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To buy land for building an empire and generating funds, to buy military for building armies, and to attack and conquer Evil Empires with your armies.

You are in control of building an empire that can span multiple planets and solar systems while battling against other players and empires spread througout the galaxy.

Your Empire begins on a randomly selected planet with a small amount of funds. From your starting planet you must acquire land resources to help fund your expansion efforts. Funds are generated every real-time hour from the land resources that you own. Funds can be used to purchase additional land or to buy military resources. Military resources enable to you to conquer Evil colonies and Empires on your planet as well as on other planets. Military resources also enable you to expand your Empire to other planets through your colonization efforts.

The goal of this version of the game is to cooperatively eliminate all Evil colonies and Empires from the galaxy. Although this is the goal of the game, you are free to rule your Empire how ever you so desire. But beware! Should you choose to attack other Empires that have a "Good" Power Alignment, then your own Power Alignment will gradually become more Evil!

The Main Menu is located on every page on the left pane towards the top. Your Alias should be shown above it as part of the Welcome Message.

Planets are the centerpiece of building your Empire and of conquering the forces of Evil in the Galaxy.

You must acquire land resources to build your military. You start the game with small, randomly allocated number of land parcels (or land units) from which you must buy more units of land to earn more money. The following table shows the type of land resources that are available and the amount of revenue each generates.

The Trade Value is the amount of money that each Land Type generates per real-time hour. The Buy Cost is the amount of money needed to buy one (1) unit of that Land Type.

At the top of every hour your Owned Land Resources generate funds for you. The amount is determined by the Trade Value for the Land Type, in the table above, multiplied by the quantity that you own.

Military resources are used to defend your Empire from attack and to enlarge your Empire.

The following table shows the type of military units that are available along with their strategical values and costs.

The Attack and Defense Values are used during combat to determine the winner of an encounter between the types. The Initiative Value is used to determine which combatant attacks first during an encounter. The Buy Cost is how much one (1) unit costs to purchase.

The following table provides a brief descriptions and notes of the military types.

Military Type	Description	Image
Troops	A squadron of foot troops of mixed type.
Tanks	A squadron of tanks.
Artillery	A squadron of artillery type military units.
Jet Fighters	A squadron of Jet Fighters that can fight within planetary atmosphere and within the vaccum of space.
Bombers	A squadron of flying bombers that can fight on a planet and in space.
Carriers	A squadron of flying carriers that carry Jet Fighters and Bombers into an attack. One carrier can carry a combination of 100 Jet Fighters and Bombers.
Defense Towers	A group of defensive towers that are used to Defend the Command Center and Spaceport during an attack. During an attack, all Defense Towers fire against attacker forces after the Spies act but before the Attacker military units attack per round of fighting. Defense Towers are immobile and only defensive units, so they cannot be used in an Attack Force against another player.
Spies	A small group of Intelligence Officers. During an attack Spies can be used by the Attacker to destroy military machinery, bribe military units to defect, bribe military units to not fire for 1 round, bribe the transfer of land, and steal funds from the defending player. Spies are also used by the Defender during an attack to destroy military machinery, bribe military units to defect, and bribe military units to not fire for 1 round from the attacking player. Spy actions on both sides are randomed per round of fighting. The number of impacted military units is a randomized percentage. The Spies are the first to act per combat round. Attacker Spies act first then the Defender Spies act.
Colony Modules	A squadron of spacecraft and of needed supplies and equipment that are needed in order to build a new colony on another planet. The Module includes a Command Center but not a Space Dock. You must have a Space Dock before building Colony Modules. There must be at least one (1) land unit, excluding Water terrain, on the destination planet in order to build a colony.
Space Dock	Enables the building of Colony Modules to colonize other planets. Only one (1) is required to build Colony Modules; there is no benefit, at this time, for having more than one.
Command Center	Required to build and maintain a colony on a planet. Only one (1) per planet is required. The quantity of Command Centers owned on a specific planet is added to the Initiative roll during combat. Your Empire comes to an end when you have no Command Centers on any planet. During an Attack, the Attacker cannot specifically target the Command Center. The Command Center is the last target in the attacking process.

It should be noted that there are no game-restricted limitations on the number of military units that can be purchased. So long as you have the funds, you can buy and build as large of a military force as you desire. Also, all of your funds can be used to buy military units on any of your planet colonies.

Combat is initiated on the Planet Colonies page. To get to the Planet Colonies page: Click Empire Status in the Main Menu, then under Owned Land or Military Report click on the planet name where you want to initiate combat, then click View Planet Colonies beneath the Main Menu, then under the Colonies Military Report click the Attack button on the right side of the colony you want to attack.

Combat is done in rounds. Each military unit in an Attacking army (or fleet) fires once per round (unless a Spy has bribed the unit not to fire during that round). Each Military unit on the Defender's side that is targetted during the round returns fire. Combat between one unit and another is termed an encounter.

The winner of an encounter is determined by the greater value of a unit's Attack Value plus a random number between 1 and 20 and of a unit's Defense Value plus a random number between 1 and 20.

Combat is completed when either the Attacker or the Defender has no surviving Military Units.

Player scoring is based upon the following points table:

Military points are awarded only when attacking a player with an Evil Power Alignment.

The Power Alignments specify a player's overall Good or Evil standing.

Lawful good, Neutral good, Chaotic good, Lawful neutral, and True neutral are all considered to be Good while Chaotic neutral, Lawful evil, Neutral evil, and Chaotic evil are all considered to be Evil.

Power Alignments are shown on the Player Profile page and on the Team Player Listing page.

A player's Power Alignment can change during gameplay and is calculated based upon Negative Points (or nPoints).

A player accumulates Negative Points mainly based upon who the player attacks as illustrated in the following table.

The Negative Points ranges from -10 to +10. When nPoints reaches -10, the points are reset to zero (0) and the player progresses one Power Alignment level towards Good. Likewise, when nPoints reaches +10, the points are reset to zero (0) and the player progresses one Power Alignment level towards Evil. In brief, attacking Good players makes you more Evil while attacking Evil players makes you more Good.

An attack on a player with a Good Power Alignment yields no Scoring Points.

There are two types of Participation Points:

• Gaming Participation Points
• Community Participation Points

Gaming Participation Points are awarded for scoring actions performed in the Stellar Lands game. One Participation Point is earned by each of these game actions:

• Attacking Evil Enemy Forces
• Purchasing Military
• Purchasing Land
• Creating new colony on a planet

Community Participation Points are awarded for participating in the Stellar Lands community. One Community Participation Point is earned for each of these community actions:

• Sending an Email Invite to another potential player through your Profile page.
• Someone you invited to the game joins and successfully validates their account.
• Filling out the About Me section of your Profile page.
• Replying to a message in your Message Queue under Communications.
• Sending a Request to Connect to another player under Find Connections in the Connections menu or on another player's Profile page.
• Responding to a Request to Connect from another player under Connections.

You can set a Connection Level for each player you are connected with. This Connection Level helps to determine who can and cannot see your Profile information.

To initiate a connection with another player, go to the player's Profile page. Scroll down to the Connect with Player section at the botton of the profile. Select the Select Relationship Type from the drop down menu. Enter a personalized message that will be sent to the player. Click the "Send Connection Request" button below. The other player will then need to accept your request before you are connected.

To modify an existing connection, go to the player's profile page. Scroll down to the bottom and it will show the existing Connection Level. Beneath that at the Select Relationship Type drop down menu, select the desired Connection level. Then click the "Modify Connection" button.

Each item of your About Me data has a Connection Level that can be set. This setting indicates who can and cannot see that particular item. Only other players with a Connection Level equal to or higher than the designated Level can see the item. We hope this will motivate and enable our players to fill out their profiles with more confidence.

Your comments and feedback are needed and welcomed. You can contact us by clicking on Communications in the Main Menu, and then clicking the Contact SysOp button at the bottom of the right pane on the desktop version or at the bottom on the mobile version.

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