We will be using the base game and both expansions. The optional rules used will be Territorial Distant Suns, Leaders, Custodians of Mecatol Rex, Flagships, Mechs, the Wormhole Nexus, Trade III (Mercenaries), Warfare II, Technology II, Bureaucracy, Shock Troops, Artifacts, Race Technologies, Final Frontier and Political Intrigue. Oh, and tragically, the hideously OP Yssaril race did NOT survive the fall of the Lazax Empire.