Powerplay Tools: Reference Card

Activity Requirements

To start Acquisition Conflict: 35,000 merits
To Acquire a system: 120,000 merits (including the 35,000 above)
To reinforce a system to Fortified from minimum Exploited: 333,000 merits
To reinforce a system to Stronghold from minimum Fortified: 667,000 merits
To reinforce a system to maximum Stronghold from minimum Stronghold: 1,000,000 merits

Activity Types

Friendly System: any Exploited, Fortified or Stronghold of your Power
Target System: the system being affected
Supporting System: a Fortified system within 20 LY of an Acquisition System, or a Stronghold system within 30 LY

Activity	Acquisition?	Reinforcement?	Undermining?	Passive?	Odyssey?	Legal?	Details	Pickup/Activity Location	Hand-in Location	Notes	BGS effect?
Bounty Hunting	Yes	Yes	No	High	No	Yes	Merit proportional to bounty claim, awarded on kill	In Target System	n/a	Cashing in the bounties at a friendly system power contact afterwards gives a bonus	Positive, generally for system controller
Collect Escape Pods A	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Power Signal Sources are a good place to look	In Target System	Supporting System Power Contact	Certain megaships and other POIs can give a higher rate of escape pods	Mildly positive for hand-in station owner
Holoscreen Hacking	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Reinforcement Only (Fine elsewhere)	Requires Recon Limpet	Starports	n/a	In Acquisition and Undermining, rapidly damages reputation with station owner	None
Power Kills	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Reinforcement Only	In Undermining systems, killing ships belonging to another Undermining Power does nothing	In Target System	n/a	In Acquisition and Undermining, kills are illegal but do not increase notoriety	None
Retrieve Power Goods A	Yes	No	No	Low	Yes	If not caught	Goods are in locked containers, ebreach or combination to open	Surface settlements in target system	Supporting System Power Contact		None
Scan Datalinks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Scan “Ship Log Uplink” with Data Link Scanner	Non-dockable megaships	n/a	Only once per megaship per fortnight	None (unless combined with a mission to scan the same ship)
Sell for large profits A	Yes	No	No	Moderate	No	Yes	Any cargo worth 40% or more profit	Station in supporting system	Station in target system	Once profit threshold met, more expensive goods are better. Undocumented location requirement.	Positive for station owner
Sell for large profits R	No	Yes	No	Moderate	No	Yes	Any cargo worth 40% or more profit	Station in any system	Station in target system	Once profit threshold met, more expensive goods are better	Positive for station owner
Sell mined resources A	Yes	No	No	Low	No	Yes	Sell any actually mined goods, note location requirements	Mining sites in Supporting System	Station in target system	Location requirement is unusually harsh, and not documented	Positive for station owner
Sell rare goods	Yes	Yes	No	Low	No	Usually (Fine only)	Sell rare goods	Any rare goods producer outside target system	Station in target system	Merit gain is better for higher sale prices	Positive for station owner
Transfer Power Data A	Yes	No	No	Low	Yes	If not caught	Downloadable from data ports	Odyssey settlements	Supporting System Power Contact	Each Power has preferred types of data which give better merits. Data types may be related to data port type.	None
Transport Power Commodity A	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes, but other Power agents may attack	Location is crucial	Power Contact in Supporting System	Power Contact in Target System	Limited allocation per half hour, somewhat dependent on rank	None
Upload Power Malware A	Yes	No	No	No	No	If not caught	Upload to data ports	Any Power contact	Odyssey settlements in target system	Only one item can be uploaded per port. Long upload time.	None
Complete Support Missions	Conflict only	Yes	Yes	Moderate	Some	Yes	Any mission in the “Support” category	Station in target system	n/a	Merit gain proportional to donation size for those missions. Restore/reactivate Odyssey missions are very good.	Positive for mission faction
Flood markets with low value goods	Conflict only	No	Yes	Low	No	Yes	Goods must sell for 500 cr or less, and be on the station market as supply or demand	Station in any system	Station in target system	The cheaper the better. Hydrogen Fuel is usually a safe bet.	Variable but small for station owner
Scan ships and wakes	Conflict only	Yes	No	High	No	Yes	Normal scan of ships.	In Target System	n/a	Autoscans count (including your own SLF, though the merit count is far too small to be exploitable)	None
Collect Escape Pods R	No	Yes	No	Low	No	Yes	Damaged or Occupied Escape Pods	In Target System	Target System Power Contact	S&R payout bonuses help with this	None
Exobiology	No	Yes	No	High	Yes	Yes		Anywhere	Station in target system	Data collected after 7 Nov 3310 only	None
Exploration Data	No	Yes	No	High	No	Yes	Merits per system, not per page – cheap systems get nothing	Anywhere >20LY	Station in target system	Data collected after 7 Nov 3310 only	Positive for station owner
Collect Salvage R	No	Yes	No	Low	No	Yes	Black boxes, Personal Effects, Wreckage Components	In Target System	Power Contact in Target System		Positive for station owner
Sell mined resources RU	No	Yes	Yes	Moderate	No	Yes	Sell any actually mined goods, note location requirements	Mining sites in Target System	Station in target system	Location requirement is unusually harsh, and not documented. Merits proportional to sale price.	Positive for station owner
Transport Power Commodity R	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes, but other Power agents may attack		Power Contact in Stronghold System	Power Contact in Target System	Can’t reinforce a system with its own supplies	None
Collect Escape Pods U	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Power Signal Sources are a good place to look	In Target System	Friendly System Power Contact	Certain megaships and other POIs can give a higher rate of escape pods	Mildly positive for hand-in station owner
Commit Crimes	No	No	Yes	Very Low	No	No	Murder of Power or minor faction ships or personnel	In Target System	n/a	System authority appear not to count	Negative for ship owner (irrelevant for Power ships)
Collect Salvage U	No	No	Yes	Low	No	Yes	Black boxes, Personal Effects, Wreckage Components	In Target System	Friendly System Power Contact		Positive for station owner
Transfer Power Data U	No	No	Yes	Low	Yes	If not caught	Downloadable from data ports	Odyssey settlements	Friendly System Power Contact	Each Power has preferred types of data which give better merits. Data types may be related to data port type.	None
Retrieve Power Goods U	No	No	Yes	Low	Yes	If not caught	Goods are in locked containers, ebreach or combination to open	Surface settlements in target system	Friendly System Power Contact		None
Transport Power Commodity U	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes, but other Power agents can legally attack		Power Contact in Stronghold System	Power Contact in Target System		None
Upload Power Malware U	No	No	Yes	No	No	If not caught	Upload to data ports	Any Power contact	Odyssey settlements in target system	Only one item can be uploaded per port. Long upload time.	None