Does a Charity Syndicate cross-colonization token take the colony out of the bidding for other species?

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Accepted Answer

No. The Syndicate places the token on a colony it has won, but that colony stays available for other species to bid on and win. Two posts agree on this reading, and no designer post settles it.

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Does a Charity Syndicate cross-colonization token take the colony out of the bidding for other species?