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Who counts as the defender in a battle?

Official answers from the publisher or designer address this directly, and it fits the rulebook.

  • Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy rulebook · Rulebook · Combat Phase
  • aautio · Community · 2011-12-27
  • mfaulk80 · Community · 2011-12-27
  • kilgore · Publisher · 2011-12-27
  • kilgore · Publisher · 2011-05-19
  • Litreofcola · Community · 2020-04-29disagrees

The player with an Influence Disc in the hex, even if their ships arrived last. With no disc, or with more than two players, the defender is whoever entered first. Defenders win initiative ties and draw their Reputation tiles first.

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