Stars

Exploration :

Travel to an unexplored star

• Only fleets containing a ship with a scanner may jump to an unexplored star.
• If there are foreign fleets at the star, combat may occur, see Star Access
• If your fleet survives, it scans any stars in range.
• You will see any foreign structures at the star.
• If your fleet has sensors and is not retreating, it may detect the following :
  • Foreign ships & Raiders, but not retreating fleets (unless your fleet is a recon fleet)
  • Derelict ships - These may be examined, they may be a reclaimable ship or contain artifacts.
  • Escape pods - These may contain a marooned official.
  • Debris - This may be taken to a recycler and converted to nanobits.
• If your fleet contains an archaeologist, they may discover an artifact.
• If you are at war with the star owner, you may capture an undefended star, see Star Capture
• Many stars are "Independent" (Indies) These may be claimed if they have no shield or defending fleet.
  If they have a defending fleet, it must be defeated before you may claim the star.
  Well defended Indies may be better as trade partners than an enemy, so do not attack those.

Exploration Dilemmas :

• Sometimes, while surveying a newly explored star, the crew are presented with a dilemma.
• This takes the form of a question with several answers.
• An alert to the dilemma will show in the advisor comm channel.
• You MAY CHOOSE to resolve the dilemma or not :
  • If you choose to resolve, then you must answer the dilemma question.
    Exiting without answering will have worse consequences than answering.
  • If you choose NOT to resolve, then you will not have to answer and there will be no consequences.
  • There is a resolve button you must click to resolve the dilemma,
    DO NOT CLICK the button if you wish to ignore the dilemma.
    Once clicked you must answer the question.
• There is a wide variety of questions, benefits and consequences. On average they will be positive, but some may be a difficult choice between really bad options.
• Dilemmas may be turned off in comm > configuration > filters.
• A fleet on a route or on auto-explore may move away from the star before you resolve the dilemma, in this case the opportunity to resolve the dilemma is lost.

Scanning

• Only fleets containing a ship with a scanner may conduct a scan.
• Scanning automatically occurs when your fleet arrives at an unexplored star.
• A scan will inform you of the mineral type and mineral value for all adjacent stars.
• The scanned stars are labelled 'Unexplored'.
• The scan does NOT give you information regarding ownership or whether any fleets are present.
• You may see broadcasts from scanned stars that have a beacon.

Beacon Broadcasts :

• A text message that is displayed when other lords hover over the star.
• A beacon is require to send a broadcast.
• You do not see your own messages, unless you are on the star panel and select the star.
• Edit the message from the star panel > admin > broadcast.

  Foreign Broadcasts :

  • You may hide broadcasts from specific foreign stars by removing the checkmark on the message.
  • To display the message again, open the star panel and check the box found there.

Jumpgates (JG):

Changes to jumpgate status are made on the transponder panel.

Use:

• A Gate Jump requires both origin and destination stars to have jumpgates.
• A Gate Jump requires only 10% of a jump engine charge to jump.
• Access permission is required to use a jumpgate.
• Jumpgates controlled by foreign realms may not be used without a Jumpgate Agreement.
• Jumpgates may only be used on stars the realm has explored.
• If a Gate Jump is not available, a jump using a 100% charge may be made.
• A fleet may Gate Jump until its jump charge falls below 10%.
  ie; a fleet with a 100% charge may Gate Jump 10 times along a fully gated path.

Building:

• To build a jumpgate, jumpgate tech must be researched.
• To build a jumpgate module, both jumpgate tech and JG module tech are required.
• The above techs are not required to deploy a jumpgate module.

Control:

• Control of the jumpgate is by the Transponder Controller.
• If the transponder is seized, the control of the jumpgate will change as well.
• Access to the jumpgate is the same as the transponder access level.
• Anonymous control is possible.

Off-Line Status:

• Off-line jumpgates may not be used by any fleet.
  
  Causes of Off-line Status:
  • A jumpgate goes off-line when the transponder is seized. This lasts for 3 cycles.
  • An agent succeeds in a Set Jumpgate Off-line operation. This lasts for 3 cycles.
  • An agent succeeds in a Disable Jumpgate operation. The jumpgate will require re-enabling.
  • An engineer disables the jumpgate. The jumpgate will require re-enabling.

Disabled Status:

• Jumpgates immediately go off-line when when disabled.
• Agents may attempt to disable a jumpgate with a cyber attack operation.
  There are no requirements other than the success of the operation.
  
  Requirements for an engineer to disable:
  • The controller may not have any combat fleets present.
  • The engineer may be from any realm except the controller.
    - The controller may set access to deny instead.
  • The engineer must be on a fleet in local space.
  • The engineer may not be on a fleet within a haven.

Enabling a Disabled Jumpgate:

• A re-enabled jumpgate takes 3 cycles to gain On-line status.
  
  Requirements to Enable:
  • An engineer unit must be present.
  • The engineer may be from any realm.
  • The engineer must be on a fleet in local space.
  • The engineer may not be on a fleet within a haven.

Destruction:

Requirements:
• Is the star owner.
• Has control of the transponder.
• An engineer unit must be present.
• The engineer must be on a fleet in local space.
• The engineer may not be on a fleet within a haven.
• Destruction is immediate.

Transponder (TP):

• Each star has a transponder built by the Empire in the distant past.
• Transponders are indistructable.
• Transponders are normally controlled by the star owner.
• Control may be transferred to another lord with a proposal.
• Control may also be seized, see below.
• The transponder panel is displayed by a button at the top of the fleet or star panels.
• The controller may set the access level for that star.
• The access level determines which foreign fleets are permitted access.
• Denying access does not prevent foreign fleets from jumping to the star, it may cause the controllers fleets to attack the foreign fleet. This is called a police action and may result in an access infringement battle
• At an Indy controlled transponder, access is automatically denied to enemies of its motherland.
• Fleets may not retreat to a star where access is denied.
• Limiting access to a star (above trade access) will increase rebel activity and raiders at the star and adjacent stars.

  Seizing Control:

  • If a jumpgate is present, it will go off-line for 3 cycles.
    If the transponder is seized by another realm the 3 cycle timer is restarted.
  • Control may be seized under the following conditions :
    • The controller may not have any combat fleets present.
    • An engineer unit must be present.
    • The engineer must be on a fleet in local space.
    • The engineer may not be on a fleet within a haven.
  • Indy fleets do not prevent seizure of TP controlled by the motherland.
  • Indies will only defend their transponder if they control it.
    If the transponder is controlled by their motherland, the motherland will need to defend it.
  • Seizing a TP from an Indy will damage your relationship.
    It is better to get control with a treaty.

  Control Flags:

  • Control may be flagged as realm, anonymous and corporate defence (at controlled corporate enterprises).
  • For non-realm flags, access levels will be limited to Open and Closed.

  Access Levels :

   
  Open - Grant access to all fleets except enemy realms (at war).
   
  Trade - Grant access to realms with trade agreement or better.
   
  Defence - Grant access to realms with defence pact or are allied.
   
  Alliance - Grant access to allied realms.
   
  Closed - Deny access to all foreign fleets.
  
  

  Change Access Level :

  • This is done on the transponder panel.
  • View the transponder panel by clicking the access button on a star panel or the fleets panel.
    
    Warning: Changing the access level may cause an Access Infringment Battle

  Access Permissions :

  Access Permissions Chart
  	Access Level
  Diplomatic Relationship with Controller	Open	Trade	Defence	Alliance	Closed
  War
  Neutral
  Trade Pact
  Defence Agreement
  Alliance

  
  
  Permission Icons :
  
  
   
  Granted - Combat will not occur with controller but may occur if enemy fleet at star.
   
  Denied - Combat may occur if controller or enemy fleet at star.
   
  Unknown - Combat may occur depending on the access permission or if enemy fleet at star.
   
  Restricted - No jump possible, see Restricted Space
  
  
  • When selecting a jump destination the targeting icon is a larger version this icon.
  • Combat does not cause realms to be at war, see diplomacy for declarations of war.
  • Stars may be captured if at war with the owner, see Star Capture
  • Fleets may not jump to stars that are restricted, see Restricted Space.

Foreign Stars :

• This panel can be displayed by selecting the Star Panel [S] at a foreign star.
• It may display in place of other panels as well. (Build Panel for example)
• The foreign star panel will display the last known assets of the star owner only.
  (Ship totals for other realms may be found on the foreign ships panel)
• Structures are seen by any fleet at the star.
• Ships are only seen by non-retreating fleets that have a sensor equipped ship.
• If the star was broadcasting a beacon message, and you turned it off, you may turn it on here.

  Links to info on NPC star owners :

  Imperial Colony
  Rebel Colony
  Independent Colony
  Colonised Territory

  Claim Star :

  • You may claim stars regardless of your relationship with the owner.
  • You do not have to be at war to claim and claiming does not cause you to be at war.
  • You must have a fleet with diplomatic ability must be present to claim a star.
  • There must be no non-retreating combat ships present that belong to the owner.
  • You may not claim if there is a shield on the star, unless the star is in rebellion (a rebel star)
  • Stars with an Imperial shield may never be claimed.

Foreign Ships Panel :

• Displays a summary of ships for each realm at the star.
• Available from the fleets panel or the foreign star panel.
• Requirements to see foreign ships :
  • Have a monitor (if an owned star).
  • Have a non-retreating fleet with sensors at the star.
  • Have an agent on the "View Fleets" operation at the star (must have monitor).
  • If the foreign fleet is a recon fleet or is retreating, it may only be seen by a recon fleet.
• Click the attack button to initiate combat see Local Attacks for details
• Click the Intel button to send a report on a fleet to the current comm channel.
  - This is not active if the comm panel is closed or the current channel is "Advisor" or "GNN"

Contentment :

• Contentment is the civil morale level at domestic stars.
• Contentment ranges from −1000 to +1000.
• Under 200 your crime and rebel activity will be difficult to control.
• Under zero , it will be increasingly hard to deal with "situations".

  Trend :

  • Trend is the change in contentment each cycle.
  • Trend only incorporates the current values for crime, piracy and insurrection.
    So the trend may be positive, but contentment may go down due to these factors.
    View the history chart and the "Star Status" report to be alerted to these changes.

Contentment Effects :
Morale of new ships is based on contentment Adoration prestige is based on contentment New worker are increased by higher contentment Crime will increase on low contentment A Subsidy is gained via adoration Low contentment will cause insurrection Rebellion occurs at −1000 contentment

Contentment Increased by :
Mercantile	5 for level 1, +2 each subsequent level
Rec Center	20 per level
Food Positives	25 Maximum from good diet and food security See here
Hospital	5 per level
Security HQ	10 per level, + Security tech
Shield	4 per shield level above habitat level
Entertainment Technology	See TL mods
Ministry of Culture	Based on rank of liege
Statesman Victory Path	5
Charisma of Governor	20 Maximum
Services	As per setting on admin panel
Zeal	See zeal
Low contentment	See moderation below

Contentment Decreased by :
Mines	5 per level
No habitat	8
Food problems	40 Maximum from poor diet and food insecurity See here
Shield lacking	4 per shield level below habitat level
Overcrowding	Not Implemented
Rivalry	See rivalry
Social Demands	5 per habitat level 1 per bond over 30 bonds
Luxury Demand	Increases over time, while no luxuries have been imported
Consumer Policy	As per setting on domain panel, Habitat level X policy X 50% ie; Lv 6 habitat @ policy of 5 = -15 contentment
Power Failures	2 per level lacking power
Slave market	10 per market level
Bombardment	Bombardment type : Strategic :  1 per level loss Reduce Shield :  1 per salvo Irradiate :  2 per salvo
Taxes	1 per tax rate
Epidemics	Equal to Infections
Crime	1 per crime value
Insurgents	1 per insurrection value
Martial Law	10 per repression value
Raiders or Enemy Fleet	40
High contentment	See moderation below

Moderation :

• Moderation is normally 10% of contentment. This will cause a trend towards zero.
  ie; The contentment is +500, moderation will be −50.
  or the contentment is −400, moderation will be +40.
• Moderation will also cap the trend to + / − 99

Zeal :

• Zeal is a positive modifier to contentment.
• Zeal decreases by 1 per cycle until zero (except prestige leaders, see below).
• Realms begin a game with 60 zeal (60 cycles ~ 25 days).
• There is a minimum zeal for realms leading in prestige :
  • The minimum is not calculated unitl cycle end.
  • Only realms with greater than 1000 prestige qualify for a minimum.
  • Minimums :

    1st place :	20 points
    2nd place :	15 points
    3rd place :	10 points
    4th place :	5 points

• A declaration of war on a realm with more than 2,500 prestige increases zeal by up to 20.
  Zeal will never rise above 20 due to declarations of war.
  A peace treaty sooner that 20 cycles after the war started, will zesult in loss of all zeal.
• The conqueror in a conditional surrender gains +1 zeal for each cycle the war has existed.

Rivalry :

• Rivalry is a negative modifier to contentment.
• Rivalry has two sources :

  Council Star Control :

  • Applies to stars in a sector whose council seat is controlled by a realm in another fealty tree.
  • This type of rivalry is a flat −50 contentment.

    Exemptions :

    • Realms under protection.
    • Vassals of the council.
    • Stars owned by a realm who has not explored the council star for that sector.

  Rival Sovereigns :

  • Applies to sovereigns with greater than 3,000 prestige.
  • Rivalry increases by 1 per cycle while more than one sovereign is over 3,000 prestige.
  • Rivalry decreases by 10 per cycle while either :
    - At war with all other sovereigns over 3,000 prestige.
    - Has less than 3,000 prestige.
    - No longer a sovereign.
  • Note that a sovereign is the liege at the top of a fealty hierarchy.

Radiation :

• A star may become irradiated depending on the length/intensity of "Irradiate" bombardment.
• When the shield is destroyed, the star will not be able to be built on.
• The radiation level will drop each cycle, once down to an acceptable level, building may resume.
• The length/intensity of bombardment will determine how long the star remains irradiated.
• A radiation level of 100% results in no building.
• Radiation levels lower than 100% results in lower contentment and worker die-off.

Rebellion :

• A rebellion results in a star becoming a rebel star.
• For information about stars after they rebel, see rebel stars.
• Rebellion is triggered by low Contentment on a star.
• When contentment reaches −1000, the star rebels.
• Rebellion on a star can be devastating.
  - All build projects are lost.
  - The owner loses control of the star. Rebels now are in control.
  - Ships on the starbase may change to rebel.
• A notable difference between a rebel star and an independent is the independent will build structures whereas a rebel star will not.

Insurrection :

• Insurrection is the chance of a star claiming independence.
• At 100% insurrection the star will claim independence.
• Once an insurgency reaches 50% it is considered a civil war and martial law may be required.

  Insurrection
  Causes	Effects
  Low contentment Lack of a habitat The realm is in debt Distance from capital star High number of stars in the realm Change of ownership Prolonged periods of access restriction to the star or adjacent stars. Black market buying weapons Ops by foreign agents Periodic spikes due to : - Lack of governance (off line for many days) - High credit balance (inequality due to elites having all the cash) - Random factors	Lowers contentment Insurgency events Leads to independence

  Dealing with Insurrection :

  • Increase contentment.
    • Low contentment may be due to a high piracy value, if so, garrison some fighters or sloops.
    • If you have high crime, level up your SHQ.
    • Reduce taxes
    • Increase your services level, build an administration if not already.
    • A governor with high charisma will help too.
    • If things get really bad you can demolish any mines and lose the -5 to contentment they have.
  • Build positive contentment structures, like Rec Centers, Admin, Shield or SHQ.
  • SHQ is very effective when both crime and insurgency are high.
  • Demolish negative contentment structures, like mines.
  • Assign agents on counter insurgency operations, the more the better.
  • As the insurgency gets worse there will be acts of sabotage. It would be wise to have modules on hand to replace SHQ's, administrations & rec centers.
  • The policing technology will help too.
  • Check the "History" chart on the admin panel for progress/causes.
  • Check the "Star Status" report under top secret each day to see emerging problems.
  • Once the insurgency becomes a civil war, martial law may be required.

Claim of Independence :

• This is a realm star that has a successful insurrection.
• The newly independent star will be at war with the realm it separated from.
• Some structures may be destroyed as a result.
• An independent star will build whereas a rebel star is static and more vulnerable.

Corporate Enterprises :

• Some Imperial stars host corporate enterprises.
• These are normally independent corporate entities conducting some activity.
• Possible activities are mining, refining, slavery, crafting, farming and ranching.
• They usually have a defending fleet.

  Possible Interactions:

  Raid:

  • Defeat the defending fleet.
  • If no defending fleet is present, activate the raid with the option on the foreign star panel.
  • Any stockpile of the production item will be captured.
    There is no way to determine the amount of stock on hand prior to the raid.

  Corporate Takeover:

  • Defeat the defending fleet.
  • This may only be done with an anonymous fleet.
  • If no defending fleet is present, take control with the option on the foreign star panel.
  • A successful takeover will take control of the "Corporate Warehouse" fleet at the star.
  • Any stock in the warehouse will be captured.
  • Only the produce from the enterprise is/may be stored on this fleet.
  • A UTS or domestic fleet may be used to transport the stock elsewhere.
  • The true owner of the enterprise will not be shown to other realms.

  Corporate Sabotage:

  • Only possible if a sabotage mercenary mission for the star is advertised on GNN.
  • Defeat the defending fleet to complete the mission.
  • If no defending fleet is present, use the "Corporate Raid" option on the foreign star panel.
  • Any stock in the warehouse will be captured.
  • Workers involved in the enterprise will be enslaved and gained as booty.
  • The corporate enterprise will be destroyed.
  
  Note :
  Attack with an anonymous or a privateer flagged fleet, otherwise the Empire knows who owns the attacking fleet and will deny access to the star for several cycles (assuming the Empire controls the transponder).

  Corporate Defence Fleets (CD):

  • Only fleets flagged as Corporate Defence will defend an enterprise from raids and takeovers.
  • These fleets are seen as Corporate Defence fleets by other realms.
  • The flag may be changed on the fleet options panel.
  • The true owner of these fleets is not shown.

    Type vs Flag

    • A CD flagged fleet may onlt exist at an owned corporate enterprise.
    • A CD type fleet designates the fleet for use as Corporate Defence.
    • The flag changes to Anonymous any time it is not in position to do Corporate Defence.
    • Any CD type fleet that is in position to do Corporate Defence automatically changes to a CD flag.
    • This is useful for CD fleets on resupply routes and fleets being sent out to garrison a corporation.
  
  Note :
  • These fleets do not receive supply from the star, use one of the following methods to keep it supplied:
  • Place a supply ship on a route to supply the star.
  • Set the fleet type to "Corporate Defence", place it on a route to a supply star, then back to the star they will defend, with the "wait for cycles" set at that waypoint. The enterprise will be undefended while the fleet is in transit.