PROTECTION

 
What is it ?
 
The galactic council grants you protection so no other empire can attack you. There are two types of protection which is:-
 
Newbie protection or Below 5,000
 
Those who has power rating below 5,000 falls under newbie protection. Those with more than 1 planet, we would strongly advise all players to always have 3-6 border or junk planets and do not rely on this 5,000 point, because as your planets grows so does your power rating. Therefore you may be brought out of this newbie protection without noticing it.
 
Damage protection
 
Empires who takes too much damage falls under damage protection. Empires needs to lose a minimum 40% of their fleet's power rating or up to 3 colonies before damage protection kicks in. Protection can also be removed if the protected empire builds offensive ships (starbase and scouts are not offensive ships) or tries to attack another empire.
 
Damage protection lasts 24/48 hours (depends on the server speed) before it expires. Clicking on the `Command` -> `Military` -> `Intelligence` or `V` in the ranking page will show you exactly when the damage protection will expire for a particular empire.
 
Special Exceptions
 
Exceptions will be given to the `threat` of the galaxy during a galactic crisis. This will effect the server in which the galactic crisis in effect. Protection rule will resume as normal once the crisis is over on the particular server.