Cosmic Calamity gives players opportunities to engage with the citizens of the Abyssi Cluster. At the start of the game, all players start with five standard influence. Shuffle the deck of Cosmic Calamity cards, and place it to the right of the first player. Flip one card face up and place the cosmic calamity time token on the top-most hex space. There are three different types of track cards which represent certain types of events and give certain types of actions. During your turn, you may follow the instructions on the card. If you do so, you place a ship from your supply on the card. Each player may only contribute to the Cosmic Calamity card once per turn.