Manual: Game mechanics

Use these guides when you want to understand the rules behind a choice or combat result. Each page explains the practical effect before giving detailed formulas and limits.

Galaxy and game setup

• Galaxy generation
• Starting conditions and difficulty
• Randomness
• Random events
• Victory and scoring

Colonies, research, and leaders

• Colonies and production
• Population growth
• Research and technology
• Leaders
• History graphs
• AI production rules

Intelligence and empire management

• Spying
• Ship limits
• Ships and fleets
• Ship refitting

Combat

• Tactical combat
• Strategic combat
• Beam weapons
• Missile defenses
• Anti-missile rockets
• Spherical damage
• Shields, armor, and structure
• Special systems
• Raiding and orbital assault
• Satellites and ground defenses