At the start of the game, player get five hires before any attacking begins, in which time no promotions are allowed. After this, the game is played in 'turns' which last between two hires. Every turn, players have three actions. They can use actions to:
Attack an outpost
Promote a spec
Gift a player either drillers or a spec (or both for 2 actions)
Eliminate a player (3 actions if the time machine shows elimination. If they aren't eliminated you get a refund of 1 action)
Actions stack over turns, so if you don't use actions you keep them next turn.
So far registered players are:
The Super Sheep
The Puffy Pig
Thanks, Sheep