Shards of the Throne

Shards of the Throne was the Second Expansion for Twilight Imperium Third Edition
It was released in May 2011 and designed to be Modular; such that any parts may be added to the base game without having to include every new component
The content it adds to the Base Game is discussed below
==New Components==
*4 New Factions: The Arborec, The Ghosts of Creuss, The Nekro Virus and The Lazax (the latter only for use in the Fall of the Empire Scenario) 
*Fall of the Empire: A new scenario that allows players to live through the historical fall of the Lazax Empire on Mecatol Rex 
*Flagships: Each faction has access to a new, strong ship with a unique faction-based ability
*Mechanized Units: A new, powerful ground unit 
*Mercenaries
* Political Intrigue: Greatly adds to the game's Political System 
==Improvements Upon Existing Components==
*Variant Strategy Cards: 3 Variant Strategy Cards and 2 New Fall of the Empire Scenario Strategy Cards 
*Preliminary Objectives
*Final Frontier: Allows use of Space Domain Counters
* System Tiles
**Regular Systems: 5 New Regular Systems, including some with the Yellow Technology Specialty and double specialties 
**Special Systems: The Gravity Rift 
* Action Cards: 32 New cards + 2 Replacement Cards
* Political Cards: 18 New Agendas + 1 Replacement Agenda