Space Cadets: Away Missions

Long before the threat of the Nemesis, before the perils of warp drive or the founding of our own Space Academy, humanity experienced a Golden Age of space exploration. The mineral riches of the thriving Moon colony inspired legions of hearty Earth citizens to seek their fortunes in space. Humble rockets probed the farthest reaches of the solar system in an eager quest for resources, and brave colonists forged homes wherever they could survive. Pioneer life was hard, but the men and women who worked and raised their families on those planets and asteroids had much to be proud of.

Then the rumors began � whispered tales of frontier abductions and sightings of mysterious creatures. By the time the secret invasion was exposed, the aliens were everywhere. Families had been stolen away by slavers from the stars, and the peace-loving survivors had no choice but to arm themselves and fight. Fight to stop the alien attacks! Fight to free the helpless abductees! Fight to throw the aggressors back into space and end forever their power to threaten humanity!

Thus was born the Rocket Patrol � an organization of brave and hearty women and men dedicated to defending humanity and taking the fight to the alien menace from the stars.

Space Cadets: Away Missions is a cooperative, scenario-based, tactical action game for 1-6 players, which is set in the Golden Age of science fiction. In this game, the third standalone title in the Space Cadets franchise of cooperative/team space-themed games from Stronghold Games, players take on the roles of adventurous human spacemen who explore UFOs, acquire Alien technology and fight hostile extraterrestrials.

Each turn, spacemen have three action points to spend on activities such as firing their atomic rifles, analyzing exotic equipment, or subduing the malicious Brain-in-a-Jar. When the spacemen are finished, the aliens take their turns by following simple movement and combat protocols; seven types of hostile aliens threaten the players, from the repulsive mind leeches to the rampaging titanic sentinels.

Space Cadets: Away Missions contains twenty scenarios linked in a campaign story. Each mission features different combinations of aliens on different spaceships, with hexagonal map tiles arranged to form flying saucers, rocket ships, space stations, etc. Cooperation, tactical planning and good dice are essential if the spacemen hope to overcome the relentless horde of little green men.


1 Rulebook
1 Scenario book (with 20 scenarios)
33 Standard Map Tiles
14 Scenario Map Tiles
15 Scenario Tile Markers
11 Hatch Markers
6 Rocketeer figures
85 Alien figures:
Leader 8 Leader figures
Saucermen figures
12 Leech figures
12 Thrall figures
7 Sentinel figures
5 Brain figures
20 Bug figures
34 Alien Tokens
26 Discovery Tokens
12 Alert Tokens
23 Rocketeer Action Point Markers
6 Rocketeer Order/Scan Markers
10 Wire/Alien Blood Markers
1 Rocketeer/Alien Reference Sheet
1 Overkill reference Sheet
6 Rocketeer Character Sheets
35 Rocketeer Gear Cards
16 Alien Discovery Cards
6 Alien Schematic Cards
7 Alien quick-reference Cards
5 Dominated Brain-in-a-Jar Cards
10 Rescued Thrall Cards
8 10-sided dice (four matched colored pairs)
71 plastic stands for standees
36 Red cubes
22 Blue cubes
36 Green cubes