Declaring Enemies and Friends

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In a single player game, everyone is your enemy. In a multi-player game, you designate who you do and don't wish to attack.

⇒        Select Player Relations from the Commands menu to specify your enemies, your friends, and races you have no feelings for whatsoever (neutral).

When you give a fleet attack orders you can choose who to attack: all enemies, all neutrals and enemies, everybody or a just a specific opponent.

Friends are also immune to your mine fields, automatically refuel at your starbases and are allowed to use your stargates.

Fleets with the waypoint task of Patrol will only attack Enemies.

Unwilling Participants and Innocent Bystanders

If you declare another player to be your friend you may be unexpectedly drawn into battles. If a friend of yours is attacked and you have a fleet at the same location your fleet will automatically join the battle even if it does not have attack orders. Yegads.

If both players are your friends, you can sit on the sidelines and watch or be on your merry way. Same thing if both players are your enemies.