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How many ships can each side commit, and do other colonies' ships count?

Directly from the rulebook's Launch Phase, Bystanders and Clarifications.

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The offense commits one to four ships and each ally one to four. The defense's own ships on the target planet all participate. Other players' bystander colonies on that planet do not count. A defense with no ships still plays cards and gets allies.

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