Combat
Combat is actions that are used to attack or defend from other players and similar. There is a variety of different aspects to combat, as below.
A/E
This is the main form of combat present at this time. It is the process where a player captures another player or NPC and then kills them. There are some severe restrictions as to its use, primarily that places where you can perform an A/E is limited by which faction you are in, and what territory they control.
Simply put its a skill check of the arrester against a skill check of the defender, and a sucessful attempt means that the target is then arrested. As an NPC they cannot do anything. As a player, they have limited access to any of the game interface, being able to access the forums and messaging.
Shields
See Shields
This is a defensive application mainly, used to prevent unwanted passage of players to the planets surface. If a Shield Generator is linked to a Computer Control Center, then anyone on the Computer Control Center's Crewlist will have access through the shield, and can pass as though it was not there. It prevents travel both to and from the planets surface.
Creature Combat
See Creature Combat
This is a form of combat where players use weapons to attack cratures that spawn on planets surfaces. An aggression level determines the chance that the creature will spontaneously attack the player, and each has a different attack that they will use against the player.