HOW IT PLAYS1 · WATCH THE MAP, every contact appears: green aliens (yours) and US fighters (theirs)2 · A countdown runs while you memorize. Then they cloak.3 · Pick a tool, tap a cell, from memory. Keys 1 and 2 switch tools.
THE TOOLS· TRACTOR BEAM the cells holding aliens, each rescue pays, streaks stack· LASER the cells holding fighters, each kill pays· Wrong tool on the wrong contact costs a hull light, three and the round ends early· Empty ground wastes a move and bleeds points
FOUR ROUNDS
Round 1 gives you a long look. Each round after grows the map, adds contacts, and cuts the countdown. Lose a round and the next one still starts.