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BATTLE OUTCOME
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The outcome of a battle is decided by the amount of pr lost during battle. The one who loses the most pr will lose the battle and the one who loses the least wins. The only exception is if the defender loses all the ships in his fleet. If the defender has no surviving ships of the 10 stacks that went into battle, then the attacker wins regardless of pr lost.
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Round 1
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Stack 1 of the defender fights with the stack 1 of the attacker and so all the way down to the last.
The range determines what stacks shoots first, if the range is equal the defender shoots first.
If say the defender has 6 stacks of ships and the attacker 10, the last 4 stacks will shoot at a random remaining stack of the defender`s.


Round 2
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Now the remaining stacks will oppose each other again and now the order of the stacks is NOT determined by the total pr, but by the lowest stack number remaining: (1=low 10=high)

Example:
From the defender stack 2, 5 and 6 are left, they will become stack 1(2-->1), 2(5-->2) and 3(6-->3)

From the defender stack 1,2,5,7,8,10 are left, they will become stack 1(1 stays 1), 2(2 stays 2), 3(5-->3), 4(7-->4), 5(8-->5) and 6(10-->6)

Here again when a stack will face no direct opposing stack they will shoot at one of the random remaining stacks

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It is also important to note, however, that some ships have unique abilities. Such abilities are the Capture Ship ability, Attack Without Receiving Damage ability, and Cannot Defend Against Attacks ability.


Capture Ship Ability- Associated with the collective and viral race, some of their ships have the ability to capture ships from the enemy and use them against them in battle. Both races can keep the ships after battle sometimes, but only if they are not neutral or guardian ships. It is also important to note that capturing ships during battle is how virals reverse engineer.

Attack Without Taking Damage- Many ships such as certain marauder vessels have this trait. When attacking they receive no damage from the enemy under certain circumstances.

Cannot Defend Against Attacks- Under certain circumstances, a ship with this might be screwed. But I honestly don`t believe this or the previous trait effect battle much, so don`t worry.
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BATTLE BASICS
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The first thing to know about battles is that each stack is paired up with the corresponding stack from the enemy`s fleet.

For example: Your first stack fight your opponent`s first stack, your second stack fights your opponent`s second stack, and so on.

If you only have 1 stack and the enemy has 10 stacks, his first stack will engage your first stack and then the rest of his stacks will all attack your first stack at the same time. This usually results in the person with more stacks winning. In case you didn`t figure that out.

During the second round of battle, the remaining stacks of ships will be rearranged according to their order of the remaining stacks surviving from the initial round, opposed to order based on pr like in the first round.

Range is an important factor in battles as well. The stack with the most range will attack first. If the stacks that are paired up have the same range, the defending stack will fire first.

Hull is another important aspect. Hull is the total damage capacity an individual unit is able to sustain before being destroyed.

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didn`t you look through the guide I sent?

STACKING BASICS
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In order to understand battling, you`ll need to know how what stacks are and how they work.
Stacks are groups of ships that occupy a spot in your fleet. They are the different types of ships you use to fight.

For example, you cannot have two groups of the same type of ship in one fleet. You will never see a stack of 100 C. Taurus Destroyers on top of another stack of 100 C. Taurus Destroyers. It will simply be grouped as 200 C. Taurus Destroyers.
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FLEET BASICS
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Stacks are arranged in a fleet according to the total pr of each individual stack. The highest pr stacks will always go on top, so the list of stacks will be arranged highest total pr stacks to lowest total pr stack, from top to bottom.


The maximum amoung of stacks that go into battle is 10. You can have more than 10 stacks of ships in a fleet, but only the top 10 highest pr stacks go into battle.
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