Further Information

The bulk of RoE can be found on the homepage and the Incursion plan, however there are a few extra pieces of information which may be especially helpful for diplomats and admirals of newer alliances to come to grips with how things are run.

War Conduct

A war begins when one alliance declares war on another alliance publicly, in the the war-declarations channel (Discord).

A war ends when both parties to the war agree to end the war and both have publicly declared the end of the war in the war-declarations channel.

When two alliances are at war, all RoE rules are suspended between the two alliances for the duration of the war.

Individual alliances are responsible for keeping track of which other alliances they are or are not at war with.

KoS and Punishment

Each alliance determines their own process for punishing RoE violations. There is no serverwide KoS (Kill on Sight).

RoE Timeline

The rules of engagement are currently decided democratically by the RoE council. The methods by which the voting takes place has changed over time, however it is now possible for any alliance of a sufficient size to join the RoE council. This allows for greater representation of the server’s interests and the avoidance of a hegemony.

Below is a compiled timeline of how RoE has changed over time to give an understanding of where it is now and where it has come from. This timeline is partly a nerdy project of mine (I’m sure very few people will care to read through), but I do think there is value in making note of changes over time to allow the server to learn from mistakes and create rules that benefit everyone.

24th October, 2023
First Emergency RoE
RoE#1 - Survey ships are protected when UPC. This protection does not apply if they participate in PVP battles / baseraids.

RoE#2 - Removal of inactive survey ships on empty nodes is permitted, if a warning PM to the Player shows no reaction for 2 Min. (Screenshot prior to attack is highly recommended)

RoE#3 - PvP attacks are prohibited in Token and Swarm space

RoE#4 - PvP attacks are prohibited against an alliance when within their own armada circle.

RoE#5 - The Emergency RoE is not followed by two or more parties; when these are in an active War with each other; or specifically agreed to not follow it for a specified event/systems/ships.
2nd December, 2023
Territories First Mentioned
RoE#1 - Survey ships are protected when UPC. This protection does not apply if they participate in PVP battles / baseraids.

RoE#2 - Removal of inactive survey ships on empty nodes is permitted, if a warning PM to the Player shows no reaction for 2 Min. (Screenshot prior to attack is highly recommended)

RoE#3 - PvP attacks are prohibited in Token and Swarm space

RoE#4 - PvP attacks are prohibited against an alliance when within their own armada circle.

RoE#5 - The Emergency RoE is not followed by two or more parties; when these are in an active War with each other; or specifically agreed to not follow it for a specified event/systems/ships.

RoE#6 - Origin Sector (Territory Space) is considered a PvP Zone. Any Ships that enters your Alliance Territory is not protected by RoE.
12th January, 2024
Territories Partially Protected
RoE#1 - Survey ships are protected when UPC. This protection does not apply if they participate in PVP battles / baseraids.

RoE#2 - Removal of inactive survey ships on empty nodes is permitted, if a warning PM to the Player shows no reaction for 2 Min. (Screenshot prior to attack is highly recommended)

RoE#3 - PvP attacks are prohibited in Token and Swarm space

RoE#4 - PvP attacks are prohibited against an alliance when within their own armada circle.

RoE#5 - The Emergency RoE is not followed by two or more parties; when these are in an active War with each other; or specifically agreed to not follow it for a specified event/systems/ships.

RoE#6 - Only actively mining UPC Survey Ships are protected in Origin Sector (Territory Space)
27th January, 2024
Territories are Protected
RoE#1 - Survey ships are protected when UPC. This protection does not apply if they participate in PVP battles / baseraids.

RoE#2 - Removal of inactive survey ships on empty nodes is permitted, if a warning PM to the Player shows no reaction for 2 Min. (Screenshot prior to attack is highly recommended)

RoE#3 - PvP attacks are prohibited in Token and Swarm space

RoE#4 - PvP attacks are prohibited against an alliance when within their own armada circle.

RoE#5 - The Emergency RoE is not followed by two or more parties; when these are in an active War with each other; or specifically agreed to not follow it for a specified event/systems/ships.

RoE#6 - Territories will have the same protection as Swarm / Token space have now with one exception: Takeover/Defense. At those times territory in dispute will have full PVP.
4th March, 2024
Galactic Council Established
3rd May, 2024
G4 Ascension
5th May, 2024
First RoE Overhaul
No attacks against actively mining UPC surveys in open space

If there are no available nodes in a system, 1 zero node or a node being mined by inappropriate ships (i.e. d'vor on a crystal node) can be cleaned for immediate personal use of the node

No attacks against survey ships on mining nodes in alliance territory unless during active takeovers

No attacks & hostile ship ability use in token space, no stealing of others 8472 hostiles

No attacks on ships inside active Armada circles

The following ships are protected in their special open space farming areas: Franklin & Franklin-A in swarm space, voyager in hirogen delta Quadrant systems, Stella in eclipse space, NX01 in xindi space

Only alliances who JOIN a takeover are allowed inside systems during an active takeover
18th May, 2024
Incursion Plan Introduced
22nd July, 2024
Unification Rules
MAD, the largest alliance on the server at the time, agreed to follow RoE if these rules were adopted by the rest of the server. These rules gained the majority and the war ended.
No attacks on a UPC miner unless it is (1) on a 0 node, or (2) in a territory takeover, or (3) on an inappropriate node, or (4) in a base raid.
No attacks on Meridian in Alliance iso-territories
No PVP in token space.
Exceptions: If PvP is explicitly mentioned in the token space and in the game states. (e.g. mirror universe); Only Voyagers have RoE protection on anomaly nodes
No PvP against (1) Franklins/Franklin-A in swarm space, (2) UPC Monaveens in Texas space, (3) UPC Voyagers in open DQ space beyond Kobali(35) (spezies 8472 spawn sectors). No interaction with summoned hostiles by other players.
No PvP in Armada circles
Full PvP in Origin during takeovers/defenses, regardless of participation.
30th August, 2024
G5 Ascension
3rd September, 2024
Overhaul for Clarity
A) No attacks on UPC surveys, unless they are
(1) on a zero node outside alliance territory
(2) entering foreign/neutral alliance territory
(3) participating in a base raid or
(4) on an inappropriate* node.
(5) Meridians are protected in alliance isogen territory.
Inappropriate node:
D'Vor occupying any other node than Raw Latinum and any other ship than D'Vor occupying Raw Latinum.
Any other ship than Botany Bay occupying data nodes.

B) No PVP in token spaces, unless
(1) PvP in a specified token space scores for an event (e.g. some MU events)
(2) anything other than Voyagers occupy anomaly nodes.

C) No PvP against the following specialty ships
(1) Franklins/Franklin-A's in swarm space
(2) UPC Monaveens in Texas space
(3) UPC Voyagers in open DQ summoning space
(4) No interaction with summoned hostiles by other players.

D) No PvP in armada circles, including
(1) usage of debuffs against participating ships.

E) Full PvP in alliance territories during active takeovers/defenses, regardless of an alliance's participation.
16th December, 2024
More Cases Added
A) No attacks on UPC surveys, unless they are
(1) on a zero node outside alliance territory
(2) entering foreign/unowned alliance territory
(3) engaging in PvP or base raids
(4) on an inappropriate* node in fully occupied systems or
(5) on an inappropriate* node needed for personal use.

Inappropriate means:
Any other ships than normal D'Vors occupying Raw Latinum. Normal D'Vors occupying any other node than Raw Latinum.
Any other ships than D'Vor Feeshas occupying Concentrated Latinum, unless it's an FKR survey with Officer Arrock as captain.

B) No PVP in token spaces, unless
(1) PvP in a specified token space scores for an event (e.g. some MU events)
(2) anything other than Voyagers occupy anomaly nodes.
(3) Usage of debuffs is considered a PvP action & prohibited.

C) No PvP against the following specialty ships
(1) Franklins/Franklin-A's in swarm space
(2) UPC Monaveens in Texas space
(3) UPC Voyagers in open DQ summoning space
(4) No interaction with summoned hostiles by other players.

D) No PvP in armada circles.
(1) Another player opening the exact same armada while your timer is still active & ongoing is considered a PvP action & prohibited.
(2) An armada or entity damaged by another player is not to be engaged for 60 seconds after it failed or you spotted it, whichever is most recent.

E) Full PvP in alliance territories during active takeovers/defenses, regardless of an alliance's participation.
18th January, 2025
G6 Ascension
5th June, 2025
Augment Exiles Added
A) No attacks on UPC surveys, unless they are
(1) on a zero node outside alliance territory
(2) entering foreign/unowned alliance territory
(3) engaging in PvP or base raids
(4) on an inappropriate* node in fully occupied systems or
(5) on an inappropriate* node needed for personal use.

Inappropriate means:
Any other ships than normal D'Vors occupying Raw Latinum. Normal D'Vors occupying any other node than Raw Latinum.
Any other ships than D'Vor Feeshas occupying Concentrated Latinum, unless it's an FKR survey with Officer Arrock as captain.

B) No PVP in token spaces, unless
(1) PvP in a specified token space scores for an event (e.g. some MU events)
(2) anything other than Voyagers occupy anomaly nodes.
(3) Usage of debuffs is considered a PvP action & prohibited.

C) No PvP against the following specialty ships
(1) Franklins/Franklin-A's in swarm space
(2) UPC Monaveens in Texas space
(3) UPC Voyagers in open DQ summoning space
(5) All ships in Augment Exile space
(4) No interaction with summoned hostiles by other players.

D) No PvP in armada circles.
(1) Another player opening the exact same armada while your timer is still active & ongoing is considered a PvP action & prohibited.
(2) An armada or entity damaged by another player is not to be engaged for 60 seconds after it failed or you spotted it, whichever is most recent.

E) Full PvP in alliance territories during active takeovers/defenses, regardless of an alliance's participation.
25th June, 2025
Section C Overhaul
A) No attacks on UPC surveys, unless they are
(1) on a zero node outside alliance territory
(2) entering foreign/unowned alliance territory
(3) engaging in PvP or base raids
(4) on an inappropriate* node in fully occupied systems or
(5) on an inappropriate* node needed for personal use.

Inappropriate means:
Any other ships than normal D'Vors occupying Raw Latinum. Normal D'Vors occupying any other node than Raw Latinum.
Any other ships than D'Vor Feeshas occupying Concentrated Latinum, unless it's an FKR survey with Officer Arrock as captain.

B) No PVP in token spaces, unless
(1) PvP in a specified token space scores for an event (e.g. some MU events)
(2) anything other than Voyagers occupy anomaly nodes.
(3) Usage of debuffs is considered a PvP action & prohibited.

C) No PvP against the following specialty ships
(1) UPC Franklins/Franklin-A's in swarm space
(2) UPC Monaveens in Texas space
(3) UPC Voyagers in open DQ summoning space
(5) UPC Reliants in Augment Exile space
(4) No interaction with summoned hostiles that are triggered by spending tokens or currency by other players.

D) No PvP in armada circles.
(1) Another player opening the exact same armada while your timer is still active & ongoing is considered a PvP action & prohibited.
(2) An armada or entity damaged by another player is not to be engaged for 60 seconds after it failed or you spotted it, whichever is most recent.

E) Full PvP in alliance territories during active takeovers/defenses, regardless of an alliance's participation.