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SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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If a player discovers both alien species in a single turn (for example, by completing the third discovery space for both via a milestone), in what order are the species revealed and rewards given?
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When resolving gold scoring tiles at the end of the game, if a player qualifies for more sets than marker spaces available on the tile, are excess sets wasted, or do they score any additional points?
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If all moons at a planet are occupied, and a player has the tech to land on moons, can they still land on the planet itself, or must they always choose a moon if possible?
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Are players allowed to use the resource exchange free action multiple times per turn, and can exchanges be chained (such as exchanging two cards for a credit, then two credits for an energy)?
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If a player wants to analyze data but their computer is full, can they place additional data in the lower spaces of computer techs before analyzing, or are extra data lost?
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When a probe is converted into an orbiter or lander, does it immediately stop counting against the player's probe limit, or does the limit update only at the end of the main action?
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During the end-of-round step, if a player passes and discards down to four cards but has conditional or triggerable missions in hand, can they complete or trigger these before discarding?
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If a sector is completed and both the winner and the second-place player have multiple markers in the data slot, does the second-place player always keep the leftmost marker, or can they choose which marker remains?
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When a player tucks a card for income and immediately gains the resource, is this considered part of the free action or a separate event for the purposes of other triggered effects?
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If a player with 10 publicity would gain more publicity due to multiple simultaneous effects, do they only ignore the excess or do they ignore all publicity from that event?
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Are overflow spaces for alien life traces considered distinct from the three discovery spaces for purposes of species discovery or only for scoring and card effects?
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If a player is at their probe limit but has a card or tech that allows launching a probe 'ignoring probe limits,' does this effect persist beyond that specific launch action or only for that one probe?
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When resolving the Scan action, if all data tokens in a sector are already replaced by markers, what happens if a player would mark another signal in that sector?
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If a player has a triggerable mission that could be triggered by an event outside their turn (such as being pushed onto a planet by solar system rotation), can they claim the mission reward immediately or must they wait until their next turn?
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Can a player discard a card for its free action and then immediately tuck it for income during the same turn, or is a card removed from play after using its free action?
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If a player’s data pool is full when they would gain data from multiple sources at once (such as scanning and playing a card), are all excess data lost, or can the player choose which sources are lost and which are kept?
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When landing on Mars, if both special landing spaces are still available, can two players take them in the same round, and do both get the first-landing bonuses?
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If a probe is pushed by solar system rotation into a space with multiple bonuses (for example, a comet and a publicity icon), does the player receive all applicable bonuses, and if so, in what order?
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When resolving milestones, if a player passes multiple milestones in one turn (for example, passing both a gold and a neutral milestone), what is the precise order in which they are resolved?
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