Manpower

  Manpower is the stock of trained fighters that your nation has ready to send into combat. Each attack you make costs some amount of manpower, determined by your nation’s Manpower per Attack stat. The more manpower that goes into an attack, the more powerful and...

Earning XP by Attacking

  For each square of land you capture by attacking another nation, your nation will gain some XP. The amount of XP earned is based on the number of hit points that the defending square had. So, if your nation defeats an enemy square that had 16 hit points,...

The Combat Stats

  A nation has 3 stats that determine how well they do in battle, both attacking and defending: Tech, Bio, and Psi. A nation can select advances that increase these stats, and may choose to specialize in one or two of them, or else to balance all three. The...

Attacking Repeatedly

  If you don’t succeed in capturing an enemy square the first time you attack it, don’t give up. Attack it again as soon as possible, before it has a chance to restore its hit points. In this way you can usually keep chipping away at it until you’ve defeated that...

The Battle Display

  When you attack an enemy square, a battle display will pop up. The battle display has two bars that gradually grow shorter: the top line represents the attacker (your nation), and the bottom line represents the defender. The attacker’s bar represents the...