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Can an artifact token's temporary military be used for Settle and orb barriers?

The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2021-05-23
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2021-09-04

Yes, both: it can pass a barrier in the orb step or boost Settle, and Settle powers that add military (like New Military Tactics) can pass barriers. Each beam barrier is compared individually, not added to the next.

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