We're just at the start of R2, no Strategy Cards or anything yet even. So, pretty early. Empyrean is doing fine, they've Support-swapped with me (Naalu) on the other side of the table and scored a PO, so they're tied in the lead at 2. Normal R1 expansion of their slice, normal amount of plastic, etc. TIGL, minister-or-higher
Big caveat for the game is that we voted in Checks and Balances, so Strategy Phases will be weird from now on π π