1
Place the main board
Position the Black Angel gameboard in the middle of the table
2
Sort and place dice
Organize dice by color (orange, gray, green) and place them on their matching supply areas on the board
3
Build the Space board
Tile 7 Space strips in a chevron-shaped line pointed toward the Black Angel board (use only 5 strips for 2 players)
4
Position the Spes token
Place on the number of the strip furthest from the Black Angel gameboard
5
Place the frigate
Put the Black Angel figurine on the middle hex of the center strip
6
Create the supply
Place ship figurines, resources, and Damage/Debris cubes near the gameboard
7
Prepare Technology tiles
Sort by color, shuffle each stack with standard side up, place as 3 face-up stacks, then draw 1 of each color for the first 3 display spaces
8
Set up Advanced Technology
Shuffle face down as a deck, place 1 tile face up on each of the 4 Advanced Technology slots
9
Prepare Mission cards
Sort by color (orange, gray, green), shuffle each to form 3 face-down decks
10
Prepare Ravager deck
Shuffle face down, remove 6 cards for 3 players or 12 cards for 2 players
11
Place initial Ravagers
Draw 2 Ravager cards, place each on the indicated action location, add a Damage cube to each corresponding action
12
Take player board
Each player takes a board matching their chosen color
13
Place scoring disc
Put one disc on the 5 VP space of the score track
14
Claim compartment
Place second disc on the player compartment closest to your seating position
15
Deploy robots
Place 5 robots in the break room, 1 in each workstation, and 8 in the supply
16
Place Starting Technology
Randomly place your 3 Starting Technology tiles face up on highlighted player board slots
17
Draw starting cards
Take 1 Mission card of each color and 1 Ravager card into your hand
18
Gather starting resources
Take 1 resource, 1 Damage/Debris cube, and 1 ship for your storage area
19
Determine first player
Choose first player who takes the First Player token
20
Roll initial dice
In turn order, each player rolls one die of each color and places them in their compartment's standard area
21
Apply turn order bonus
Players 2-4 receive advantages shown on their player aids; 3rd and 4th players may reserve one die for free
