Tilted

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Alpha (West) to play

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Alpha (West) will win in 2 turns.

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Beta's homeworld is already half-destroyed. Alpha only needs one more red ship to prepare the second phase of a Doomsday machine.

Alpha
Beta
sacrifice g3 Alpha
build r1 Solaris
pass
pass
move r3 Asgard Beta
sacrifice y3 Tarsonis
move r2 Ariel Beta
move r1 Solaris Beta
move r1 Solaris Beta

Alpha must ignore the other two build actions available on their first turn. Adding ships anywhere would make them vulnerable to an overpopulation that would spoil the plan.

The pictured position is a slightly modified version of this game I played with "Tilt" on Board Game Arena.