This document describes combat as implemented in PHost.
There are two types of combat in VGA Planets:
- Regular combat happens when two units meet in space after movement. Regular combat can happen between two ships, or between a ship and a planet. Units will fire their weapons (beams, torpedoes and fighters) against each other and attempt to destroy or capture the enemy. The largest part of this document describes regular combat.
- Ground combat happens when a ship beams down colonists to an enemy planet. Colonists will fight each other, until one party survives. That party will keep the planet. Ground combat is described in the last section of this document.
