Action Points

Action Points are used for attacking, spying, and visiting. They automatically replenish at a rate of 1 every 15 minutes, at 0, 15, 30, and 45 minutes past the hour. Each player starts with a maximum of 10 Action Points, increasing by 2 with each chapter completed.

Spying a hero takes 1 action point and can be used to discover information about an opponent's buildings, army, or tech. Spying can be done by navigating to the galaxy screen, then going to a galaxy that is not your own and clicking on a player that is not your friend. The amount of information discovered depends on the relative levels of the player and opponent's spy technology.

Visiting a friend or galaxy member's planet also takes 1 action point. This can be done by going to the galaxy screen and clicking on a player's profile in your galaxy or a friend and selecting "visit". This will take the player to the other's solar system page where the player can select any of their planets to visit. Visiting another planet gives a small resource bonus that can be increased in the Institute building "Exploration" technology. Visiting can also result in finding equipment boxes or random encounters with pirates. The player can engage the pirates leading the the War of Heroes minigame. The pirates' strength depends on the planet visited (the later planets have stronger pirates) but will be a random number approximently as follows: Planet 1: (500 - 1000), Planet 2: (1000 - 1900), Planet 3 (1900 - 2700), Planet 4 (2700 - ????).

Attacking can be executed in two different ways. Attacking another player takes 2 action points and results in resources gained or lost depending on the result of the battle. Players can only attack other players that have a power level between 85% and 120% of their own such that battles are relatively fair. Players can also attack pirates via the Main Quest using 1 action points and gaining a small recouce amount and a chance of a equipment box.