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The Alliance Button

 

 

 

 Offering an Alliance

 

Select this button to offer an alliance to another player. An open hand is displayed in the button.

 

 

 

Accepting an Alliance

 

Select any of the offered alliances to accept. A handshake symbol appears to show that you are allied.

 

 

 

Breaking an Alliance

 

Select the handshake symbol to break your alliance. Your units will now start firing at your former ally. A dagger indicates that you are fighting.

 

 

 

Advantages of Alliances

 

When allied to another player you cannot fire, or be fired upon by them. You also have access to the features listed below:

 

 

 

Sensor Download

 

Selecting this button downloads all of your sensor data to your ally. Your ally can see all of the areas of the map you have explored up to this point, as well as the location of any of your structures. This information is not updated; you will need to provide further sensor downloads over the course of the game.

 

 

 

Research Documents .

 

Gives your ally all of your completed research up to this point. Any new research will not be given automatically, you will need to update your ally during the game

 

 

 

Give Units

Any units you have selected when you choose this option are given to your ally.

 

 

 

Give Power

 

Gives your ally 1/3 of your current power.

 

 

 

Setting Broadcast Channels

Select the speaker symbol on the Alliances Screen for each player you do not wish to broadcast to. Any messages you now send will only be sent to players with active broadcast channels. Click the speaker symbol again to reopen the channel. While in the game, press T to send a message to all of the open channels.

Override Selected Broadcast Channels

Open a restricted channel chat by pressing T followed by the number of the player(s) you wish to chat to.

For example, pressing T25 opens a restricted channel to players 2 and 5.

 

Only these players will receive this particular message.