Territory

Territory is going to be extremely important in late game play. It provides very powerful services that give your ships a lot of bonuses, and it provides Iso Emulsion for some of the most powerful research in the game (check out the territory tree in your research tab).

Taking Territory

Once a week, every territory has a territory takeover. This is at a set time for each territory. To find this out, click on the territory, then click on the green flag icon.

To join a territory takeover costs depends on the number of diamonds a territory has. You can only join a takeover for a territory adjecent to one of your own AND connected by a warp path (the blue lines) AND one that has no more than one more diamond than one you already have. So if you have no territory, you can only take a one diamond territory. You must control a two diamond territory to take over a three diamond one.

Territory	Iso Cost*	Cores Cost*
One Diamond	450,000 Iso 1
Two Diamond	500,000 Iso 2	50,000
Three Diamond	700,000 Iso 3	100,000

If you already control the territory, your alliance automatically joins the takeover. Once you’ve joined, the fight begins.

To win a territory, you need to score more points than any other alliance which has joined that takeover, so it may not be a one on one fight. Points are scored by having ships in that territory. For every whole minute that your ship is in the system, you gain 1 point. This means if your ship dies before a minute is over, it gains no points.

The second way to score points is by occupying capture nodes. This will earn you an extra 3 points per minute for a total of four. Again, it must sit there a full minute to gain these points.

The last third of the takeover, all points are tripled. So whoever is controlling the territory at that point should be gaining a lot of points, sealing a win.

Losing Territory

Normally it’s pretty straightforward, when you lose territory, you lose it. But what happens when you lose a territory that is connecting your other territories? Since all your territory must be connected, there are consequences.

So here Beku connects Brijac and Bimasa. If BRIT were to lose this territory, then the rest of BRIT’s territory is no longer connected. If you no longer have connected territories, you should longer be able to activate services in any territory. In addition, you can only join a takeover that reconnects your territories.

So if you lose one you don’t think you can take back, you’d have to choose to drop some other territories potentially to be able to use the territories you have.

Strategy

The goal of a territory takeover is to keep your ships alive for as long as possible. If its a first territory takeover, you probably are a newer alliance with fewer strong ships, so in this case speed is to your advantage. Taking small, fast ships like Realta or Kehra will allow you to stay ahead of bigger ships chasing you, staying alive for as long as possible. In addition, when they do die they require no resources and few to no speedups to repair, so you can get them back out there again quickly. Any of your stronger ships should be crewed properly for PVP and should be used to take out enemy combatants and to hold the capture nodes, with a strong emphasis on the nodes as they are worth so much more.

Territories and their Benefits

Territory	Stars	Particle	Alpha	Beta	Gamma	Alliance	Adv Enhanced	Enhanced	ISS Jelly Forge	Sarcophagus	Particle Generator	Adv Particle Generator	Imp Isogen Refinery	Imp Isogen Refinery	Imp Isogen Refinery
Abilakk	2	Phantom	3* Crystal	3* Isogen				Defense				Phantom			3*
Adia	1	Phantom	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				PVP Combat		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Anzat	2	Phantom	3* Crystal	3* Isogen				Piercing Enhancer				Phantom			3*
Aonad	1	Quantum	Tritanium	2* Isogen				Gas Mining		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Asiti	1	Surax	Dilithium	2* Isogen				Ore Mining		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Avansa	2	Quantum	3* Ore	3* Isogen				Officer Attack				Quantum
Aylus	1	Phantom	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Crystal Mining		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Barasa	3	Surax	4* Ore	3* Ore	3* Ore		Hull Enhancer	Hull Enhancer	ISS Jelly		Metreon
Beku	1	Phantom	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				PVP Combat		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Ber'Tho	2	Phantom	3* Crystal	3* Isogen				Defense Platform				Phantom			3*
Bimasa	2	Phantom	3* Crystal	3* Isogen				Defense Enhancer				Phantom			3*
Bolari	2	Surax	3* Ore	3* Isogen				Construction Speed			Surax				3*
Brellan	3	Phantom	4* Crystal	3* Crystal	3* Crystal		Officer Enhancer	Officer Enhancer	ISS Jelly		Metreon
Brijac	2	Surax	3* Ore	3* Isogen				Protected Cargo			Surax				3*
Burran	2	Surax	3* Ore	3* Isogen				Officer Defense				Surax			3*
Comst	1	Quantum	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Accuracy		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Corva	3	Quantum	4* Ore	3* Ore	3* Ore		Shield Enhancer	Shield Enhancer	ISS Jelly		Metreon
Crios	2	Quantum	3* Ore	3* Isogen				Seige Enhancer				Quantum
Durportas	2	Phantom	3* Crystal	3* Isogen				Piercing Enhancer				Quantum			3*
Edur	2	Quantum	3* Gas	3* Isogen				Seige Enhancer				Quantum			3*
Ezla	1	Surax	Tritanium	2* Isogen				Hostile Combat		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Framtid	1	Quantum	Tritanium	2* Isogen				Research Efficiency		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Gelida	1	Phantom	Tritanium	2* Isogen				Crystal Mining		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Helvi	1	Quantum	Parsteel	2* Isogen				Deflection		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Hoobishan	2	Surax	3* Gas	3* Isogen				Officer Defense				Surax			3*
Hrojost	2	Quantum	3* Gas	3* Isogen				Research Speed				Quantum			3*
Innlasn	1	Quantum	Dilithium	2* Isogen				Gas Mining		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Klefaski	1	Quantum	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Armada Combat		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Kolava	1	Surax	Parsteel	2* Isogen				Hostile Combat		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Lenara	1	Surax	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Sheild Penetration		Sarcophagus		Surax	1*	2*
Mak'ala	3	Surax	4* Gas	3* Gas	3* Gas		Mining	Mining	ISS Jelly		Metreon
Nujord	1	Phantom	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Dodge Enhancer		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Nyrheimur	3	Quantum	4* Gas	3* Gas	3* Gas		Repair Enhancer	Repair Enhancer	ISS Jelly		Metreon
Otima	1	Quantum	Parsteel	2* Isogen				Research Efficiency			Quantum		1*	2*
Parturi	1	Surax	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Sheild Penetration		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Perim	1	Surax	Parsteel	2* Isogen				Armor Piercing			Phantom		1*	2*
Qeyma	1	Surax	Tritanium	2* Isogen				Armor Enhancer		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Roshar	2	Quantum	3* Ore	3* Isogen				Research Speed				Quantum			3*
Ruhe	1	Quantum	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Deflection Enhancer		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Saldeti	1	Phantom	Parsteel	2* Isogen				Component Efficiency		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Stilhe	1	Surax	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Construction Efficiency		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Tazolka	1	Phantom	Tritanium	2* Isogen				Dodge Enhancer		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Tefkari	1	Quantum	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Accuracy		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Temeri	1	Phantom	Dilithium	2* Isogen				Armor Piercing		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Tezera	2	Phantom	3* Crystal	3* Isogen				Defence Platform				Phantom
Thaylen	1	Quantum	Dilithium	2* Isogen				Armada Combat		Sarcophagus	Quantum		1*	2*
Tholus	3	Phantom	4* Crystal	3* Crystal	3* Crystal		Damage	Damage	ISS Jelly		Metreon
Thosz	1	Phantom	Parsteel	2* Isogen				Component Efficiency		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Tigan	1	Surax	Dilithium	2* Isogen				Armor Enhancer		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Triss	2	Surax	3* Gas	3* Isogen				Protected Cargo				Surax			3*
Vantar	2	Quantum	3* Gas	3* Isogen				Officer Attack				Quantum			3*
Vemira	1	Surax	1* Isogen	2* Isogen				Ore Mining		Sarcophagus	Surax		1*	2*
Zamaro	1	Phantom	Dilithium	2* Isogen				Armor Piercing		Sarcophagus	Phantom		1*	2*
Zhian	2	Surax	3* Gas	3* Isogen				Construction Speed				Surax			3*