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Created page with "A territory-and-combat release: alliances assign each system a '''Doctrine''', plant '''Bastions''' far from home, and fight '''defence-window sieges''' that scale with Bastion roots — plus '''Carrier''' rapid-fire screens, a '''boss loot''' rework, safer '''expeditions''', score-gap war fatigue, and '''Diplomacy / FCS chat'''.<blockquote>New to Bastions and Doctrines? See the full Alliance Territory guide. Staged conquest and defence windows are in Territory Siege. Bo..."

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A territory-and-combat release: alliances assign each system a '''Doctrine''', plant '''Bastions''' far from home, and fight '''defence-window sieges''' that scale with Bastion roots — plus '''Carrier''' rapid-fire screens, a '''boss loot''' rework, safer '''expeditions''', score-gap war fatigue, and '''Diplomacy / FCS chat'''.<blockquote>New to Bastions and Doctrines? See the full Alliance Territory guide. Staged conquest and defence windows are in Territory Siege. Boss haul math is in Pirate Bosses. Or open '''Settings → Quick Guides''' in-game.</blockquote>

== New Features ==

=== Doctrines ===

* Every system center — Headquarters, Division, and Bastion — carries exactly '''one Doctrine''', set on the main building by a Deputy or Leader.
* Five doctrines: '''Production Hub''' (resource production), '''Shipyard Outpost''' (ship build-time reduction), '''Fortress''' (tonnage capacity + neighbour defence projection), '''Logistics Center''' (alliance Warp Gate), and '''Anti-Intel & Sensor''' (alliance scans / counter-scout).
* The signature building is an '''activation gate''': the effect stays at zero until that building exists at level ≥ 1; the ''size'' of the bonus comes from the node's '''main building level'''.
* First doctrine pick is free; switching costs the last upgrade of the main building, may demolish incompatible signature buildings (with confirmation), and starts a '''72h''' cooldown.
* The '''HQ''' may only take Production Hub or Shipyard Outpost. Fortress, Logistics, and Anti-Intel stay out on Divisions and Bastions where positioning still matters.
* Alliance-wide bonuses use a diminishing-returns curve with a hard ceiling (tonnage '''+5%''', production '''+10%''', ship time '''−25%'''). Only '''connected''' (effective) nodes with an active signature contribute.

=== Bastions ===

* Standalone territory anchors for systems that are '''not''' adjacent to your HQ blob. The Bastion main ''is'' the system main — no separate Division Center on that system.
* Three archetypes (instance caps apply):
** '''Embassy''' — 1 system, 0 children (max '''5''')
** '''War''' — root + up to '''2''' child Divisions (max '''3''')
** '''Expansion''' — root + up to '''5''' child Divisions (max '''2''')
* Each Bastion's territory-cap grant matches its child capacity, so a Bastion is '''capacity-neutral''' for the main blob. Capturing a whole cluster nets '''+1''' slot.
* Embassy placement requires hex adjacency to Ally / NAP territory; Expansion needs clearance from at-war territory. Bastions are '''always conquerable'''.
* Abandon (Deputy+) releases the entire cluster, frees the archetype slot, and starts a '''168h''' per-archetype cooldown. Blocked while any siege is open in the cluster.
* New '''Alliance → Territories''' tab shows HQ / Bastion / Division nesting, connection flags, capacity, and live territory effects.

=== Connected territory ===

* Bonuses, Fortress projection, alliance scans, and warp hops only count while a system is '''linked''' back to the HQ blob or its Bastion root over hex adjacency.
* Cutting a corridor orphans systems: they keep buildings, harvest, and missions, but feed '''nothing''' alliance-wide until reconnected.

=== Fortress projection & Anti-Intel ===

* The '''strongest''' adjacent Fortress projects '''50%''' of its held defence into a neighbour's fight. Borrowed units are never consumed from the projecting colony.
* Anti-Intel Intelligence Centers enable vault-paid '''alliance scans''' (radius scales with level) and strengthen counter-scouting nearby.

=== Territory Siege defence windows ===

* Rival-held system conquest no longer uses a fully random Contested timer. After Contest, later stages wait at least '''24h''', then open a random '''2h''' Vulnerable slot inside the defender alliance's '''8-hour defence window''' (start hour chosen by Deputy/Leader, default '''17:00 UTC''').
* '''Divisions / Bastion children / neutrals:''' '''2''' stages (1 wait). '''Bastion roots:''' '''3''' stages (2 waits) — capturing the root takes the '''whole cluster'''.
* Defence window start hour has a '''168h''' change cooldown and is blocked while the alliance has any open siege. If no alliance member has been active within '''7 days''', the defence-window benefit is skipped.
* Contested income ('''×0.5'''), Graveyard debris rates, building penalty ('''−3''' levels; mains floor at 1), and the '''7-day''' previous-owner waiver are unchanged in spirit from 1.3.6.

=== Carrier rapid-fire screen ===

* '''Carriers''' project a rapid-fire screen that cancels part of the enemy RF value aimed at their own ships each round (escorts thinning as Carriers fall).
* The screen is deliberately partial: a line keeps at least '''half''' of its RF advantage and can never be pushed down to RF '''1''' (max cancel fraction '''50%''', capped cancel points).
* '''Guardian''' class amplifies the screen via '''+50% Rapid fire cancel'''. Battle reports, Item Info, and the combat simulator surface the effect.

=== Boss loot in owned space & haul rework ===

* Pirate boss group loot gains a territory ownership modifier: '''+10%''' when the boss sits in a '''hostile''' alliance's system, '''+5%''' in '''your own''' alliance's space, and none in neutral or Ally / NAP territory.
* The modifier is resolved from the alliance '''most participants belong to''', so arrival order or an unallied tag-along cannot rewrite the payout.
* Hauls now extract a '''curve fraction of the boss's actual stockpile''' (not a detached baseline that could empty a thin stock):
** '''Mid-Boss:''' per-player curve '''0.8× → 3.75×'''; a full '''6'''-player rally accesses ≈'''90%''' of the '''25×''' pool.
** '''Boss:''' front-loaded group curve — ~'''60%''' of the '''100×''' pool by '''10''' players, full stock by '''20'''.
* Share blend weights lean on '''fleet build-cost (50%)''', with combat power and damage at '''25%''' each (linear, not ^1.8). Inverse-score boost for smaller commanders caps at '''2×''' the least-boosted fleet.
* High-Boss '''per-alliance''' join cap raised to '''12''' (overall still '''20'''). Full rules: Pirate Bosses.

=== Score-gap protections ===

* '''Score-bully attack limits:''' when your total score is at least '''10×''' the defender's, attacks against that player are capped at '''1''' distinct event per rolling week and '''2''' per rolling month. Strikes within '''1 hour''' on the same pair count as a single event. Scouting remains allowed.
* '''Score-gap war fatigue:''' separately, attacking a much weaker player trims loot — '''−5%''' from '''5×''' score ratio, scaling to '''−20%''' at '''50×+'''. Stacks multiplicatively with repeat-raid war fatigue.

=== Diplomacy & FCS chat ===

* '''Diplomacy chat''' — Ally treaties unlock a shared chat channel between the two alliances (Messages → Diplomacy).
* '''FCS chat''' — each open FCS rally gets a participant-only room for coordinating the strike (Messages → FCS). Rooms stay available for a short window after the rally closes.

== Improvements ==

* Galaxy map and system UIs tint your own systems by doctrine, show Bastion / Division nesting, and surface siege stage countdowns on Bastion mains as well as HQ / Division centers.
* Alliance Admin Settings expose the defence-window start hour for Deputies and Leaders.
* Tonnage summary and resource overlays call out Fortress and Production Hub territory contributions.
* Quick Guides cover Bastions, Doctrines, territory buildings, and the updated Territory Siege flow.
* '''Expedition Protocols''' risk reduction and '''Legendary Expeditions''' insurance now reduce expedition '''ship-loss rate''' and '''stun duration''' (combined, capped at '''25%'''). Per-level values retuned so the cap is reachable without overshooting.
* Mass '''Explorer / Science Vessel''' stacks count at '''1/1000''' of stack size when applying expedition ship-loss percentages (still at least 1 hull if present), so large explorer fleets are not wiped by the same % as combat hull.
* Daily Race reward mails use distinct daily subject/body copy. Direct-message threads can be deleted from your side.
* FCS combat simulation applies per-player class bonuses correctly when mixed fleets fight together.

== Balance ==

* Fortress tonnage, Production Hub output, and Shipyard Outpost build-time bonuses use diminishing returns with hard ceilings so wide empires do not stack endlessly.
* Bastion archetype and territory caps are checked when a Contest '''starts''', not at the final stage — no three-stage surprise blocks.
* System protector garrisons still scale with how many systems you already control.
* Boss loot fairness leans toward invested fleet value and pool access rates that match the designed occupied-rate curve (mid full rally ≈90%; high boss fills by 20).

== Bug Fixes ==

* Fixed pirate stronghold / outpost respawn edge cases that could leave cleared pirate sites stuck or respawning incorrectly.
* Fixed boss FCS target joins that failed to resolve the stronghold when launch stored planet/moon <code>targetType</code> without <code>toPirateStrongholdId</code>.
* Siege, Bastion cluster, and doctrine UI edge cases cleaned up alongside the territory features above.
* FCS per-player bonus and rapid-fire screen edge cases cleaned up in battle reports and the simulator.

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