Ready Cost

A ready cost is paid to ready an exhausted non-recur upgrade card by spending the indicated number and type of command tokens.

• If a card has a ready cost it is indicated below the non-recur icon by a numeral and one or more of the following icons over a red background:
  • Command icons: The owning player can pay the cost by spending the indicated number of each type of token shown.
  • If multiple command icons are separated by a horizontal bar below a single number at the top of the column, the owning player may pay the cost by spending that many command tokens of any of the indicated types, in any combination.
  • Any Command icon (): The owning player can pay the cost by spending any command token or mix of command tokens of the indicated number.
• An upgrade card’s ready cost is paid by the ship that card is equipped to.
• If a token or other component is spent as part of a card’s ready cost, that component does not also produce its normal effect ^[1].

Related Topics: Exhausted, Status Phase, Readied, Upgrade Cards