Riftwake Incursion

Riftwake Incursion

Riftwake Incursion is a recurring Alliance-versus-Alliance event in Per Regna. Five ancient Riftwake Scars mark the galaxy; each Riftwake week one flares. The combat window runs for a fixed number of hours, and if nobody claims the Mandate it reopens at the same hour the next day, up to three times, until an alliance wins. Alliances destroy Siphon Spines (PvE), then fight over the Wakeheart (PvP). Wakeheart hold time accumulates per alliance — being displaced pauses your clock rather than resetting it — and the alliance with the most total hold time when the window closes becomes Realmwarden, holding the Mandate of Regna: discretionary Mandate Caches and server-wide Regnal Honors (buff titles only).

Eligible galaxies: Realm 4+ only — younger realms lack enough alliance density for Contagion-range AvA.

Contents

• Why it exists
• Lore glossary
• Map: scars & contagion
• Event flow
• Access & launch
• Allies, NAP & FCS coalitions
• Phase 1 — Siphon Spines
• Phase 2 — Wakeheart hold
• War Guild levy
• Astral Siphon (galaxy drain)
• Realmwarden & Mandate of Regna
• Rewards
• Regnal Honors (buffs only)
• Fleet losses
• FCS limits
• Anti-domination
• Edge cases
• Tunables
• Related systems

Why it exists

Uncoordinated moon raids and border scrapes do not create a shared server story. Riftwake Incursion channels conflict into:

1. Spatial pressure — expand or ally toward this week’s Active Scar
2. Hybrid combat — PvE spine clears plus open PvP at the Wakeheart
3. Governance — the Realmwarden manually distributes Mandate Caches and Regnal Honors, driving diplomacy and counter-coalitions

Lore glossary

Term	Meaning
Riftwake	Alien puncture of local space; drains productivity until silenced
Riftwake Scar	One of five fixed systems where a Riftwake can flare
Active Scar	This week’s flared scar (the only attackable site)
Siphon Spine	PvE alien node shielding the Wakeheart (×4 per Active Scar)
Wakeheart	PvP hold target at the scar’s system center
War Guild levy	Vault contribution the War Guild requires before Wakeheart attacks (alien scar bounty gate); scales by Alliance Power title
War Guild	War-coordination counterpart to the Trade Union; posts the Active Scar bounty gate and may later escrow other AvA / bounty pools
Alliance Power	Shared investment score (alliance buildings + research); fleet titles and War Guild levy band
Rift Contagion	Unconquerable blight on the scar + adjacent hexes
Astral Siphon	Galaxy-wide production drain while Riftwake structures live
Realmwarden	Alliance that silenced the Active Scar; rules for 7 days
Mandate of Regna	Realmwarden privileges: caches + title assignment
Mandate Caches	Sealed reward packages distributed by leadership
Regnal Honors	Positive player titles (buffs) assigned by the Realmwarden
Regnal Marks	(Removed from v1 — buffs only; no personal debuff titles)

Map: scars & contagion

Five rotating Riftwake Scars

Rule	Detail
Scars	5 fixed systems on a ring (not galaxy center)
Active	1 scar per week (published rotation)
Dormant	Other 4 visible on the map, not attackable that week
Layout (Active Scar)	1 Wakeheart (center colony) + 4 Siphon Spines (orbital colonies) in the same system — nebula-style, not a normal colonizable system
Mode	Scars 1, 3 and 5 are Alliance only; Scars 2 and 4 are Ally collaboration. The mode follows the Scar, so it changes with the weekly rotation (wrapping from Scar 5 to Scar 1 gives two alliance-only weeks in a row). Riftwake Command shows it as a badge. See Allies, NAP & FCS coalitions

Scar center layout (nebula pattern)

Scar centers are special systems (not normal habitable colony rings). Structure mirrors nebulas: one center body + orbital targets players attack by planet/colony id.

Slot	Position	Entity	Role
Center	0	Wakeheart colony	Final PvP hold target (FCS / station at system center)
Orbit	1–4	Siphon Spine colonies	PvE raid targets; must all be cleared before Wakeheart is attackable
—	5+	None	No extra planets, asteroids, or player colonies on scar centers

       [Spine 2]     [Spine 3]
             \       /
              \     /
           [Wakeheart]   ← position 0 (system center)
              /     \
             /       \
       [Spine 1]     [Spine 4]

Rule	Detail
Planet types	New types e.g. wakeheart / siphonSpine (or reuse systemCenter + tagged NPC colonies)
Colonizable	false — no player colonies on scar centers. New arrivals (ascension) and colony relocate skip scar centers the same way they skip nebulas; Contagion neighbors stay normal habitable systems
Owner	Shared Riftwake NPC player (like system protector / pirate NPC)
Attack flow	Target a Siphon Spine colony with FCS → clear all 4 → Wakeheart shield drops → target Wakeheart colony to occupy/hold. Only alliances that took part in clearing at least one spine this window may attack the Wakeheart — see Wakeheart entry. Scout spines and Wakeheart first (solo probes allowed) to estimate garrisons before committing an FCS.
Contagion neighbors	Stay normal habitable systems (planets OK); only scar centers use this layout
UI	System view like nebula: show Wakeheart + 4 spines only, hide normal planet strip. Cleared Siphon Spines appear dimmed with a muted status ring (same idea as cleared pirate sites). Tapping a spine opens its details with Active / Cleared status and which alliance last cleared it. Riftwake Command opens with the current objective and a Road to Realmwarden checklist (clear a spine → pay the War Guild levy → hold the Wakeheart; the spine step stays open until your own alliance has Wakeheart entry), shows a tile per Siphon Spine (tap to jump to it) in one of four states — Active, Cleared, Respawning (with a time range) or Respawned — and can navigate the galaxy map to the Scar center. The navigate button reads Navigate to Active Scar only while a combat window is open; before that it reads Navigate to Upcoming Scar, or Navigate to Next Week's Scar when the next window opens a new Riftwake week. The top panel shows the Scar's mode badge (Alliance only / Ally collaboration), and once a window is won it shows the winning alliance's tag and name with the time left on its Mandate. The Mandate effects panel only appears while a Siphon drain, the Realmwarden bonus, your Regnal Honor or Mandate fatigue is active, and lists your Honor's full effects

Conversion (existing maps): for each riftwake_scars.systemId, strip/hide colonizable planets + pirates/asteroids at the scar; ensure position 0 = Wakeheart colony and positions 1–4 = Siphon Spine colonies; wire riftwake_spines rows to those colony/planet ids.

Rift Contagion (unconquerable belt)

Alien influence bleeds into neighboring stars. Empires cannot permanently claim those systems.

Scope	Count
Per scar	Scar + 6 adjacent hexes = 7 systems
All scars	5 × 7 = 35 systems
Rules	No system conquering, no alliance territory nodes; Contagion neighbors also block attack and scout launches (scar center keeps Riftwake structure combat and scouting)
Allowed	Travel, station for the event, harvest/PvE as configured on non-Contagion approaches
Lore	Rift Contagion has spread; those stars reject permanent control

~35 locked systems out of ~11 250 is negligible for colonization. Outer approaches stay conquerable — wrapping creates AvA conflict rather than a permanent freeze.

Event flow

Riftwake-week rotation picks Active Scar (realmLevel ≥ 4 galaxies)

       │  Window announced in Riftwake Command + on the Scar hex ~6h before it opens
       │
       ▼

Launch from Contagion-range origin (own / alliance station; diplomatic-ally station on Ally collaboration Scars only), or warp-hop via an alliance Warp Gate exit in range

       │  Probes may scout Active Scar structures from anywhere (no Contagion-range gate)
       │
       ▼

Phase 1 — Destroy all 4 Siphon Spines (PvE + PvP perimeter)

       │  Wakeheart invulnerable while any spine stands
       │  Each clear: −1% Astral Siphon + hold bonus for clearing alliance
       │  Taking part in a clear gives your alliance Wakeheart entry for this window
       ▼

Phase 2 — Occupy Wakeheart; hold time accumulates (spine bonus makes it accrue faster)

       │  Only alliances with Wakeheart entry may attack it or be crowned
       │  Displacement pauses that alliance's clock — banked time is kept
       │  Ally collaboration Scars: diplomatic allies cannot displace each other (NAP still can)
       │  Alliance only Scars: no joint ops with allies; they can back you by hitting hostile alliances
       │  Spines respawn (±jitter) — clear one to earn entry late or restore a bonus
       ▼

Window end — longest accumulated holder (min 30m) becomes Realmwarden

       │  Nobody qualified → window reopens same hour next day (up to 3 per Riftwake week)
       ▼

Winner — Realmwarden until the next Riftwake week opens (up to 7 days)

       Mandate Caches + Regnal Honors; a back-to-back win adds Mandate fatigue for the next week's fights
       Spinebreaker Caches delivered straight to the commanders who cleared spines (any alliance)
       Auto participation packs for 2nd / 3rd / spine-clear fighters, per window

Access & launch

Rule	Detail
Alliance territory	Your alliance must hold at least one controlled system. No territory → no vault → no Riftwake attacks (spines or Wakeheart). See Alliance Power.
Eligibility	Launch origin (from-colony or warp-hop exit) must sit within 2 hexes of the active Contagion belt. Distant ally presence does not unlock global launches.
Origin ownership	Own colony, same-alliance colony, or — on an Ally collaboration Scar only — a diplomatic ally station
Warp hop	Warp exit must still be an own-alliance hop target (unchanged warp rules). Ally stations help as launch/station origins, not as free warp exits for other alliances. Embassy Bastions with Logistics Center + Warp Gate may be founded on Contagion approach systems (within access range) without an Ally / NAP neighbor — see Alliance Territory.
Solo	No Realmwarden path without an alliance
Launch	FCS / station missions from eligible origins
Ownership	Active Scar system is never permanently conquered

Allies, NAP & FCS coalitions

Diplomatic treaties do not merge alliances for Riftwake scoring or win conditions. Each alliance remains a separate competitor.

Scar mode. Each Scar is either Alliance only (Scars 1, 3, 5) or Ally collaboration (Scars 2, 4). The ally rules below apply only on an Ally collaboration Scar. On an Alliance only Scar each alliance takes the Wakeheart with its own fleets: a diplomatic ally cannot join your rallies, launch from your stations or station at your Wakeheart, and any allied fleet stationed at the Wakeheart is sent home when you capture it. The ally rules do not apply there, so an ally can attack your hold, but this does not make allies rivals: alliances can still help one ally take the throne by putting pressure on hostile alliances, attacking their territories and players during the incursion. In the client, allies get no Station button on that Wakeheart, and rallies against that Scar hide the Allow inter-alliance participation toggle. The mail that announces an open window states the mode, and the badge sits at the top of Riftwake Command.

Topic	Locked rule
Scoring / win	Hold-bonus credit, hold ownership, and Realmwarden are always one alliance id — never shared across allies. Wakeheart entry is also per alliance, but every alliance with a fleet in the clearing battle earns its own (see next rows)
Inter-alliance FCS	Ally collaboration Scars only, and only when the rally lead opts in (Allow inter-alliance participation). On an Alliance only Scar allied rallies are hidden and cannot be joined. NAP-only / strangers cannot join
Credit on joint FCS	Lead’s alliance gets spine clear (hold bonus) / Wakeheart occupy / hold. Allied joiners help damage and share spine loot, but do not share hold-bonus ownership or Realmwarden
Wakeheart entry on joint FCS	Every alliance that had a fleet in the battle that cleared a spine earns its own Wakeheart entry for that window. Joining an ally's spine rally is enough — your alliance does not need to lead one
Entry is not shared	An ally clearing a spine without your fleets does not give your alliance entry. Diplomatic status never grants entry by itself
Spinebreaker share on joint FCS	Allied joiners in a clearing battle count as spine clearers and share the Spinebreaker Caches when the Mandate is claimed
Own rallies	Allies may still run their own FCS and compete against each other
Wakeheart displace	On an Ally collaboration Scar a diplomatic ally cannot kick / replace the occupying partner (must break ally first). On an Alliance only Scar allies may contest it
NAP on Wakeheart	Still contestable — NAP does not protect the holder
Allied launch	Ally collaboration Scars only: may launch Riftwake attacks from an ally station in Contagion range; does not grant map-wide unlock
Allied reinforce (station)	Members of the occupying alliance and, on an Ally collaboration Scar, diplomatic allies may station at the Wakeheart to help keep the hold timer ticking — stationing needs no Wakeheart entry. Allies still cannot attack / displace the holder. NAP does not unlock reinforce
Allied Wakeheart FCS	An allied joiner in a Wakeheart attack rally needs its own alliance's Wakeheart entry and War Guild levy, like any attacker

Phase 1 — Siphon Spines

Four high-tier Siphon Spines protect the Wakeheart.

Mechanic	Detail
Wakeheart shield	Invulnerable while any spine is alive
Combat	Hybrid: damage the spine (PvE) while rival fleets contest the system (PvP)
Clear credit	Alliance that destroys the spine gets credit
Wakeheart entry	Taking part in clearing any spine this window lets your alliance attack the Wakeheart. Entry lasts the whole window and cannot be taken away, even if a rival later re-clears that spine. Each daily window starts fresh
Hold bonus	+5% Wakeheart hold rate per credited spine (max +20%)
Concurrent FCS	Max 2 active Riftwake FCS rallies per alliance
Fleet / loot	Combat garrison ≈ 1.7× Mid-Boss (single-alliance FCS scale); loot pool stays 1.5× high Boss resources/items; FCS-only; loot share uses the same boss participation curves (more joiners → more pool access)
Target	Players pick one Siphon Spine colony (positions 1–4) as mission target
Debris	Softer PvE (~15% debris / graveyard split) on spine PvE losses

Wakeheart entry

Only alliances that did some of the PvE work may fight for the heart. To launch a Wakeheart attack, all of these must be true:

1. Every Siphon Spine has fallen at least once this window (the shield is down).
2. Your alliance has Wakeheart entry: a fleet from your alliance took part in a battle that cleared a spine this window — as the rally lead or as an allied joiner. Clearing a respawned spine counts.
3. Your alliance has paid the War Guild levy for this Riftwake week.
4. The Wakeheart is not held by one of your diplomatic allies.

Situation	Can your alliance attack the Wakeheart?
Your alliance led a rally that cleared a spine	Yes
Your players joined an ally's rally that cleared a spine	Yes — your alliance earns its own entry
An ally cleared a spine without your fleets	No — clear or join a clear yourselves
Your alliance cleared a spine and a rival later re-cleared it	Yes — entry is never taken away within the window
You cleared spines in yesterday's window	No — each daily window starts fresh
You only want to station fleets to help an alliance or ally that already holds the heart	No entry needed — stationing is a reinforce, not an attack

Entry also matters at the finish: an alliance without entry cannot become Realmwarden, whatever its hold time.

Spine respawn (Wakeheart phase)

Spines never respawn while any spine still stands. Once all four have fallen and the Wakeheart is vulnerable:

Rule	Detail
Respawn	Each cleared spine returns 90 ± 15 minutes after its own clear at 50% HP (jitter anti-timer-snipe)
Early clears	A spine cleared more than ~90 minutes before the Wakeheart opened comes back within about a minute of it opening
Late alliances	Clearing a respawned spine is how an alliance that missed Phase 1 earns Wakeheart entry. If all four spines fell within minutes of each other, expect to wait 75–105 minutes for the first respawn
Riftwake Command	A down spine shows Respawning with its time range (the exact time stays hidden); a returned one shows Respawned
Shield	Does not re-lock the Wakeheart
Credit	Re-clear can grant or steal hold-bonus credit for that spine slot
Cap	Hold bonus still capped at +20%

Phase 2 — Wakeheart hold

Mechanic	Detail
Mission	FCS attack (no new mission type). On attacker victory, survivors auto-station and occupation starts
Initial NPC garrison	≈ 2.1× Mid-Boss fleet — no resource stockpile / no combat loot (fight is for the hold only; sized so one end-game alliance can open the Wakeheart, unlike high Boss which needs multi-alliance pressure)
Capture	Win at Wakeheart colony (pos 0) → your alliance occupies
Win condition	Most accumulated hold time when the window closes, with a 30 minute minimum
Hold clock	Accumulates per alliance while you hold the core. Banked time is never lost
Hold rate	Each credited spine adds +5% hold rate (max +20%). Higher rate means your clock accrues faster than wall-clock (see table below).
Displacement	Rival FCS victory vs occupying fleets → your clock pauses (banked time kept); winners auto-station and start their own clock. Diplomatic allies cannot displace each other (must break ally first). NAP remains contestable.
Neutral Wakeheart	No occupying alliance (or diplomatic-ally) fleets left stationed → no clock ticks
Gating	Wakeheart attacks refused while any Siphon Spine still has NPC ships, until the alliance has Wakeheart entry (took part in clearing a spine this window), and until it has paid the War Guild levy for this Riftwake week. One payment covers every daily window that week — a window closing unclaimed does not make you pay again
Reinforce	Occupying alliance members and diplomatic allies may station fleets at the Wakeheart to help maintain the hold
Loot on kick/win	None — no RSS moved to the next winner; spine loot + Mandate Caches are the payouts
Window	Default 8 hour combat window, repeating daily (up to 3 per Riftwake week) until someone wins
Garrison duration	Fleets stationed at the Wakeheart hold until the window closes, not for a fixed hold length

Each credited Siphon Spine makes your hold clock run faster (+5% each, capped at +20%).

Example: with all four spines credited, 60 minutes of real occupation banks 72 minutes of hold time. In a close contest that margin decides the Mandate.

Spines credited	Hold rate bonus	Hold banked per hour held
0	+0%	60m
1	+5%	63m
2	+10%	66m
3	+15%	69m
4	+20%	72m

Displacement pauses your clock rather than resetting it, so banked time survives a kick — but while you are off the core your rivals are banking instead. Spine bonuses speed your accrual; they do not protect against being displaced.

War Guild levy

The War Guild — Per Regna’s war-coordination counterpart to the Trade Union — posts an alien bounty gate on the Active Scar. Before Wakeheart FCS attacks, territory alliances must contribute a one-time War Guild levy from the vault. The Guild’s stated purpose: only fleets prepared to face alien garrisons may contest the heart — so unready alliances are not thrown alone into the Riftwake. (The same Guild framing can later cover other AvA / bounty escrows.)

Before an alliance can launch Wakeheart FCS attacks, its Leader or Deputy must pay this levy from the alliance vault for the current Incursion. The cost follows your Alliance Power fleet title — invested buildings and research, not vault balance.

Rule	Detail
When	During the active Incursion (Siphon Spine phase or Wakeheart phase). Can be paid early — attacks still wait for spines to fall.
Who pays	Alliance Leader or Deputy only (once per alliance per Incursion)
Where	Riftwake Command hub, or the Wakeheart structure panel
What it unlocks	All Wakeheart attacks for that alliance for the rest of the Incursion (including re-entries after displacement)
Siphon Spines	Free for territory alliances — no levy required to clear spines or earn hold-bonus credit
Basket	Steel, quartz, iridium, silicium, elerium — no gas (gas stays free for Contagion staging and warp hops)
Refund	None for now — the levy is spent even if the alliance never wins Realmwarden
Scaling	Matches Alliance Power fleet title. Higher titles pay a larger vault basket.

Levy by fleet title

Title	Alliance Power	Steel	Quartz	Iridium	Silicium	Elerium
Flotilla	Below 1T	2B	1.2B	400M	250M	50B
Squadron	1T+	10T	6T	1.5T	800B	400B
Fleet	2T+	50T	30T	8T	4T	1.5T
Armada	4T+	75T	45T	12T	6T	2.5T
Grand Fleet	7T+	100T	60T	15T	8T	4T
Hegemony	11T+	150T	90T	22T	12T	5T
Astral Imperium	16T+	200T	120T	30T	16T	6T

Example. A Fleet-title alliance (~2T power) pays a War Guild levy of 50T steel and 1.5T elerium (plus quartz / iridium / silicium) once per Riftwake week. A Grand Fleet pays 100T steel and 4T elerium. The levy is per week, not per window: if Saturday's window ends with no Realmwarden, your alliance may contest Sunday's and Monday's windows on the same payment. Leadership should top up the vault before the crown fight — emptying the vault does not lower the levy.

Window end

When the combat window closes:

1. The alliance with the most accumulated Wakeheart hold time becomes Realmwarden, provided it banked at least 30 minutes and has Wakeheart entry for this window. Ties go to whichever alliance established a hold first.
2. Otherwise no Realmwarden this window — the Incursion reopens at the same hour the next day, up to 3 windows per Riftwake week.
3. If the whole Riftwake week passes with no winner, the next win pays +10% Mandate Caches, rounded up per tier (Prime 3 → 4, Accord 15 → 17, Spinebreaker 8 → 9). Set by riftwake.mandateCacheRolloverPct.

Standings are live in Riftwake Command during the window and remain visible as final standings after it closes, so alliances can see exactly how close they came.

Spine clears alone never crown Realmwarden. Clearing spines gives your alliance Wakeheart entry, speeds your hold clock and pays Spinebreaker Caches — the Mandate itself requires holding the heart.

Schedule and announcements

Setting	Default	Notes
Window length	8 hours	riftwake.eventWindowHours
Windows per Riftwake week	3	One per day at the same hour, stopping as soon as an alliance wins (riftwake.maxDailyWindows)
Minimum hold to win	30 minutes	riftwake.minHoldSecondsToWin
Advance notice	6 hours	riftwake.preAnnounceHours — in-client only, no mail
Week start	Saturday 16:00 UTC	riftwake.windowStartOffsetHours. Riftwake runs on its own 7-day period, independent of the weekly league rollover

During the pre-window hours the Scar is visible but read-only: attacks, probes and stationing on Siphon Spines and the Wakeheart are all refused until the combat window begins. The structure panel shows the countdown instead of the action buttons.

About 6 hours before a window opens, the Active Scar and its Contagion belt light up on the galaxy map, the Scar hex shows a Riftwake inbound countdown, and Riftwake Command switches to an inbound state with the Scar coordinates and a navigate button. Use that lead to move fleets into Contagion range — no mail is sent, so watch the map and the hub.

While dormant, Riftwake Command still shows when the next Incursion opens, which Scar will flare, which attempt of the Riftwake week it is, and whether it is an Alliance only or Ally collaboration Scar.

Astral Siphon (galaxy drain)

While Riftwake structures remain, they drain galaxy productivity.

drain = 5% base + (1% × remaining alive spines/Wakeheart)

With 1 Wakeheart + 4 Siphon Spines (5 structures):

State	Approx. drain
Event start (all alive)	10%
Each spine cleared	−1%
All spines cleared, Wakeheart still contested	6% (Wakeheart)
Realmwarden claimed / Wakeheart silenced	0%

Applies to production income, not warehouse stock. Global UI should show current Astral Siphon and recent clear attribution.

Realmwarden & Mandate of Regna

Privilege	Duration
Realmwarden status	7 days (until next Incursion)
Mandate Caches	Manual distribution by leadership
Regnal Honors	Up to 8 buff titles, any player on the server
Alliance perk	+5% resource production for Realmwarden members while Mandate lasts
Mandate fatigue	From the second back-to-back win: −5% attack, hull and shields per extra consecutive win (cap −15%) in the following week's Siphon Spine and Wakeheart battles; resets after a week the alliance does not win

Mandate fatigue example. An alliance wins weeks 1 and 2: it fights week 3's Incursion at −5%. Winning week 3 as well makes week 4 −10%, then −15% at most. If any week passes without its win, the next week is back to full strength. Fatigue only applies against Siphon Spines and the Wakeheart, never in other battles. The Realmwarden mail announces it, and Riftwake Command and ship info show it while it applies.

Contribution board (Riftwake Command → Command) tracks this week’s fighters as soon as the Incursion opens — spine damage, Wakeheart PvP damage, hold time, and spine clears all count (top 5 shown, expand for the full list). It is not locked behind winning the Wakeheart.

Mandate management lives under Riftwake Command → Mandate. Realmwarden Leader and Deputy use that tab to gift Mandate Caches and assign Regnal Honors during the 7-day Mandate week after a win.

Caches may be gifted to your own members or diplomatic allies. Regnal Honors may be assigned to any player on the server (allies and Incursion contributors are listed first; search finds everyone else) — intended for rewarding coalition fighters and diplomacy.

Rewards

Mandate Caches (manual)

Each win grants Prime ×3 and Accord ×15 by default (plus any rollover bonus) to the Realmwarden alliance leadership vault. Leader / Deputy gift them to players. Seeing several caches with the same name is expected: each line is one gift you can send to one member. Contents use existing quest / weekly-event item types (realm-scaled resource packs).

Spinebreaker ×8 is not a vault tier — see below.

Prime Mandate Cache × **3** (high)

Content	Spec
Resources	resourcePack: large × 1
Monument	monument_piece / monument_mythical × 3
Relic	relic_piece / relic_piece_mythical × 2
Speed	nano_boost / nano_boost_building_epic × 5
Combat prep	boost_box / boost_box_epic × 3
Tech	tech_boost / tech_boost_mythical × 3
Flex	artifact_box / artifact_box_standard × 2

Spinebreaker Cache × **8** (medium)

Delivered automatically when a window crowns a Realmwarden, straight to the commanders who took part in Siphon Spine clears that window — from any alliance, not only the winner. The pool is split by the number of clears each commander took part in (one per clear, however many fleets they sent), and each recipient gets a mail. A window that ends without a Realmwarden pays no Spinebreaker Caches; its spine clearers still get the spine-clear participation pack.

Content	Spec
Resources	resourcePack: medium × 1
Monument	monument_piece / monument_mythical × 1
Relic	relic_piece / relic_piece_legendary × 2
Speed	nano_boost / nano_boost_building_epic × 3
Combat prep	boost_box / boost_box_epic × 2
Tech	tech_boost / tech_boost_epic × 2

Accord Cache × **15** (standard)

Content	Spec
Resources	resourcePack: small × 1
Combat prep	boost_box / boost_box_rare × 2
Speed	nano_boost / nano_boost_building_epic × 1
Tech	tech_boost / tech_boost_epic × 1

Vault rules

Rule	Value
Who can send	Leader + Deputy
Audit	Alliance-visible gift log
Expiry	End of Realmwarden week
Undistributed	50% auto-split by contribution score among members who fought; 50% void
Stockpile	Current week’s grant only

Participation (non-winners)

Automatic at window end (not manual):

Place	Reward
2nd by contribution	Per active fighter: resourcePack: medium + boost_box_epic × 1
3rd	Per active fighter: resourcePack: small + boost_box_rare × 1
Spine clear (≥1 credited)	Fighters with spine-clear contribution: resourcePack: tiny + boost_box_common × 1

Contribution score (board + place ranking) ≈ spine damage + Wakeheart PvP damage + hold seconds + spines cleared × heavy weight.

Regnal Honors (buffs only)

No personal debuff titles in v1. Soft power is buffing allies / diplomats and distributing Mandate Caches — not nerfing rivals.

Realmwarden leadership assigns up to 8 unique Honors to any player on the server. Effects last while assigned (up to 7 days). 24h cooldown per slot after reassignment. One player may hold at most one Honor at a time. Active Honors appear as a badge on the holder's player profile and next to their name on leaderboards, alliance member lists, and related player listings.

ID	Honor	Intent	Modifiers
supreme_marshal	Supreme Marshal	Military lead	fleetAttackPct +12%, unitRepairCostPct −15% — Ship Graveyard buyback cost
arch_architect	Arch-Architect	Build / infra	constructionSpeedPct +20%, monumentUpgradeCostPct −10% — always at least 1 copy less (never below 1)
master_of_trade	Master of Trade	Economy / diplomacy	resourceProductionPct +25%, marketplaceTaxPct −15% — market tax on every trade, after any ally discount
high_inquisitor	High Inquisitor	Ops / PvE	fleetSpeedPct +15% (no extra fuel), pveBossDamagePct +10% — fleet attack against any pirate target and Siphon Spines
veilwarden	Veilwarden	Defense / hold	fleetDefensePct +12% (fleet hull and shields), stationedRepairPct +10% — Support Vessel field repair in every battle
rift_cartographer	Rift Cartographer	Travel / logistics	fleetSpeedPct +10% (no extra fuel), warpFuelCostPct −10% — fuel for every fleet launch
mandate_quartermaster	Mandate Quartermaster	Industry	shipBuildSpeedPct +15%, defenseBuildSpeedPct +15%
first_speaker	First Speaker	Prestige / diplomacy	resourceProductionPct +5% (visible prestige badge on profile and listings)

Honor fleet speed is free: fuel is charged for the speed the fleet would have without it, so High Inquisitor and Rift Cartographer never raise fuel cost. The holder sees their Honor's effects in Riftwake Command (Mandate effects), in ship info (the Other column and an Honor line under Effects), in fleet travel time and fuel before launch, in build times, monument upgrade costs, Ship Graveyard buyback costs, the Trading Center tax rate and a Regnal Honor Discount line when accepting an offer.

Honors as reward management

Honors are a prestige + performance lever alongside caches:

• Caches = loot (fungible, many recipients)
• Honors = scarce status + a real buff (8 slots server-wide)

That can create healthy in-alliance competition (“I want Marshal next week”) and unhealthy drama if leadership is opaque. Mitigations:

Practice	Detail
Contribution board	Public Riftwake score per member (spine / hold / PvP) so awards feel earned
Role diversity	Eight different buffs — not one “best” title; Marshal ≠ Architect ≠ Trade
Split policy	Recommend: ~half Honors to own fighters, rest for diplomacy / NAP partners
Rotation norm	Soft expectation to rotate Marshal / Inquisitor across top contributors week to week
Reassign cost	24h slot cooldown + server announcement reduces silent favoritism flips
One Honor / player	Stops stacking all best buffs on one whale

Some rivalry for Marshal / Inquisitor is intended — same as officer roles and FCS lead prestige. Keep it productive by making criteria visible and buffs specialized, not one god-tier title.

Fleet losses

Combat	Loss profile
Siphon Spine (PvE)	Softer (~15% debris); combat ≈ 1.7× Mid-Boss; loot = 1.5× high Boss pool + boss share curves
Wakeheart (NPC then PvP)	≈ 2.1× Mid-Boss initial garrison, 0 loot; then standard PvP (~30% debris) vs occupying players
Home colony stun	No colony hangar stun from Riftwake battles
Attacker immunity	Riftwake PvP does not strip personal immunity shields

FCS limits

Limit	Value
Concurrent Riftwake FCS rallies per alliance	2
Participants per rally	Boss-tier caps (reuse pirate boss style: high participant / per-alliance soft caps)
Loot / credit curve	Prefer 10–12 participants for strong share access

Anti-domination

Lever	Effect
Hold bonus from spines	Skill / timing can beat pure blob size
Spine respawn	Late alliances can earn Wakeheart entry and steal bonuses
Wakeheart entry	Rivals cannot let others pay the PvE cost and walk into the heart
Coalitions	NAP + allied launch stations
Mandate fatigue	Each consecutive week the same alliance retains Realmwarden: −5% Riftwake battle stats (cap −15%; spines / Wakeheart only); resets when another alliance wins
Manual caches / titles	Tyranny invites next-week coalitions

Rotation cartels are a social risk, not a hard technical ban.

Edge cases

Case	Resolution
Four alliances clear four spines; fifth arrives for the Wakeheart	Refused — the fifth has no Wakeheart entry until it clears a respawned spine
Joined an ally's spine FCS	Your alliance earns its own Wakeheart entry and your joiners share Spinebreaker Caches; hold bonus stays with the lead's alliance
Alliance with no entry holds the Wakeheart at window end (e.g. changed alliance mid-flight)	Its hold time is ignored when choosing Realmwarden
Same tick damage on a spine	Higher total damage alliance gets clear credit
Occupier with 2h59m banked is kicked	Banked time is kept and their clock pauses. Retaking the Wakeheart resumes from 2h59m
Alliance disbands mid-hold	Occupation void; Wakeheart goes neutral
Event ends with no full hold	Longest recent Wakeheart hold wins; else no Realmwarden, Mandate Cache pool rolls over (spine clears alone do not crown)
Caches undistributed	Vault holds them; end-of-week auto-split / decay rules apply
Pre-existing owners in Contagion hexes	Scar seed prefers empty belts (7 systems each). Placement skips occupied / alliance-owned hexes. Outer approach hexes stay conquerable so wrap fights remain possible.

Tunables

Parameter	Starting value
Riftwake Scars	5
Systems under Rift Contagion	35
Wakeheart + Siphon Spines	1 + 4
Access range	2 hexes
Event window	8 hours
Minimum hold to win	30 minutes (longest accumulated holder takes the Mandate)
Windows per Riftwake week	3 (daily, same hour, until an alliance wins)
Advance notice	6 hours (in-client: Riftwake Command + Scar hex)
Riftwake week start	Saturday 16:00 UTC
Hold bonus per spine	+5% (max +20%)
Spine respawn	90 ± 15 min after each clear @ 50% HP (Wakeheart phase only)
Spine debris	15%
War Guild levy	By Alliance Power title — see levy table (no gas)
Astral Siphon	5% + 1% per remaining structure
Realmwarden duration	7 days
Regnal Honor slots	8 (buffs only; no debuff Marks)
Title reassignment cooldown	24h / slot
Concurrent FCS / alliance	2
Min galaxy realmLevel	4 (Realm 4+ only)
Territory required	Yes — no territory → no Riftwake attacks
Realmwarden production perk	+5%
Mandate fatigue	−5% per back-to-back win after the first, max −15%, next week's Riftwake targets only
Cache rollover after a week with no winner	+10%, rounded up per tier (riftwake.mandateCacheRolloverPct)

Related systems

• Alliance Power
• Alliance Territory
• Territory Siege
• Pirate Bosses
• Fleet Combat
• Alliances