Answers · Puzzle #178 · Thursday 5 November 2026
Stargrid #178: Justice League founders and four helmets
Answers for the Thursday puzzle: DC founders, Star Wars rulers, faster-than-light drives and four masked figures.
The puzzle on Thursday 5 November 2026 mixed comics, space opera and games. One group was four founding members of the Justice League. Another gathered Star Wars figures who ruled a world. The third was made of faster-than-light drives from four different series. The last was four characters known by their helmets.
The answer board
Each puzzle has one group per colour. Yellow is the most direct connection and purple the most abstract.
The four groups
Justice League
- The Flash
- Aquaman
- Wonder Woman
- Superman
The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Superman are all founding members of DC's Justice League. The Flash is the Scarlet Speedster, Aquaman is king of Atlantis, Wonder Woman is an Amazon princess of Themyscira, and Superman is the Man of Steel from Krypton.
No other franchise is involved. It's a straight DC group.
- The FlashThe Flash, the Scarlet Speedster, runs faster than sound and is a League founder.
- AquamanAquaman, king of Atlantis, brings the power of the seas to the League.
- Wonder WomanWonder Woman, Amazon princess of Themyscira, is a League cornerstone.
- SupermanSuperman, the Man of Steel from Krypton, is the League's most powerful member.
Star Wars Royalty
- Bail Organa
- Padmé
- Satine
- Bo-Katan
Bail Organa, Padmé, Satine and Bo-Katan all come from Star Wars, and each held rule over a world. Bail Organa led the royal house of Alderaan as viceroy and first chairman. Padmé was the elected young Queen of Naboo before she became its senator.
Satine ruled Mandalore as Duchess and steered it toward pacifism. Her sister Bo-Katan, a noble of House Kryze, fights to lead Mandalore herself.
- Bail OrganaBail Organa is the viceroy and first chairman of Alderaan, leader of its royal house.
- PadméPadmé was the elected young Queen of Naboo before she became its senator.
- SatineSatine ruled Mandalore as Duchess, steering it toward pacifism.
- Bo-KatanBo-Katan is Satine's sister and a noble of House Kryze who fights to lead Mandalore.
Faster Than Light
- Warp Drive
- Slipspace
- Space Fold Drive
- FTL Jump Drive
Each tile is a ship drive that crosses interstellar distances faster than light, and each comes from a different series. Star Trek's warp drive bends space around a ship using nacelles and a matter-antimatter core. Halo's slipspace sends ships through another dimension.
Macross's space fold drive had a messy debut, throwing a ship and its civilians far off course. Battlestar Galactica's FTL jump drive makes ships vanish and reappear light-years away.
- Warp DriveStar Trek's warp drive bends space around a ship using nacelles and a matter-antimatter core.
- SlipspaceHalo's slipspace lets ships travel through another dimension to skip vast distances.
- Space Fold DriveMacross's fold drive made a messy debut by throwing a ship and its civilians far off course.
- FTL Jump DriveBattlestar Galactica's jump drive makes ships vanish and reappear light-years away.
Behind the Helmet
- Darth Vader
- Arbiter
- Judge Dredd
- Raleigh Becket
Darth Vader, Arbiter, Judge Dredd and Raleigh Becket are all known by a helmet, with a person or story behind the mask. Vader's black helmet and mechanical breathing define the Sith lord. The Arbiter wears the ceremonial armor and helm of a Sangheili Elite commander in Halo.
Judge Dredd never takes off his T-visor helmet. Raleigh Becket wears a Jaeger pilot helmet to drive Gipsy Danger.
- Darth VaderDarth Vader's black helmet and mask, with its mechanical breathing, define the Sith lord.
- ArbiterThe Arbiter wears the ceremonial armor and helm of a Sangheili Elite commander.
- Judge DreddJudge Dredd's T-visor helmet hides his face, and he never takes it off.
- Raleigh BecketRaleigh Becket suits up in a Jaeger pilot helmet to drive Gipsy Danger.
Play it yourself
Stargrid is a daily sci-fi connections puzzle: sixteen characters, ships and worlds, four hidden groups, ten wrong guesses before it ends. Every puzzle goes into the archive once its day is over, so #178 is still playable there.