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Alliance Archive

The Archive is an HQ-only alliance building with two jobs: store and shop alliance cosmetics / relics, and keep a delayed territory activity log for missions that finish in systems your alliance owns.

Open it from the Archive building on your Headquarters colony (Collection, Shop, and Records). In-game help: Settings → Quick Guides → Alliance Territorial Control → Archive territory records. Relic forging and donation basics are on Relics; territory conquest is on Alliances and Alliance Territory.

Requirements

Alliance Headquarters level 1+
Realm 4 (same gate as most advanced alliance systems)
Archive level 1+ to start territory tracking; at level 0 (unbuilt) Records stay empty and nothing is logged
Max Archive level: 18

Collection & Shop

Surface	Purpose
Collection	Cosmetics and relics the alliance already owns (donated or purchased).
Shop (Bazaar)	Donate a base relic to unlock a family, then any member can buy alternate skins with Quantum Shards (+ one base relic from stock).

Donating a base cosmetic is free and the donor keeps their forged relic. Officers activate badges/flags and attach themes/monuments to controlled systems. Full branding flow: Alliances → Alliance Relics & Branding and Relics → Alliance Relics.

The Bazaar is the shop counterpart building; Archive Collection is where owned cosmetics live.

Cosmetic deployment (themes & monuments)

Each Archive level lets the same system theme or monument cosmetic be deployed to one more controlled system at once (usage counter Used X/Y, with a list of systems it is currently on).

Territory Records

Records are a delayed log of selected missions that finish inside systems your alliance currently owns (controllingAllianceId at mission end — ownership at finish time, not merely “effective” control or adjacency).

They are not a live feed: each entry stays hidden until its visibility delay elapses, then remains until keep time expires.

What is tracked

Mission / event	Logged?
Attack vs pirates	Yes
Attack vs alliance member	Yes
Attack vs other players	Yes
Scout (including planet survey)	Yes
Debris collection	Yes
Harvest / Survey / other missions	No
Activity in systems you do not own at finish	No
Non-member moons	No (excluded)

Actors are tagged as member or outsider of the territory alliance at finish time. Filters in Records can split by activity, actor, and time window.

Visibility delay

After an event occurs, the record is scheduled but not shown until the delay for the current Archive level passes.

Starts at 6 hours at Archive Lv1
Steps down by 20 minutes per level
Floors at 30 minutes at Archive Lv18

Example: 6h → 5h 40m → 5h 20m → … → 30m.

Delay is snapshotted when the mission finishes (from Archive level at that moment).

Keep time

How long a visible record stays before it is pruned:

+6 hours of retention per Archive level
Lv1 = 6h, Lv2 = 12h, Lv4 = 1d, … Lv18 = 4d 12h

Retention is also snapshotted onto the record at finish time.

Delay & keep by level

Archive Lv	Delay	Keep
1	6h	6h
2	5h 40m	12h
3	5h 20m	18h
4	5h	1d
5	4h 40m	1d 6h
6	4h 20m	1d 12h
7	4h	1d 18h
8	3h 40m	2d
9	3h 20m	2d 6h
10	3h	2d 12h
11	2h 40m	2d 18h
12	2h 20m	3d
13	2h	3d 6h
14	1h 40m	3d 12h
15	1h 20m	3d 18h
16	1h	4d
17	40m	4d 6h
18	30m	4d 12h

The in-game Records screen shows the same table for your alliance’s current level.

Browsing Records

Open Archive → Records (separate from Collection / Shop):

Filter by activity (all / attacks / pirates / on members / on others / scout / debris)
Filter by actor (all / members / outsiders)
Filter by when (all / last 24h / 3d / 7d)
Paginated list (mail-style previous / next)
Info button opens the Quick Guide entry for Archive records

FAQ

Why don’t I see an attack that just happened? It is still inside the visibility delay for your Archive level. Check the meta line (kept … · delay …) or the level table.

We own the system but nothing logs. Build or upgrade the Archive to at least level 1. Level 0 does not track.

Does Contested / Vulnerable still count as “owned”? Logging uses controlling alliance at mission finish. Contested systems remain owned by the holder until Takeover completes — see Territory Siege.

Can outsiders see our Records? No. Only alliance members can browse the Archive Records UI.

Do Harvest and Survey appear? No. Only attacks, scouts (including planet survey), and debris collection.

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+= Alliance Archive =
-The '''Archive''' is an HQ-only alliance building with two jobs: store and shop '''alliance cosmetics / relics''', and keep a '''delayed territory activity log''' for missions that finish in systems your alliance owns.<blockquote>Open it from the '''Archive''' building on your Headquarters colony ('''Collection''', '''Shop''', and '''Records'''). In-game help: '''Settings → Quick Guides → Alliance Territorial Control → Archive territory records'''. Relic forging and donation basics are on Relics; territory conquest is on Alliances and Alliance Territory.</blockquote>
+The '''Archive''' is an HQ-only alliance building with two jobs: store and shop '''alliance cosmetics / relics''', and keep a '''delayed territory activity log''' for missions that finish in systems your alliance owns.
+<blockquote>Open it from the '''Archive''' building on your Headquarters colony ('''Collection''', '''Shop''', and '''Records'''). In-game help: '''Settings → Quick Guides → Alliance Territorial Control → Archive territory records'''. Relic forging and donation basics are on [[Relics]]; territory conquest is on [[Alliances]] and [[Alliance Territory]].</blockquote>
 == Contents ==
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 == Collection & Shop ==
 {| class="wikitable"
 !Surface
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 |Donate a '''base''' relic to unlock a family, then any member can buy '''alternate skins''' with '''Quantum Shards''' (+ one base relic from stock).
 |}
-Donating a base cosmetic is free and the donor '''keeps''' their forged relic. Officers activate badges/flags and attach themes/monuments to controlled systems. Full branding flow: Alliances → Alliance Relics & Branding and Relics → Alliance Relics.
+Donating a base cosmetic is free and the donor '''keeps''' their forged relic. Officers activate badges/flags and attach themes/monuments to controlled systems. Full branding flow: [[Alliances#alliance relics  branding|Alliances → Alliance Relics & Branding]] and [[Relics#alliance relics|Relics → Alliance Relics]].
 The '''Bazaar''' is the shop counterpart building; Archive Collection is where owned cosmetics live.
 == Cosmetic deployment (themes & monuments) ==
 Each Archive level lets the '''same''' system theme or monument cosmetic be deployed to '''one more''' controlled system at once (usage counter <code>Used X/Y</code>, with a list of systems it is currently on).
 == Territory Records ==
 Records are a '''delayed''' log of selected missions that '''finish''' inside systems your alliance '''currently owns''' (<code>controllingAllianceId</code> at mission end — ownership at finish time, not merely “effective” control or adjacency).
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 == What is tracked ==
 {| class="wikitable"
 !Mission / event
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 |No (excluded)
 |}
 Actors are tagged as '''member''' or '''outsider''' of the territory alliance at finish time. Filters in Records can split by activity, actor, and time window.
 == Visibility delay ==
 After an event occurs, the record is scheduled but '''not shown''' until the delay for the current Archive level passes.
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 == Keep time ==
 How long a visible record stays before it is pruned:
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 == Delay & keep by level ==
 {| class="wikitable"
 !Archive Lv
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 |4d 12h
 |}
 The in-game Records screen shows the same table for your alliance’s current level.
 == Browsing Records ==
 Open '''Archive → Records''' (separate from Collection / Shop):
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 == FAQ ==
-'''Why don’t I see an attack that just happened?'''
+'''Why don’t I see an attack that just happened?'''
 It is still inside the visibility delay for your Archive level. Check the meta line (<code>kept … · delay …</code>) or the level table.
 '''We own the system but nothing logs.'''
 Build or upgrade the Archive to at least level 1. Level 0 does not track.
 '''Does Contested / Vulnerable still count as “owned”?'''
+Logging uses '''controlling alliance''' at mission finish. Contested systems remain owned by the holder until Takeover completes — see [[Territory Siege]].
-Logging uses '''controlling alliance''' at mission finish. Contested systems remain owned by the holder until Takeover completes — see Territory Siege.
-'''Can outsiders see our Records?'''
+'''Can outsiders see our Records?'''
 No. Only alliance members can browse the Archive Records UI.
 '''Do Harvest and Survey appear?'''
 No. Only attacks, scouts (including planet survey), and debris collection.
 == Related ==
-* [[Alliances]] — HQ buildings, vault, branding overview
+* Alliances
-* [[Alliance Territory]] — doctrines, bastions, connected systems
+* Alliance Territory
-* [[Relics]] — forging, donating, alternate skins
+* Relics
-* [[Territory Siege]] — Contest / Takeover ownership timing
+* Territory Siege
-* [[Fleet Combat]]— attacks and debris
+* Fleet Combat
-* Patch intro: [[Version 1.4.2]]
+* Patch intro: [[1.4.2]]