More Xeno Counterstrike thoughts

Much as in Slay the Spire (or Dominion) a strategy can be good or bad depending on the other cards in the pool. Here is where I am at after my 5th Full Counterstrike game. In general — Production worlds have priority over military windfalls (beyond the first you often drop to trade on T1). Production worlds that earn a card while producing are the highest priority. +Military and +Xeno Military (and +Xeno Defense) can be nice to have, depending on how far you are into the invasion process. But a “repair during production” power is fine, particularly if you have a windfall/grey world that has a power you are OK with being intermittent. The reason? Apart from the “Produce and ship goods to the war effort” points; in Counterstrike there are many worlds (often frontier) where you consume two goods for three points (or one good for two points) and you want to take advantage of those in the late game. A “consume x2” for 12 is a big deal in base Race. Here 20+ is easily in reach. 1 Because of…