Wars are not decided only in space. In order to capture enemy planets, entire armies will be needed, along with the preparation and battlefield awareness to properly use them. However planets may only be invaded if the system's starbase has been occupied.
Combat[edit | edit source]
Ground combat takes place between the planet owner's defense armies and the invader's assault armies. The number of armies that can be engaged in combat on either side is five plus one-fifth of the size of the planet. Armies not engaged in combat will be placed a row behind the fighting armies and replace any killed army.
Generals are leaders who command armies and give them bonuses. However Generals have a 5% chance to die whenever one of their armies is killed.
Each army has a morale value, and once morale drops low enough the army will be negatively affected with the following modifiers:
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Armies gain experience from combat and can rank up. Higher rank armies are more effective in combat.
An attacker can always attempt to retreat. However there is a significant chance that each retreating army is destroyed while attempting to return to space, making retreat a risky endeavour and something to do only in very poorly chosen engagements.
Planet devastation[edit | edit source]
Planet devastation is a measure of how much damage has been caused to the planet's population centers. It goes from 0 to 100% and the higher it is the more damage defensive armies take and the more likely pops are to be killed. Every 1% planetary devastation causes a 1% decrease in
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Trade Value,
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Growth Speed and
Immigration Pull.
Planet devastation is caused by orbital bombardment and assault armies. Assault armies have a Collateral Damage modifier that determines how fast they cause planetary devastation. Defense armies do not cause any.
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Planet Devastation recovers by 0.05% daily if planet is not being invaded or bombarded.
Defense armies[edit | edit source]
Defense armies are automatically recruited by certain buildings from the species working them and can be robotic or organic. They are stationed on planets and used to defend against enemy armies. While they are stronger one-for-one than assault armies and their loss does not cause War Exhaustion, their static nature means that investment is necessary to fend off a concentrated attack. Their combat ability is also improved by certain technologies.
The type of army recruited depends on the pop working the building that spawns them. Defense armies do not incur any upkeep beyond that of the building that creates their Job. Defense armies do not cause Collateral Damage.
Assault armies[edit | edit source]
An empire can recruit armies of any species that is present within its borders, as long as there are members of that species living on the planet which the army is recruited from. Unlike Defense Armies, they are based in space and each recruited army will board a transport ship. Transport ships are unarmed but automatically upgraded with the latest defense components. Assault armies can be ordered to garrison an owned planet to provide additional defense.
The amount of armies from a species an empire can have at the same time is limited to the number of pops of that species living within the empire, except for
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| 90 | 1 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 100% | 200 | 200 | 100% | Biological | |||
| 60 | 0.5 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 1.12 - 2.25 | 150% | 200 | 150 | 50% | Biological (enslaved) | |||
| 30 | 0.75 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 125% | 200 | 200 | 50% | Biological | |||
| 90 | 1.5 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 150% | 400 | immune | 50% | Robot | |||
| 120 | 2.5 | 3.00 - 6.00 | 4.50 - 9.00 | 50% | 350 | 500 | 300% | Biological (psionic if Utopia is installed) | |||
| 100 | 2 | 3.00 - 6.00 | 6.00 - 12.00 | 500% | 400 | immune | 25% | None | |||
| 150 | 3 | 3.00 - 6.00 | 3.00 - 6.00 | 75% | 500 | 500 | 300% | Biological | |||
| 60 | 0.75 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 2.40 - 4.80 | 125% | 200 | immune | 50% | Biological | |||
| 90 | 1 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 1.50 - 3.00 | 200% | 200 | immune | 50% | Robot | |||
| 120 | 2 | 2.25 - 4.50 | 3.00 - 6.00 | 200% | 500 | immune | 100% | Robot | |||
| 500 | 8 | 6.00 - 12.00 | 9.00 - 18.00 | 400% | 1200 | immune | 400% | None | |||
| 500 | 8 | 7.50 - 15.00 | 15.00 - 30.00 | 500% | 1400 | immune | 400% | Can only be recruited on the capital |
None | ||
| 90 | 1 | 4.50 - 9.00 | 9.00 - 18.00 | 300% | 1000 | 600 | 200% | Titanic Lifeforms event chain Only 3 can be recruited |
None | ||
| 90 | 1 | 4.50 - 9.00 | 9.00 - 18.00 | 100% | 1000 | 400 | 100% | Ice Alien event chain Only 3 can be recruited |
None | ||
| 150 | 3 | 3.75 - 7.50 | 3.75 - 7.50 | 75% | 600 | 600 | 300% | Only 12 can be recruited |
None | ||
| event only | none | 7.50 - 15.00 | 15.00 - 30.00 | 100% | 1400 | immune | 500% | None | |||
| event only | none | 15.00 - 30.00 | 90.00 - 180.00 | 500% | 3600 | immune | 400% | None | |||
| event only | 1.5 | 4.50 - 9.00 | 13.50 - 18.00 | 350% | 1400 | immune | 50% | Strange Mountain Formation anomaly event |
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Army rank[edit | edit source]
As armies fight battles they will increase in rank, improving their stats based on their experience points. Armies get [Template fetch failed for https://www.parawikis.com/wiki/Template:Color?action=raw: HTTP 0] experience points each time they deal damage and [Template fetch failed for https://www.parawikis.com/wiki/Template:Color?action=raw: HTTP 0] when they take damage.
| Rank | Exp Points | Effects |
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| Regular | 0 - 100 | None |
| Experienced | 100 - 1000 | |
| Veteran | 1000 - 10000 | |
| Elite | ≥ 10000 |
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Military Academy planet building
Dread Encampment planet building
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Orbital bombardment[edit | edit source]
Orbital bombardment occurs when a fleet is in orbit around a hostile planet, and is generally a precursor to invasion. Genocidal empires can even opt to skip the invasion entirely and simply exterminate all life on the surface. Orbital bombardment causes damage to any defensive army but also
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Orbital Bombardment Damage dealt to enemy planets can be increased by the following:
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Orbital Bombardment Damage taken from enemy fleets can be reduced by the following:
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