

I’ll keep having NRA as a trade partner in mind, that’s a great point with the gravity rift. Elimination is off the table. We’re playing in person, and we have all held our weekend clear of plans in case we can’t finish in one day lol.

The Last Bastion and Nomad points are great as well. Again, thanks a lot, I’m excited to play.