Elimination

A player who is eliminated is no longer part of the game.
A player is eliminated when they meet all of the following three conditions:
* The player has no ground forces on the game board
* The player has no unit that has “Production.”
* The player does not control any planets
== General Rules ==
When a player becomes eliminated:
* All of the units, command tokens, control tokens, promissory notes, technologies, command sheets, and the faction sheet that matches that player’s faction or color are returned to the game box, including those in their reinforcements
* All agenda cards they own are discarded
* All promissory notes they have that matches another player’s faction or color are returned to that player
* All action cards in their hand are discarded
* All of their strategy cards are returned to the common play area
* Promissory notes that match the eliminated player are returned to the game box, even if another player has them
* All their secret objectives are shuffled back into the secret objective deck whether they have been scored or not
If the speaker becomes eliminated, the speaker token passes to the player to the speaker’s left
If a game that started with five or more players becomes a game with four or fewer players due to elimination, the players continue to select only one strategy card during the strategy phase.
If a player becomes eliminated, any units they have captured are returned to the reinforcements of their original owners.
== Faction Specific Rules ==
* If a player becomes eliminated and the Nekro Virus’ assimilator “X” or assimilator “Y” token is placed on one of their faction technologies, that technology remains in play
* If the Ghost of Creuss player becomes eliminated, their wormhole tokens remain on the game board for the remainder of the game
* If the Naalu player becomes eliminated while another player has the Naalu player’s “0” token, that token remains with its current player until the end of the status phase, and then it is removed from play
* If the Titans of Ul player becomes eliminated while their hero or promissory note is attached to a planet, those attachments and attachment tokens remain in play for the remainder of the game
* If the Mahact Gene-Sorcerers become eliminated while they have another player’s command tokens on their faction sheet, those command tokens are returned to their respective players’ reinforcements
* If the Mahact Gene-Sorcerers have an eliminated player’s command token on their faction sheet, that command token remains in play, as does the eliminated player’s commander, if it is unlocked
== Trivia ==
* With their Faction Technology, I.I.H.Q Modernization, The Council Keleres is the only faction that cannot be eliminated since they will always control 1 planet.