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Intro

For this Hybrid Star Battle Series I will be sharing puzzles combining Star Battle with another puzzle genre. This week's genre is Aqre (Borders).

This puzzle continues the theme of simple rules, but this puzzle may be more difficult if you're not already familiar with Aqre. If that's the case, I recommend trying it out - it's a simple ruleset that can lead to intriguing twists!

Rules

Standard Aqre (Borders) and Star Battle rules apply.

• Aqre (Borders): Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. There must not exist a run of more than three consecutive shaded or unshaded cells horizontally or vertically anywhere in the grid. A pair of cells separated by a bold border must contain one shaded cell and one unshaded cell.
• Star Battle: Place stars into some cells such that each row, column, and unshaded region contains exactly 2 stars (1 in the example). Stars must not touch one another, not even diagonally.

Links

Solve on Penpa+

6x6 1-star Example (Penpa+ link):