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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Official Answer
The second-place player always keeps the leftmost marker in the data slot when a sector is reset after being completed.
This is supported by the following rule:
- "The second-place player (if there is one) leaves a marker on the first space of the sector."
(Page 13, "Resetting the Sector")
Additionally, the rules reminder states:
- "The player with the second most markers in a closed sector keeps one marker in the data slot when it is refreshed."
(Page 28, "RULES REMINDERS")
The use of "the first space" and "keeps one marker" (not "any marker") indicates that it is specifically the leftmost marker that remains, not a marker of their choice.
Source:
Page 13, "Resetting the Sector"
Page 28, "RULES REMINDERS"
Source: Core Rulebook (pp. 13, 18, 21, 28, 6)