Translation Version 1.0 - 2007_11_03

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Perry Rhodan - Die Kosmische Hanse
Perry Rhodan - The Cosmic Hansa

for 2 players of age 10 years and older

I N T R O D U C T I ON

The Ambourella system lies in the Jamondi star ocean. Up to a few years
ago, this region of the Milky Way was isolated, but now it is open for
exploration. Since then a lot of star people have reached the star ocean
and have begun to establish their colonies.

Here curious leftovers of ancient technologies are to be found and natural
resources exist on the different planets to mine. Because of this
different star people have settled on the six planets of the system.

((image - yellow planet))
Coronis is the innermost planet, a world heated by the relentless rays of the sun. The Gataser,
living in this environment, create the Molkexian Rings - unusual carbon compounds necessary for
intergalactic travel.

((image - green planet))
The lush planet Naginther looks like a huge green disc from space. In its primeval forests strange
amino acids and other basic elements of life evolve - the pointed-headed Aras turn these into
medications and drugs to be sold all over the galaxy or to be traded for the urgently needed
Molkexian Rings. Especially the people of Talmazzar rank high among their customers.

((image - red planet))
Though a human would find Vinau II cold and inhospitable, the cat-like Kartanin that settled on the
Mars-like planet, find its climate ideal. Here they discovered aeon old technologies and used these
to create highly sophisticated hyperrelays, which are needed for transmitters.

((image - blue planet))
The Earth-like planet Taghellia is populated by human beings (Terraner) who live in small towns. In the fish-filled
seas of the planet delicacies are to be found that are appreciated as fancy food by the Topsiders living
on Dakhit.

((image - sand planet))
The dense atmosphere of the gas giant Talmazzar seethes with strange life. Various Springer-colonies float
on platforms through the atmosphere, selling Hyper Howalgonian metal in their Mehandor bazaars. This strange
metal is used in space shuttle technology.  The earthlings - called Terraner here - are most interested in
this resource.

((image - ice planet))
Dahkit, the sixth and final planet in the Ambourella system, is an ice planet. Gasses - deadly for human
beings - rain down on its surface continuously.  But under the ice life exists and produces mysterious works
of art that after some time reaches the icy surface to break free. The lizard-like Topsider collect these and
sell the curious objects throughout the galaxy. Trade is most brisk with the people of Vinau II where these
works of art are a status symbol.

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C O M P O N E N T S

((top image start))
  1 sun
  6 planets
  1 die
  2 miniature spaceships for counting points
  2 spaceships with clips
 60 spaceship cards (2 sets with 30 cards each)
 30 goods cards (with different goods on each side)
((top image end))

G O A L   O F   T H E   G A M E

As commanders of the Cosmic Hansa the players use their spaceships to transport
goods and passengers between the six planets. For this they receive a certain
number of Megagalax (1 Megagalax equals 1,000,000 Galax, the currency unit of
the Cosmic Hansa). The players may spend the earned Megagalax to buy
technologies to facilitate their tasks. But they must not lose sight of the main
objective because the first player who reaches a total of 70
Megagalax will win the game.

G A M E   S E T U P

* Before the first game all the cardboard components must be separated carefully
  from their frames. Place the two spaceships in their stands. 
* Each player selects one of the spaceships and takes the matching deck of cards
  (the backside of the cards show the spaceship) as well as the corresponding
  miniature spaceship.
* Each player scans his deck for his "Startkarte" (("Start Card")) and places
  it face up in front of him. The "Startkarte" shows the player's spaceship in
  the center - above it you see the technology "Container" and below the
  technology "Nachschub" (("Replenishment")).
  Each player shuffles the rest of his deck and places it as hidden draw pile
  beside his "Startkarte".
  Each players draws the top 5 cards from his for his starting hand.
* Place the sun at the right or the left edge of the playing area. Place the
  six planets in a row beside the sun as shown on page 3. Leave some space
  between the planets.
* Each player places his miniature spaceship on the outermost dot (big white
  triangle) of the sun spiral indicating that he possesses 0 Megagalax at the
  start of the game.
* The 30 goods cards are turned and shuffled and 5 goods cards are placed at
  each planet at random.
  
  IMPORTANT: A goods card may never be placed in such a way that it shows the
  planet where it is placed. If this should happen simply flip the card over
  to the other side. There is always a different destination planet on the
  other side of a goods card.

* Organize the goods card at each planet according to the
  destination planet they show. Cards showing the same destination planet
  should overlap slightly horizontally.
* The younger player chooses either to execute the first turn or to
  select the planet where both spaceships will start. If he decides to start
  the game the other player selects the planet. If the younger player selects
  the planet the other player starts.
* The start player takes the die.

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((top image start))
The game could start like this:
Player 1
Player 2
((top image end))

O V E R V I E W   O F   G A M E P L A Y

The players fly with their spaceships from planet to planet and transport
goods. Each side of a goods card shows a commodity and the destination
planet where it has to be taken. For transporting goods the players will
receive a number of Megagalax. The number of total Megagalax gained is
marked with the respective miniature spaceship on the sun spiral.
As soon as a player reaches the center of the sun (white star) he owns
70 Megagalax and thus wins the game. Bit by bit the goods cards will
vanish from the game and thus the opportunities to gain Megagalax will
diminish. In play both players will hold up to 5 spaceship cards in
their hand. These are either "technologies" that can be bought to gain
permanent benefits or "interventions" that must be discarded to gain
a temporary advantage.

A   P L A Y E R' S   T U R N

In his turn a player may execute up to TWO "planet actions" and ONE
"flight" in any order he likes.

Additionally he may execute up to TWO "interventions". Each intervention
may be executed at any time during his turn.

THE FLIGHT

A player's spaceship is either located on a planet, in the orbit of a
planet or in the gap between two adjacent orbits. See the illustration
on page 4 for this. 

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((top image start))
toward the sun

away from the sun

gap

orbit
((top image end))

IMPORTANT: When flying away from the sun the gravitational pull of the
sun must be overcome. Therefore a flight in this direction costs more
energy - the gaps (black dots) between the orbits (white points) must be
counted. When flying toward the sun the gravitation has a positive
effect on the speed and therefore only the orbits must be counted in this
direction.

Starting from a planet and landing on a planet consumes an energy
unit as well.

To determine the available energy units for the flight the player rolls the
die once. If he rolls a "1" he rolls again and adds the "1" from the first
roll to the second roll's result. If he rolls a series of "1"s, then all get
added up to the (last) roll that did not result in a "1".

EXAMPLE: The player rolls a "1", then again a "1" and then a "5". He
therefore has 7 energy units available for his flight.

A player does not have to use all available energy units. If he does
not use all of the energy units these do not carry over to his next turn.

A flight ends at the latest when a player lands on a planet or as soon
as he executes a planet action - even if this planet action is
executed by using the Technology "Orbitalstation" (("Space Station")).

A player can stop his movement on a planet, in orbit, or in a gap between
orbits.

A player may opt not to fly at all after rolling the die but as soon
as he rolls the die his one flight per turn is used up.

Both spaceships may end their movement on the same planet, orbit or
space any time.

EXAMPLE FOR A FLIGHT: The player has 5 energy units available. He uses
up 4 energy units to move his spaceship from the orange planet to the
yellow planet flying toward the sun. He does not have to use the
fifth energy unit.

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THE PLANET ACTIONS

In his turn a player may execute up to two planet actions of his
choice (even the same one twice). To do this his spaceship must be
located directly on a planet. The two planet actions may be
executed on the same planet or on different planets.

The following planet actions are possible:

* Load one "Container"
* Unload one "Container"
* Buy a technology

It is the player's choice in which order he executes his flight and
his planet actions.

EXAMPLE: The player has his spaceship on a planet at the start of his
turn and loads his "Container" (first planet action). He then
rolls the die and flies to another planet (Flight) and there buys
a technology (second planet action).

---Load one "Container"

If the spaceship of a player is on a planet he may load one empty
"Container" (the "Startkarte" or a technology card bought later) with
goods cards ready for transport at this planet. The player must
put all goods cards in the "Container" that show the same destination
planet. The goods cards are placed on the "Container" card. He may
not look at the hidden side of the goods cards.

HINT: After a "Container" is loaded he is sealed and my not be opened
again until the spaceship reaches the destination shown on the loaded
goods cards. Therefor no additional goods cards can be loaded into
this "Container" even if these goods cards show the same destination.

EXAMPLE FOR LOADING A ""Container"": The player loads his empty
"Container" with all three goods cards to be transported to the blue
planet.

--- Unload one "Container"

If the spaceship of a player is on a planet he may unload one of
his "Container"s that hold goods cards showing this planet as their
destination. He must unload all goods cards transported in the
selected "Container" and gains as many Megagalax as indicated on the
unloaded goods cards (2 or 3 Megagalax per card). For each Megagalax
gained the miniature spacehip moves one dot on the sun spiral in
direction of the center.

IMPORTANT: If - sometimes later in the game - no goods cards wait
for transport at a planet before unloading a "Container" there, the
player gains a bonus of one Megagalax per goods card that he unloads.

After unloading the goods cards are flipped over and grouped with
the other cards already waiting at the planet. By this new transport
tasks are generated when unloading a "Container".

IMPORTANT: After flipping over the unloaded cards two cards may
show the same destination planets. These two cards are then removed
from the game. If two such pairs appear after flipping over the
unloaded goods cards the player who unloaded the cards decides
which pair is removed from the game.

EXAMPLE: The player unloaded 4 goods cards at the blue planet. After
flipping over the cards two of the cards show the green planet and
the other two cards show the yellow planet. The player removes the
two green cards from the game and places the two yellow goods cards
at the blue planet.

--- Buy a technology

A player may buy a technology by selecting a technology card (showing the
INFINITY symbol) from his hand, placing it face open in front of him and
paying a certain amount of Megagalax. The price is identical with the number
of technology cards that are already face open in front of him at the start of
his turn (this includes the "Startkarte").

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EXAMPLE FOR BUYING A TECHNOLOGY: The player starts the game with the
"Startkarte" showing the technologies "Container" and "Nachschub"
and must therefore pay 1 Megagalax for each new technology that he
buys from his hand in a turn. If a player (in a later turn) already
has 4 technology cards in front of him, he must pay 4 Megagalax for
each technology that he buys in a turn.

When paying Megagalax the player moves his miniature spaceship on
the sun spiral away from the center.

As soon as a player has bought a technology he can use its adavantage
permanently in the game.

THE INTERVENTIONS

A player may in his turn play up to two intervention cards (NOT showing
the INFINITY symbol) from his hand. He may play an intervention anytime
in his turn.

When a player plays an intervention card the card is discarded open
beside his draw pile thus forming a discard pile. After that he
follows the instruction on the card.

NEUTRALIZING AN INTERVENTION: The opponent may opt to neutralize an
intervention by immediately discarding exactly the same intervention
card from his hand. This nullifies the effect of the intervention.
IMPORTANT: The intervention "Passagier" (("Passenger")) cannot be
neutralized.

E N D   O F   A   P L A Y E R' S   T U R N

The last action in a player's turn consists in discarding any cards
from his hand that he doesn't want to keep.

After that the player may draw one card from his deck to his hand
for each technology card "Nachschub" (("Replenishment")) that he
has open in front of him.

In no case may a player have more than 5 cards in his hand!

HINT: The initial "Startkarte" (("Start Card"))of the player shows
the technology "Nachschub" (("Replenishment")) and thus both
players are allowed to draw one card from their deck at the end of
their turn.

As soon as a player has concluded his turn he hands the die to
his opponent who now executes his turn, which again consists of
two planet actions, one flight and two interventions.

E N D   O F   G A M E

As soon as a player reaches the center star of the sun spiral
with his miniature ship he immediately wins the game.

The game will also end if - after unloading a "Container" - the last
two goods cards are removed from the game. In this case the player
wins who has more Megagalax at this moment. In the case of a tie
the player wins who has more technology cards open in front of him.
If there is still a tie - the whole game ends in a tie.


Author, etc.: ((to be provided later))

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EXPLANATIONS REGARDING THE SPACESHIP CARDS
You do not necessarily need to read these now - it should be sufficient
to refer back to this page as necessary.
The number in parentheses specifies how often a card appears in each
player's card set.

T H E   T E C H N O L O G I E S

In most cases the player may use the technologies he bought anytime
during his turn. Restrictions are noted in the respective description.

***** "Startkarte" (1x) (("Start Card"))

The "Startkarte"s each show a "Container" and a "Nachschub". This
allows the players to transport goods cards from the beginning as
well as drawing one card from their deck to their hand at the end
of their turn.

***** "Container" (2x) (("Container"))
Each "Container" allows to transport any number of goods cards as long
as these all show the same destination planet. To load a "Container"
with new goods the "Container" must be unloaded first in all cases.
If a player has more than one "Container" he is able to transport
more good cards at once - specifically goods cards having different
destinations. Note, that it needs a full planet action to load
or unload one "Container".

***** "Nachschub" (2x) (("Replenishment"))
Each "Nachschub" allows a player to draw one card from his deck at
the end of his turn, as long as the number of hand cards does not
exceed 5 cards.
No player may ever have more than 5 cards in his hand.

EXAMPLE: A player has only 2 cards left in his hand at the end
of his turn. He has his "Startkarte" (showing one "Nachschub") and
bought one more "Nachschub". Therefore he may actually draw 2 cards
from his deck. If he would have had 4 hand cards he could have
drawn only 1 card, although he has two technologies "Nachschub".

***** "Fusionstriebwerk" (2x) (("Fusion Drive"))
Each "Fusionstriebwerk" increases the number of energy units available
for a flight by one energy unit.

EXAMPLE: A player owning two "Fusionstriebwerk"s rolls the die and
gets a "1". He rolls one more time and gets a "4". Therefore he has
now 7 energy units available for his flight.

***** "Hypersprung nach Innen" (1x) (("Hyperjump Inward"))
***** "Hypersprung nach Aussen" (1x) (("Hyperjump Outward"))
This technology card may only be used at the start of the own turn.
The player moves his spaceship to the orbit (!) of the planet that
is nearest to ("...Innen") respectively farthest from ("...Aussen)
the sun.
This is not a flight and the player is still allowed to roll the die
normally to execute a flight in his turn.

***** "Orbitalstation" (2x) (("Space Station"))
Each "Orbitalstation" that a player owns allows him to execute one
of the two planet actions in his turn from the orbit of the
planet instead on the planet itself.
Since "Passagier" is an Intervention card it is not allowed to
use an "Orbitalstation" to transport a passenger to its destination.


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T H E   I N T E R V E N T I O N S

***** "Passagier" (6x) (("Passenger"))
The player may only play this intervention if his spaceship is
on the planet that is shown as destination of the passenger on the
card. He gains 3 Megagalax by playing this intervention.
A "Passagier" intervention cannot be neutralized.

***** "Agent einschleusen" (2x) (("Agent Infiltration"))
The player may at once execute another planet action ("Load one Container",
"Unload one Container" or "Buy a technology").

EXAMPLE: A player executes both his normal planet actions to buy 
technologies and therefore places two new technologie cards face open in
front of him. After that he plays the intervention "Agent einschleusen"
and buys a third technology. He pays the same price for each and every
of the three technologies.

***** "Nachbrenner zuenden" (2x) (("Afterburner Ignition"))
The player may immediately execute an additional flight - additional
to the one normal flight that he is allowed to execute in his turn.
But he is only allowed to roll the die and move his spaceship
accordingly - this technology does not allow to execute another
two planet actions or additional interventions.

***** "Sonnentunnel oeffnen" (2x) (("Sun Tunneling"))
The player may in his turn fly from the orbit of the innermost planet
to the orbit of the outermost planet for one energy unit. This does
not apply to the reverse direction. It is allowed to throw the die
first to determine the number of available energy units and moving the
spaceship to the orbit of the innermost planet (nearest the sun) before
playing the intervention "Sonnentunnel oeffnen". If a player has
energy units left after flying through the sun he may use these
as usual.

***** "Ladevorgang Innen" (1x) (("Inner Loading"))
***** "Ladevorgang Aussen" (1x) (("Outer Loading"))
The player loads one of his empty "Container"s with goods from one
of the two innermost ("...Innen") respectively from one of the two 
outermost ("...Aussen") planets. This is executed in the same way as
the planet action "Load one Container" but does not count
against the limit of two planet actions per turn.
It is hereby irrelevant where the own spaceship is currently
positioned. If the spaceship currently is placed on the 
destination planet of the loaded goods cards and if the player
has still a planet action left he may immediately unload
these goods cards and gain the according number of Megagalax.

***** "Bordtransmitter aktivieren" (2x) (("On-Board Transmitter Activation"))
The player selects a "Container" of his opponent and exchanges the contents
of this "Container" with the contents of an own "Container". Both "Container"s
must currently transport at least one goods card.

***** "Transmitter-Tor aktivieren" (2x) (("Transmitter Gate Activation"))
The player switches the position of his spaceship with the position of
the opponent's spaceship - it is irrelevant where both ships are at this
moment.

***** "Hypersturm ausloesen" (1x) (("Hyperstorm Release"))
The player discards all his cards from his hand and re-shuffles his
draw pile and his discard pile to form a new draw pile. He then
draws 5 cards to his hand. His turn ends after this action.

((the following is not part of the regular german rules))

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--- "Container"
Leeren Container mit allen Waren einer Sorte beladen oder
vollen Container auf Zielplanet entladen.

(("Container"))
Load container with all cards having the same destination,
or unload container completely at destination planet.

--- "Nachschub"
Bei weniger als 5 Handkarten am Zugende eine Karte nachziehen.

(("Replenishment"))
If you have less than 5 cards in your hand draw one card at
the end of your turn.

--- "Fusionstriebwerk"
Eine zusaetzliche Energieeinheit fuer den Flug.

(("Fusion Drive"))
Gain an additional energy unit for the flight.

--- "Hypersprung nach Innen"
Eigenes Raumschiff am Zugbeginn in den Orbit des innersten Planeten
versetzen.

(("Hyperjump Inward"))
At the start of your turn place your spaceship in the orbit of
the innermost planet.

--- "Hypersprung nach Aussen"
Eigenes Raumschiff am Zugbeginn in den Orbit des auszersten Planeten
versetzen.

(("Hyperjump Outward"))
At the start of your turn place your spaceship in the orbit of
the outermost planet.

--- "Orbitalstation"
Eine Planetenaktion im Orbit eines Planeten ausführen.
(Container be- oder entladen oder Technologie kaufen)

(("Space Station"))
Execute one planet action in orbit of planet.
(Load up Container or Unload one Container, or Buy technology)

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--- "Passagier"
Auf Zielplanet 3 Megagalax erhalten

(("Passenger"))
Gain 3 Megagalax on destination planet.

--- "Agent einschleusen"
Eine zusaetzliche Planetenaktion ausfuehren.
(Container be- oder entladen oder Technologie kaufen)

(("Agent Infiltration"))
Execute an additional planet action.
(Load up Container or Unload one Container, or Buy technology)

--- "Nachbrenner zuenden"
Einen zusaetzlichen Flug durchfuehren.
(Keine zusaetzlichen Planetenaktionen oder Interventionen)

(("Afterburner Ignition"))
Execuate an additional flight.
(no additional planet actions or interventions except the normal ones)

--- "Sonnentunnel oeffnen"
Direkt für eine Energieeinheit vom Orbit des innersten
zum Orbit des auszersten Planeten fliegen.

(("Sun Tunneling"))
It is allowed to fly from the orbit of the innermost planet
to the orbit of the outermost planet for 1 energy unit.

--- "Ladevorgang Innen"
Aus beliebiger Position einen leeren Container mit Waren
eines der beiden inneren Planeten beladen.

(("Inner Loading"))
Load an empty container with goods from one of the
two innermost planets.

--- "Ladevorgang Aussen"
Aus beliebiger Position einen leeren Container mit Waren
eines der beiden aeuszeren Planeten beladen.

(("Outer Loading"))
Load up an empty container with goods from one of the
two outermost planets.

--- "Bordtransmitter aktivieren"
Mit gegnerischem Raumschiff Inhalt zweier beladener
Container tauschen.

(("On-Board Transmitter Activation"))
Exchange contents of own loaded container with contents
of opponent's loaded container.

--- "Transmitter-Tor aktivieren"
Position des eigenen Raumschiffs und des gegnerischen
Raumschiffs tauschen.

(("Transmitter Gate Activation"))
Switch position of own spaceship with position of
opponent's spaceship.

--- "Hypersturm ausloesen"
Handkarten, Karten von Nachzieh- und Ablagestapel mischen,
5 Karten ziehen und Zug sofort beenden.

(("Hyperstorm Release"))
Shuffle hand cards, draw pile and discard pile, draw
5 cards on your hand and end your turn.