Final Standings — Turn 40

Game over. Mensa Collective (olik) wins with 86 VP, ahead of The Pfhor (GrayFox) on 75 and Norma Concord (Kornel) on 58. Fleet size, fleet strength, industry, systems held and victory points for all 9 player empires, turn by turn from game start through the final turn. Mensa took the lead on turn 27 and never gave it back: it finished off Tucana Hierarchy by taking Cobol on turn 29, took Gorn from Cassiopeia Crown on turn 35, then took Cassiopeia Crown’s home system Citadel on turn 38, which lifted it from 74 to 87 VP. The Pfhor held 2nd, taking Barnard from the NPCs on turn 30, then Aldebaran and Cestus III from Leo Vanguard on turns 35 and 39. Norma Concord had the strongest finish. It took Helvetios, Andor and Vega. It won the Gaia System Sabik back one turn after it rebelled on turn 30, and retook Helvetios on turn 40 after it broke away on turn 39. It ended the game with 10 Carriers. Cassiopeia Crown and Leo Vanguard (run by the AI) both lost most of their fleets on turns 37–38. Two empires were vanquished: Crux Imperium on turn 23 by The Pfhor and Tucana Hierarchy on turn 29 by Mensa Collective. Their series end on the elimination turn, and each keeps the VP it had banked from missions and kills. Player names are shown in parentheses after each empire name. Cards are ordered by final finish position. Only 1st place is decided on victory points: positions 2–9 rank by star systems held, then population, so the Final VP figures do not fall in order down the list. That is why Cassiopeia Crown (2 systems, 19 VP) finishes ahead of Leo Vanguard (1 system, 28 VP).