Encounter Phase

During the encounter phase, perform these steps in order: 

  1. Resolve all effects that happen “When the encounter phase begins” in any order of your choice. 
  2. The corporation places 1 Hacking Cube on each State in the Network. (Ignore retreated States and States with the permanent icon.) 
  3. Trigger 1 Surveillance per character. 
  4. Enemies surveil: Trigger 1 additional Surveillance for each Enemy that is at a location with one or more characters. (Ignore retreated Enemies.) 
  5. All retreated cards are flipped face up. 
  6. All action trackers are flipped to their unspent side. 
  7. Each character draws 1 encounter card in any order. 
  8. Resolve 1 encounter card. The responsible character starts. When they have resolved all their encounter cards, the next character in clockwise order continues. Repeat this step until all characters have resolved their encounter cards. 

If a surveillance threshold is met or exceeded during the encounter phase, resolve the corresponding threshold effect before going to the next step or resolving the next encounter card.

Clarifications:

  • You are not allowed to consult with each other, when an encounter card was drawn, until all drawn encounter cards have been fully resolved. See Table Talk.
  • When “the corporation” does something the effect should not be attributed to any character. See Corporation.
  • During the encounter phase, the responsible character is the active character (and therefore resolves effects on episode cards in play).
  • Players can already look at the encounter cards they have drawn but must wait to resolve them until it is their turn to do so (in step 8).
  • When you draw multiple encounter cards, draw them all at once. Then, you may look at them. After that, resolve each one in any order you choose.