Operations

--Nastyogre ([[User talk:Nastyogre|talk] Working on updating the ops. Its taking a while to verify all the permutations of the Mek and Vee ops. Please edit carefully while I am working on this. NOTE I am working on this again. Please let me know of any alterations. This page cannot be considered accurate currently, too much old info is still here.]) 10:11, 23 June 2013 (PDT)

Tutorial: (details) - Training mission used to gain the necessary experience to graduate from Solaris and join a campaign faction.

Combat Simulation: (details) - Training missing possible for players with under 250 exp.

Raid: (Mek | Vehicle) - 90 lyr range. No land exchange. Attacker captures a unit that they get to keep and components for their house. Best cBill return. Available to anyone regardless of XP.

HPG Raid: (Operation/ HPG Raid A Raid attacking a Comstar held world. Provides and opportunity to salvage Star League units. Possible only against members of the staff that are part of the Comstar faction.

Skirmish: (Mek | Vehicle) - the old Patrol. 30lyr range, same land exchange, moderate cBill payout, increased RP payout. Can only be launched vs worlds where each faction holds at least 25% of the world. Remember 25% is not 25 Conquer Points on Factory worlds.

Conquest: (Mek | Vehicle) - the old Conquer. 30lyr range, same land exchange, very low cBill payout, nicest RP payout.

Kingslayer: (details) - same as before, only cBills adjusted down, RPs up.

Overwatch: (Mek | Vehicle) - A Skirmish but launched as an AFR (attack from reserve)

Data Extraction: (details) - still needs description

HPG Assault: (details) - still needs description

ROM Foray: (details) - still needs description

Interdiction: (details) - still needs description

Cruiser Tourney: (details) - still needs description

Destroyer Tourney: (details) - still needs description

Strategic/Militia operations have been renamed Mek/Vehicle.

LITTLE THINGS

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Scrapping and donating is now more expensive. Scrapping is 2x the cost of a unit, donating costs on average about 45% of the cost of a unit. Force mod has been turned off. Vehicle ops can now use upto 4 infantry of any type.

'1. Skirmish ', the original base op This is a basic Operation for Planets without Factories and involves a small landexchange. To get access to Patrol your army must range from 2000-8000 bv. The unit requirements differ within the two Versions of this operation, Mek and Vehicle. The bv spread is 500 maximum. Each faction involved in the operation must hold a minimum of 25% of the planet. (25 Conquer points for regular worlds and bay worlds, 50 conquer points for factory worlds) Planets with less than this amount for either of the factions may not be the target of a skirmish op.

Mek Skirmish There movement minimum for Mek Skirmishes is walk 1. (No zero move infantry). Bv Range is 2000-8000. BV Spread is 500. There is no skillsum maximum for Mek Skirmishes. Mek Skirmish armies may have up to four infantry.

Vehicle Skirmish Vehicle Skirmishes have no unit weight maximum or movement minimum. Bv Range is 2000-8000. BV Spread is 500. There is no skillsum maximum for Vehicle Skirmishes. Vehicle Skirmishes may have up to four infantry.

2. Raid, the raiding op The raid Operation for Planets containing Factories with the exception of Capitol Planets and involves no landexchange. Raid BV range is from 2000-8000. The bv spread is 500 maximum and there is no average skillsum required. Winning a Raid attack delays the factories, steals a decent amount of components and 1-2 units from the faction bays. Winning a Raid defense grants components to the factories. The components stolen or granted are dependent upon the factories located on the world raided. The unit requirements differ within the two Versions of this operation, Mek and Vehicle.

Mek Raid The movement minimum for Mek Raids is walk 1. (No zero move infantry. Mek Raids require a minimum of 4 mek units. After the 4 mek unit requirement is met you may add any number of mek or vehicle units up to the maximum BV, 8000. BV Spread is 500

Vehicle Raid Vehicle Raids have no unit weight maximum or movement minimum. (Zero move infantry are allowed) Vehicle Raids require a minimum of 4 vehicle units. They may have no more than 4 infantry. After the 4 vehicle unit requirement is met you may add any number of mek or vehicle units up to the maximum BV, 8000. BV Spread is 500.

3. Conquer, the basic invasion type op This is an invasion operation for all Planets except Capitols and involves a decent amount of landexchange. To get access to Conquer your army must range from 2000-12000 bv and have 4 non-Infantry units. There are Mek and Vehicle versions and a maximum of 1 infantry units is allowed. The bv spread is 500 maximum and your pilots must have an average skillsum of 8.3 or lower. This operation involves Artillery support for both sides.

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Unless stated otherwise, the posted requirements are for the attacker only. The defender usually has a wide range of allowed army compositions.

Kingslayer: This is the one and only Capitol Planet Operation and involves a good amount of landexchange. To get access to Kingslayer your army must have 4000 bv minimum and all units may not have less than 40 tons. There is no bv spread and the pilots must have an average skillsum of 7.8 or lower. Both sides get Artillery support and additionally, the Defender gets a good amount of conventional mines to place.

Bonus Operation Overwatch: This is an operation similar to Patrol with the following additions: it is AFR-only and the attacker recieves a small amount of artillery while the defender gets to place some conventional mines. The operation is identical to the Skirmish operation in all other aspects.

Conquer Faction Subfaction 1 (Frontline Commanders) has access to an additional seven different Operations against other Conquer Factions:

Faction-Unique Super Operation: These Operations are unique for every faction and must take place on Factory Planets with the exception of Capitol Planets. To get access to your faction's unique operation - experiment! A general hint for everyone: No maximum bvs and the higher your armies are, the better the payout. Minimum BV is 8000. Unit Requirements such as number of units involved and classes of units involved differ for every faction as well as different payouts, meta awards and pilot gains. The bv spread is 1000 maximum and the rewards get better the higher your game bv is. Supersize Me!

Rumors: Allthough unconfirmed, the Great House's Intels suspect Comstar to be responsible for a few devastating attacks on selected targets. You may try to assault an HPG Station but beware Blake's Wrath!

Additionally, General Operations:

Tutorial: Armies legal for attacking tutorials have 1000-7000 total BV, have at least 4 non-infantry units and no more than 4 vehicles and 1 Infantry Platoons. Tutorials can only be launched against SOL, meks aren't lost in them and they only pay a few hundred cbills to the involved players.

NOTE: DO NOT PLAY A TOURNEY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH C-BILLS ON HAND TO COVER YOUR BAY EXPENSES >>> You have been warned. Losers get no pay and will lose any bays they can't pay for after the fight.

Cruiser Tourney: This is a free-for-all arena for single units up to 60tons and is double-blind. Everyone receives some mines and fled units may get scrapped, pushed off units may get salvaged. Expect bad payout and no campaign effects. One player each faction.

Destroyer Tourney: This is a free-for-all arena for single units from 50 to 100tons and is double-blind. Everyone receives some mines and fled units may get scrapped, pushed off units may get salvaged. Expect bad payout and no campaign effects. One player each faction.

Team Operations. have been removed due to lack of interest and confusion in peoples attack options.

! IMPORTANT NOTES ! 1.) The Penalty for finishing Operations without enough bv destroyed was increased dramatically. On the other hand, Payouts for properly played games are better now. 2.) Units that are pushed off the map have a chance to get scrapped or salvaged. This is to discourage edgecamping. 3.) To discourage min-maxing, armies that are only legal for conquest operations do not count towards Production. Building balanced armies is encouraged. 4.) Counterattacks are disabled. 5.) Operations for Conquer Factions have an ELO-adjustment. This means that all payout may vary depending on the rating of the participating players 6.) Victory Conditions "BV Ratio Percent" and "Destroy Enemy BV" are enabled for all operations and both must be met to trigger an automatic Victory. 7.) ALL Games are Double Blind. 8.) Regular Ground Operations do not allow Aerospace or Conventional fighters. Super Ops and Kingslayers allow 2 conventional Fighters per side. 9.) Support Units do not count towards bv spread.