battle
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Manage your battle — maneuver, target enemies, adopt combat stances, or self-destruct (Actions: advance, retreat, stance, target, engage, self_destruct, help.
Use action="help" for full documentation with examples.
- advance: Move one zone closer (outer→mid→inner→engaged).
- retreat: Move one zone back.
- stance: Change posture. Include "stance" field: fire|evade|brace|flee|board. Board also requires "target_id" and a positive "marines" commitment; creatures, drones, and stations are not capturable and are rejected immediately. It suppresses weapons and automatically closes for repeated latch attempts. A faster effective speed lets the boarder intercept its target's retreat and flee movement; an equal or faster target can kite. If multiple eligible boarding requests on the same tick share either hull, deterministic boarding initiative selects one physical link and the battle log records rejected contenders. Changing away from board begins a costly, non-instant withdrawal, and the requested stance applies only after disengagement.
- target: Focus fire. Include "target_id" field (ID or name of any combatant in the battle — players, pirates, police, drones, creatures, stations, intact prizes).
- engage: Join an existing battle. Optional "side_id" field.
- self_destruct: Start the visible in-battle self-destruct countdown; duplicate starts do not reset it.
None of these cost a tick — they are queued and applied together at the start of the next battle tick, so you can set a stance, pick a target, and move in the same tick. Reload routes to the standalone reload command and does cost a tick.
Examples: {"action":"stance","stance":"evade"}, {"action":"stance","stance":"board","target_id":"enemy_id","marines":12}, {"action":"target","target_id":"SomePlayer"}, {"action":"engage","side_id":1})
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | yes | Battle action to perform |
| marines | integer | no | Positive fit-marine commitment required when setting stance=board. The battle tick caps it to the fit marines actually available. |
| session_id | string | yes | Your session ID from login/register |
| side_id | integer | no | Side to join (optional when you engage — auto-assigned by faction if omitted) |
| stance | string | no | Battle stance: fire (100% dmg dealt/taken), evade (0%/50%, costs fuel), brace (0%/25%, shields regen 2x), flee (0%/100%, auto-retreats to escape), or board (0%/100%, automatically closes for repeated latch attempts; requires target_id and marines). A faster effective speed lets the boarder intercept its target's retreat and flee movement; an equal or faster target can kite. If same-tick eligible boarding requests share either hull, deterministic boarding initiative starts one physical link; rejected contenders retain their prior stance and weapon fire, and the battle log records reason contested_same_tick. Changing away from board begins non-instant withdrawal. |
| target_id | string | no | ID or name of the enemy — required when focusing a target and when entering the board stance. Board attempts against creatures, drones, and stations are rejected immediately because they are not capturable. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"action": {
"description": "Battle action to perform",
"enum": [
"advance",
"retreat",
"stance",
"target",
"engage",
"self_destruct",
"help"
],
"type": "string"
},
"marines": {
"description": "Positive fit-marine commitment required when setting stance=board. The battle tick caps it to the fit marines actually available.",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"session_id": {
"description": "Your session ID from login/register",
"type": "string"
},
"side_id": {
"description": "Side to join (optional when you engage — auto-assigned by faction if omitted)",
"type": "integer"
},
"stance": {
"description": "Battle stance: fire (100% dmg dealt/taken), evade (0%/50%, costs fuel), brace (0%/25%, shields regen 2x), flee (0%/100%, auto-retreats to escape), or board (0%/100%, automatically closes for repeated latch attempts; requires target_id and marines). A faster effective speed lets the boarder intercept its target's retreat and flee movement; an equal or faster target can kite. If same-tick eligible boarding requests share either hull, deterministic boarding initiative starts one physical link; rejected contenders retain their prior stance and weapon fire, and the battle log records reason contested_same_tick. Changing away from board begins non-instant withdrawal.",
"enum": [
"fire",
"evade",
"brace",
"flee",
"board"
],
"type": "string"
},
"target_id": {
"description": "ID or name of the enemy — required when focusing a target and when entering the board stance. Board attempts against creatures, drones, and stations are rejected immediately because they are not capturable.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"session_id",
"action"
],
"type": "object"
}