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= Alliance Power =

'''Alliance Power''' measures how far your alliance has invested in shared infrastructure — not how full the vault is today. It ranks alliances on a fleet-title ladder and sets the weekly [[Riftwake Incursion#wakeheart contest fund|Wakeheart contest fund]] cost.

An alliance with '''no territory''' has '''no Alliance Power''' and cannot take part in Riftwake (Siphon Spines or Wakeheart). Territory is what unlocks alliance buildings, the vault, and event eligibility.

== Contents ==

* How power is calculated
* Fleet titles
* What power is not
* Riftwake contest fund
* Related systems

== How power is calculated ==

Alliance Power uses the '''same resource weights''' as personal [[Score|empire score]], applied to lifetime alliance spend:

# Sum catalog costs for '''all alliance buildings''' on your territory colonies (Headquarters, Divisions, Bastions) and for '''all completed alliance research levels'''.
# Weight each resource: steel '''1''', quartz '''1.5''', gas '''2''', silicium '''3''', iridium '''3.5''', elerium '''4''' (energy does not count).
# Convert with <code>ceil(weighted total / 1000)</code>.

Unlike personal building / research score, Alliance Power is '''not soft-capped''' — deep territory empires keep climbing.

{| class="wikitable"
!Counts toward power
!Does not count
|-
|Alliance buildings on controlled systems
|Member empires (ships, personal buildings, personal research)
|-
|Alliance research levels
|Resources sitting idle in the vault
|-
|
|Relics, cosmetics, weekly event score
|}

'''Example.''' Two alliances can both sit on huge vaults; the one that has poured steel and elerium into HQ vaults, extractors, and Territorial Expansion will show higher Alliance Power. Dumping or emptying the vault does not change the title.

== Fleet titles ==

Titles unlock at fixed power thresholds. Your alliance keeps a title until it crosses the next threshold (or loses all territory and becomes ineligible).

{| class="wikitable"
!Power
!Title
!Role
|-
|No territory
|—
|'''Ineligible''' — no Riftwake, no vault economy
|-
|Below '''1T'''
|'''Flotilla'''
|Forming territory presence
|-
|'''1T'''+
|'''Squadron'''
|Organised mid power
|-
|'''2T'''+
|'''Fleet'''
|Serious contender
|-
|'''4T'''+
|'''Armada'''
|Top-table rivalry
|-
|'''7T'''+
|'''Grand Fleet'''
|Apex title for today’s strongest empires
|-
|'''11T'''+
|'''Hegemony'''
|Next-era prestige
|-
|'''16T'''+
|'''Astral Imperium'''
|Far-future ceiling
|}

Titles are prestige and fee bands — they are separate from [[Riftwake Incursion#regnal honors (buffs only)|Regnal Honors]] (server-wide buff titles the Realmwarden assigns).

== What power is not ==

* '''Not vault balance.''' A rich idle vault does not raise power; spent buildings and research do.
* '''Not member empire score sum.''' Alliance leaderboards by member score remain a different ranking — see [[Alliances#leaderboards & events|Alliances → Leaderboards]].
* '''Not a combat buff.''' Power does not add attack or defense; it classifies investment and Wakeheart entry cost.

== Riftwake contest fund ==

Before Wakeheart attacks, the alliance '''Leader or Deputy''' pays a one-time weekly fund from the vault. The basket scales with your '''fleet title''' (steel, quartz, iridium, silicium, and elerium — '''not gas'''). Siphon Spine clears stay free for territory alliances.

Full rules and the fee table: [[Riftwake Incursion#wakeheart contest fund|Riftwake Incursion → Wakeheart contest fund]].

== Related systems ==

* [[Alliances]]
* [[Alliance Territory]]
* [[Riftwake Incursion]]
* [[Score]]