This latter takes the trope to even further heights. ** Many of the quest lines involve investigating randomly-located Anomalies or, in the case of the Academy PlotArc, randomly-placed ''star systems''. In some ways the only good answer is do all your recruiting before the quest starts. Even worse, the outcome of the quest affects ''all players'': The side that wins either can no longer buy Heroes or has the Academy closed, whereas the player that loses gets ''no Heroes for the rest of the game''.
That's how Isyander's side has the deck stacked against them: the Attackers will undoubtedly have an easier time both generating and deploying combat assets. (He ''is'' TheFundamentalist.) To win, each side has to maintain uncontested control of 3 of the 5 denoted systems with a Hero - not to mention a fleet, to scare off your enemies - for 10 turns each. Isyander, the headmaster of the Academy, is trying to summon something from outside the galaxy, and only one player is allowed to defend him. Even worse, the outcome of the quest affects ''all players'': The offenders defenders forsake Heroes from the Marketplace, the attackers forsake give up "normal" recruitment via the Academy, and whichever side loses ''gets the method they chose taken away too'', meaning no new ''is forbidden from recruiting Heroes for the rest of the game. Depending on who decides to take which side - and, more importantly, where the randomly-spawned control points are - one side may have a ''major'' advantage in mobilizing. The Vaulters instead have the ''Argosy'' (the SleeperShip they used to escape the prequel ''VideoGame/EndlessLegend''), which acts as a re-usable colony ship but is saddled with ''three'' separate s from outside the galaxy to win, every player picks a side - defense, in favor of StatusQuoIsGod, and offense, in favor of Isyander - and attempts to maintain uncontested control of half the (odd number of) denoted systems with a Hero (and a fleet to defend them) for 10 turns each. You can ZergRush as many Outposts as you like, but the more you have, the slower they convert, and the lower your empire-wide Approval is. The "normal" way of expanding through the stars is to create a one-use colony ship that plants an Outpost this Outpost, some number of turns later, becomes a full-fledged Colony. * CursedWithAwesome: the Vaulters' unique mechanic lands them squarely in this trope.
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