An interesting problem came up during our first play of the game. If a player selects Jol-Nar, they have 10 units starting in the Civilian Spaceport. But what happens if the Dreadnoughts start bombardment there? Can the Jol-Nar player not deploy units during set up?


During setup you are not "deploying" units using deployment rules, you are simply "placing" them as part of the setup of the game which is why you do not have the option of "how much you deploy" but rather a fixed amount as per the setup of the race.  But this would affect the Jol-Nars openning round since the system they are in is under bombardment preventing them from moving that round due to the bombardment rules.