When you play a ship from your hand, it is docked inside your starbase. Most ships need one or more turns to be assembled. When they have been fully assembled, they are ready to be undocked and deployed. Docked ships cannot be targeted, and are therefore mostly safe from your opponents; their abilities do not apply unless stated otherwise and they cannot participate in defending your home region.
Important: While the Punisher above can be played only by Amarr (as the race icon shows), some ships may be played by more than one race.
News
News cards are the only cards that you can play outside your management phase. You can play news at any time, during any phase and during any player’s turn. The only exception to this is that you cannot play news during a draw phase. Most news cards go on your scrapheap when they have been resolved, but some stay in play and may effect the game for several rounds or until the game is over.
