Gledge Union (UNOFFICIAL)

Faction Sheet

Lore

## Discordant Stars

This section of the wiki covers **Discordant Stars**. **Discordant Stars** is a fan-made unofficial expansion for Twilight Imperium 4 created to be compliant with Asmodee policy. **THIS SHOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN FOR OFFICIAL CONTENT.**

## Faction Abilities

* **MANTLE CRACKING:** ACTION: Place 1 "Core" token on a non-home planet you control other than Mecatol Rex that does not contain a Core token to gain up to 4 trade goods.
* **CELESTIAL RECLAMATION:** Planets that contain Core tokens have a base resource value of 2 and influence value of 0. Core tokens cannot be removed from the planet that contains them.
* **DEEP MINING:** When you would explore a planet that contains 1 of your mechs or structures, you may instead gain 1 trade good.

## Faction Promissory Note

**Gledge Base**

> ACTION: Attach this card to a non-home planet you control.
> This planet’s resource value is increased by 2.
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## Faction Technologies

 **Lightning Drives**

> During movement, you may increase the move value of each of your units not transporting fighters or infantry by 1.
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## Faction Specific Units

(PDS)
**Space Cannon** **6**
When this unit makes a SPACE CANNON roll against another player’s units, if it rolls at least 1 result of 9 or 10, explore this planet.
 Orion Platform II
(PDS)
**Space Cannon** **5**
When this unit produces 1 or more hits against another player's units, explore this planet.
You may use this unit’s SPACE CANNON against ships that are adjacent to this unit's system.

## Flagship

**Bombardment 7**
When this unit makes a combat or ability roll, it rolls 1 additional die for each of your mechs in or adjacent to this system.

## Leaders

 **Commander** |      | Voldun - Forge Lord
 **Hero** |      | Gorthrim - Chief of Expeditions
ACTION: Reveal cards from any non-frontier exploration decks until you reveal up to 3 attachments, if able; attach those cards to any planets you control of the corresponding planet type, and discard the rest.
Then, purge this card.

## FAQ

**Q**: Do Core tokens count as attachments?

**A:** No, the Core tokens provided by the MANTLE CRACKING faction ability are not attachments. They function closer to a Stellar Converter's destroyed planet token than an attachment reminder token. Core tokens are placed on the planet and permanently modify the printed resource and influence value of that planet, replacing those base values with 2 resources and 0 influence, respectively.

**Q:** Mantle Cracking states that it gives 'up to 4' trade goods. Does this mean that I can only gain the 4 trade goods if it brings my total to 4?

**A:** No, Mantle Cracking allows the Gledge player to gain their choice of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 trade goods from this ability. Typically they will choose to gain 4, but there may be game situations that make it better to gain less.

**Q**: What happens to Core tokens and the Gledge Base promissory note if Gledge is eliminated?

**A:** Similarly to the Titans' promissory note covered by LRR 33.10.d, Gledge Base will remain in play beyond the Gledge players' elimination. Core tokens will also remain in place, and the **CELESTIAL RECLAMATION** faction ability's effect persists even after the Gledge faction sheet has been returned to the box.

## Trivia

* During development, many other contributing members for Discordant Stars found the name "Gledge" clunky and unappealing to say. However despite this, Vorox refused to change the name.
* According to Vorox, the "G," "L", and "E" are supposed to be capitalized, i.e. "GLEdge."
* The original name for the GLEdge Union was "The GLEdge Mining Conglomerate."