Combat

Combat occurs only when two or more objects owned by unfriendly players occupy the same precise location in space. Combat can take place if any of them have the Kill mission set, if any has the other race set as Primary Enemy, or (for planets) if the Friendly Code is set to one of the variations of NUK or ATT . With certain exceptions, combat will not take place between any two ships or planets whose Friendly Codes match perfectly. (See Friendly Codes for more details.) Cloaking and being out of fuel can also interfere.

Some information that relates to this topic can be found on these pages:

• The VCR utility shows a replay of every engagement fought during the previous turn's Host run. It also includes the Battle Simulator, which mimics the combat engine for experimental purposes.
• Combat Basics
• Weapon Technical Details
• Ground Combat
• Fighters
• Starbase Defense
• Priority Intercept Attack
• The Order Of Battle contains much of what you'll need to know for fleet battles.
• Racial Advantages In Combat
• The Host Order of Combat - These are the steps in the Host Order that deal with combat, with some commentary on what each does.

The definitive article on combat, Master At Arms , was written in 1997 by Jan "Sirius" Klingele and is still almost 100% accurate. This is an offsite link, and Planets.nu is not responsible for the content.

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