Initiative

Initiative in blockade runner is card based. Every player draws a card at the beginning of combat. Players with a Body- Finesse of 7 or 8 may draw two cards, and a player with a Body-Finesse of 9 or 10 may draw three, and take the best card. Initiative cards are ranked King (high) to Ace (low), and then by suit (Crowns, Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, from high to low). For example, Mara has an initiative of 9 of hearts. Louis has a 8 of hearts. Mara goes first because her card is is higher than Louis's. If Mara had an 8 of clubs, and Louis an 8 of hearts, Louis would go first, because on the same number, hearts goes before clubs.

Trumps
In addition to their initiative card, every player has a Trump. This is a card with the number equal to the players Body- Finesse, and the suit of Crowns. Once per encounter a player may choose to go on their trump instead of their initiative card. If two players decide to use their trump on the same turn, and the trump is the same for both players, the person with the higher initiative card goes first but both actions happen on the trump card (i.e. before lower initiative actions, and after higher ones).