Publisher's blurb: Big space battles are one of the coolest sights in science fiction movies and television, but there aren't many rules systems that really do it right. Most top out at running ten or so ships effectively, a few make it to twenty, but none of the other available rule sets really let you drop a couple hundred on the table and decide the fate of the galaxy! Battleshift does... User summary: This sourcebook provides miniatures combat rules for large-scale ship-to-ship battles in the Astral Empires game.