Defenses

Automatic defenses

Planetary defenses are fixed installations that activate automatically during any space attack — no need to pilot them. They fire on the defender's side alongside your docked fleets (if the option is enabled). The more you build, the harder your planet is to loot.

Tier progression

Defenses come in 4 tiers of increasing power, each requiring more advanced buildings and technologies. Tier 1 defenses are cheap and quick to build: they suit a secondary planet. Tier 4 defenses (Distortion Cannon) are the most devastating in the game, but require a heavy investment in research and buildings.

Some defenses are single-use (proximity mines, nuclear mines): they deal their damage and are then destroyed. They are ideal as a complement to permanent defenses to absorb the first assault.