PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGES TO BEACON DISTANCES! Upong starting the game we found that 50K was WAY too much and lowered the planetside range to 25K. As a result space beacons have a greater range and the initial expansion to space can occur at a range of 45-50K even though that is outside the view distance of the planet beacon.

CIA Gaming/SSA Server Rules

Building Regulations

No more than 6 utilities (Welders, Grinders, Drills) total on any one grid. No connecting grids in order to bypass this rule. When using the Earthbreaker only 1 is allowed per ship.

Ships (mobile grids) are allowed 10 turrets plus 1 additional turret per 500 kilos of ship weight (unladen).

Bases are allowed a maximum of 30 turrets.

There are no limits to fixed weapons such as Rocket Launchers.

Rail Guns are only for base defense purposes. Fixed bases on the ground may use them, but ships may only use vanilla weapons. The bases get the upper hand in an attack. If this proves too difficult we will adjust and allow a limited number of rail guns on ships. If this is only difficult for one faction, no such change will be made.



Gameplay and Territory Expansion

Each faction begins with one planetside beacon which is protected from attack. In order to expand their territory the factions may place new beacons within a range of 20K to 25K from their existing beacon. This may take place along the planet’s surface or reaching out into space (space beacons can have a range of 50K and the first one must reach an earth beacon even if you cannot see the planet beacon from the space location). Factions are not allowed to build any fixed bases or locations outside of their claimed territory, but they may move their bases or ships into fixed positions in new territory once it is claimed.

In order to claim victory over any opponent a faction needs to surround their enemy’s primary location with beacons cutting them off entirely from any other territory on the planet. Even if the faction held other territory at this time they lose and are conquered. A faction may move their primary protected base location one time during the duration of the server in order to strategically place their primary fort, but this position must still be on the planet. Once they have moved the location the original beacon should be changed and a timer reset for expansion from the original beacon’s location. Expansion from the new primary location could be made immediately.

Factions may not build off of new beacons (cannot build new beacons to expand from placed beacons) for 12 hours. You may build a base in the 20-25K (45-50K in space) range and have it ready to turn on once 12 hours have passed, but you cannot activate your beacon and claim the territory until the 12 hour window has passed. This is to ensure that factions are adequately protecting their territory and are not just able to expand without any infrastructure. This does not apply to the initial base at the start of the game. Once 12 hours have passed there is no limit to the number of beacons that can be built in that initial beacon’s range (so you can expand in all directions at the same time if you choose).

When new beacons are placed they must read as follows: “[Territory name] [date/time here]”. They will automatically include the faction tag so don’t include that in the title. The time listed should be the time that the beacon was activated and should be listed in GMT+0. So being in the central time zone in North America I need to add 6 hours to my time in order to get that time. If I turned the beacon on at 1:00PM here I would list the time as 2/1/2016: 1900. Please ask if you have questions on this.

The initial beacon that factions begin with is protected. That base will be labelled from the start of the game and cannot be attacked. That protection does not extend to any ships or other structures, but the base cannot be attacked manually or by turrets at any time. No ship should need to get within turret range of this base to attack any other base given the 20-25K requirement for beacon placement.

If a faction has a position attacked that connected two territories that faction is allowed to expand from either or both territories just as they were when they were connected. The territory(ies) that are separated from their primary beacon do not prevent them from being surrounded and conquered and still require 12 hours for further expansion from beacons.

Factions may not place a beacon anywhere that another faction’s claimed territory beacons are visible as that is contested territory. In order to place said beacon the faction would first need to destroy the enemy beacon that was overlapping their territory.

To recap: No beacons can be placed within 20K of an existing beacon or outside 25K of an existing beacon (45/50K for space), nor can they be placed in any location where an enemy beacon is visible. Beacons can be attacked at any time with the exception of the protected beacon which must never be attacked.



Prohibited Weapons/Tactics

There is to be no ramming on this server. In cases where ramming occurs intentionally temporary server bans may be issued and multiple offenses may result in permanent bans. This includes remote control ramming.

No weapons with containers filled with ore or explosives will be allowed on the server.

No kinetic weapons larger than 3 blocks by 3 blocks in width and height may be used on the server.

Beacons for territorial expansion must be placed on or above the surface of the planet and cannot be attacked from underground. While we appreciate underground explosives we are all smart enough to come up with that and it would make the game less interesting.


Mods

Please see the SSA Mod Pack for a full list. The server includes the Old Dampeners, Earthbreaker Drill, Small Ship Speed Mod, and Rail Gun.