Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
Here you have a quick rundown of some of the basic principles we are as of late struggling to understand. If you find an error in the below, please point it out!:
Expansion mechanics:
In Expansion you need to BOTH go beyond your trigger and beat the opposition effort. The trigger is just a minimum requirement in the expansion effort. The expansion effort ALSO needs to beat the opposing effort.
Preparation mechanics:
Same as in Expansion. You need to BOTH go beyond your trigger and beat the opposition effort.
The interesting thing to note in Preparation is that there can only be one Control System within a given 15 LY radius sphere. So although different Powers may be preparing different systems, if those systems hapen to be nearby within a 15 LY radius then only one of them can be successful at the end of the cycle. That with the most amount of effort. So it is worth to check out each Power´s activity to ensure successful preparations.
Fortify/Undermine mechanics:
In the case of Fortifying/Undermining it works slightly differently in that both efforts can cancel each other if they both pass their own trigger. In those cases it is indeed useless to go farther beyond the trigger. The interesting thing to know is that the trigger levels can vary depending on your Power Ethos and the targeted control system (and its exploited systems) government type.
It is also worth to note what are the three possible outcomes in an Undermine/Fortify struggle:
1- If Fortify passes the trigger and Undermine does not, then the control system will cost 0 CC upkeep to maintain next week cycle.
2- If Fortify and Undermine both pass their respective triggers then the control system will cost its default CC upkeep to maintain next week cycle (let´s say it is 40 CC default upkeep cost)
3- If Undermine passes the trigger and Fortify does not, then then the controlling system will cost a significant amount of CC over its default upkeep cost to maintain next week cycle (let´s say 150).
Expansion mechanics:
In Expansion you need to BOTH go beyond your trigger and beat the opposition effort. The trigger is just a minimum requirement in the expansion effort. The expansion effort ALSO needs to beat the opposing effort.
Preparation mechanics:
Same as in Expansion. You need to BOTH go beyond your trigger and beat the opposition effort.
The interesting thing to note in Preparation is that there can only be one Control System within a given 15 LY radius sphere. So although different Powers may be preparing different systems, if those systems hapen to be nearby within a 15 LY radius then only one of them can be successful at the end of the cycle. That with the most amount of effort. So it is worth to check out each Power´s activity to ensure successful preparations.
Fortify/Undermine mechanics:
In the case of Fortifying/Undermining it works slightly differently in that both efforts can cancel each other if they both pass their own trigger. In those cases it is indeed useless to go farther beyond the trigger. The interesting thing to know is that the trigger levels can vary depending on your Power Ethos and the targeted control system (and its exploited systems) government type.
It is also worth to note what are the three possible outcomes in an Undermine/Fortify struggle:
1- If Fortify passes the trigger and Undermine does not, then the control system will cost 0 CC upkeep to maintain next week cycle.
2- If Fortify and Undermine both pass their respective triggers then the control system will cost its default CC upkeep to maintain next week cycle (let´s say it is 40 CC default upkeep cost)
3- If Undermine passes the trigger and Fortify does not, then then the controlling system will cost a significant amount of CC over its default upkeep cost to maintain next week cycle (let´s say 150).
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