Red Star guide

Players

4

Battleships per player

3

Search cost

900

Duration

10 min

Destroyers that jump in

4

Destroyers arrive

between 1 min 30 s and 2 min after the start

Rich Asteroid Field

75,000

Interceptors

2

Joining a public star already in progress

during the first 3 min

This special Asteroid field will add a one off Credit amount to the owner's Empire when fully mined. Rich Asteroid fields are rare and only appear once per day per player in Red Stars.

Hydrogen to jump each ship

The Hydrogen cost to jump a ship to a Red Star depends on the ship type, the Red Star level, and how many of that same ship type have previously jumped to the same Red Star.

Row 1 is the first ship of that type to jump into the star, row 2 the second, and so on.

EMPIRE POWER

MAXIMUM EMPIRE POWER

11,000

Most gained in one Red Star

+80

Most lost in one Red Star

−20

Score needed to gain Empire Power

400–1,750

Destroying Cerberus ships and transporting Artifacts out of the Red Star will increase the Score Bar. Fill the bar at least until the marked Threshold to gain EMPIRE POWER from this Red Star. The Threshold will increase as you gain more EMPIRE POWER.

EMPIRE POWER is gained only by players who contribute by doing damage to Cerberus ships or by taking Artifacts. Until you contribute, the Score Bar will display faded out.

Players on this leaderboard lose 3% of their EMPIRE POWER for every 3 days without a win in their maximum level Red Star.

Score points: each Cerberus destroyed and each artifact taken out of the star add points (on the Cerberus pages and in the Artifacts tool). →

Asteroids

2–3

Hydrogen per day

0

Cerberus

No Cerberus.

Asteroids

4–6

Hydrogen per day

0

Cerberus

3–6× CERBERUS SENTINEL2× CERBERUS GUARDIAN

Asteroids

8–10

Hydrogen per day

300

Cerberus

Option 13× CERBERUS SENTINEL2× CERBERUS GUARDIAN0–1× CERBERUS COLOSSUS

Option 23× CERBERUS SENTINEL4–6× CERBERUS GUARDIAN0–1× CERBERUS COLOSSUS

Asteroids

10–10

Hydrogen per day

0

Artifacts

4–4 (COMBAT, TRANSPORT + MINING, WEAPON + SHIELD)

Cerberus

Option 13–4× CERBERUS SENTINEL3–4× CERBERUS GUARDIAN

Option 22–3× CERBERUS SENTINEL

Option 31–4× CERBERUS SENTINEL2× CERBERUS GUARDIAN

When a sector has more than one option, the game picks one of them. The weapons are listed at their level on board.

• Red Stars will go supernova shortly after being discovered. Make sure your ships have returned to the Jump Gate before the timer runs out, or they will be lost.
• Each player gets their own Artifacts in Red Stars. You cannot steal other player's Artifacts. Defeating the Cerberus forces together is the best strategy.
• There is no combat between player ships in Red Stars. Your Battleships will only fire against Cerberus forces.
• Upgrading your Red Star Scanner allows it to find higher level Red Stars. Higher level stars contain better Artifacts, but are also guarded by stronger Cerberus forces.
• Use the Chat window to coordinate strategies with other players.
• Red Star Hydrogen allows your Miners to activate special Modules. The collected Hydrogen cannot be returned to your Yellow Star.
• Participating in Red Star missions is a great way to gain EMPIRE POWER, which can help you and your Corporation climb higher on the leaderboards.
• It's a good idea to move some ships to the Red Star Scanner while the search is in progress. That way you'll be ready to jump them immediately when the star is found, without losing valuable time.
• Keep an eye on your empire Hydrogen levels, to make sure you have enough to jump all your ships to the Red Star and move the Transport ships back to safety.
• Position your undamaged Battleships in the front lines so they take most enemy fire and protect more vulnerable ships behind them.
• If you need extra help in Red Stars, try inviting your Friends, or join a Corporation.
• You can only have one Artifact loading on a Transport ship at a time.
• Higher level Artifacts will yield Blueprints for more powerful Modules.
• Each Artifact type matches a Module category. You may want to target planets that hold the right types of Artifacts for the Modules you are looking to unlock or upgrade.