> > > > > > What** did you get off cheese. Lol
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> > > > > I'm just messing around and saw he wasn't in a fed so attacked lol. Is that bad? I'm just trying to learn how all the combat etc works
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> > > > It’s all good man. Attack whoever. Protect your good colonies with boarders and have fun.
> > > 
> > > Can you explain what you mean by boarders please?
> > 
> > Sure, if you look at your list of colonies. Do you see a red circle with a white “B” in the middle? Those are the planets that if you’re attacked you could lose to the attacking empire.
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> ahhhh got it, so put some shit ones round the outside? XD How many times can you be attacked before damage protection or is it just once in a day?

Yup. Shit planets on the outside. You get damage protection or DP as most refer to depending on the attack. You could get DP if the attacker fails to destroy your fleet. But you can only lose up to 3 boarders. If you exit DP it’s open season again. So make sure you have boarders.