Friendly Fleet
From Astro Wars
Friendly fleet is the term used to describe the fleet of an ally or NAP partner. Usually friendly fleets are sent to a planet to use it as a jump point close to an enemy to attack with very little warning, or to defend the planet from attack.
An alliance member will know when his fleet is being sent to a friendly planet, as the launch will be cancelled and an alert will appear in the Fleet Screen, warning that a Non Aggression Pact has been detected.
Friendly Attack
Friendly Attack (FA) or Friendly Fire (FF) is a tactic used to boost Player Levels early in the game.
A player sends enough Destroyers to another player's first planet to destroy the Starbase level 2. Two destroyers must survive the attack, which will give the attacker exactly the 5 experience points required to achieve player level 1.
This is an easy way for members of an alliance to earn their first Player Level and Supply Unit. Friendly fire is sometimes also used by alliances as a means of helping their Farmers and Rankers to reach very high player levels and scores.
Friendly Siege
This is when a player sieges an ally's planet allowing them to control where the sieged player's production points will go when buying production points, as they are always allocated to the first unsieged planet listed in the Planets Screen.
This allows the sieged player to quickly develop weak planets far down the list, or to build urgently needed forces ready for either rapid defence on that planet (probably starbases), or to go to a planet which is closer to here for purposes of rapid defence or attack.
Notes
While the use of friendly fleets cannot be prevented, it is forbidden to use them too often for the wrong reasons.
- Friendly fire should only be used to gain the first two player levels, after which a player should gain further levels from battle.
- Friendly siege should only be used for defending an ally's planet when it is under attack and he is unable to defend himself.
- Friendly fleets should never include transports to colonise the planet, as this is Planet Gifting which is considered cheating.
