DEFCON

DEFCON (DEFense CONdition) allows nations to specify their national defense condition. DEFCON is a series of different alert conditions that players can set for their nation in the event of an emergency. The five levels of DEFCON are:


 * DEFCON 5 - Normal peacetime military readiness. (+2 happiness, +20% initial soldier cost, 76% battle strength)
 * DEFCON 4 - Normal military readiness, increased intelligence and strengthened security measures. (+1 happiness, +10% initial soldier cost, 81% battle strength)
 * DEFCON 3 - Increased military readiness above normal readiness. (+0 happiness, +0% initial soldier cost, 86% battle strength)
 * DEFCON 2 - Increased military readiness, but less than maximum readiness. (-1 happiness, -10% initial soldier cost, 93% battle strength)
 * DEFCON 1 - Maximum military readiness. (-2 happiness, -20% initial soldier cost, 100% battle strength)

A nations DEFCON level also affects that nations threat advisory for your nation. By viewing the details of each nation you will now see a row called ‘Threat Advisory’ with a series of stars indicating that nations threat assessment to your nation. (Hovering over the star image for a few seconds will provide more details about the threat.) The following are factors in threat advisory level:

DEFCON level (+1 for each DEFCON level) Team alignment (+4 for being on the same team) Nation strength in comparison to your own (+1 if nation strength is less than your own) Deployed Soldiers : Actual Military ratio (+1 if deployed soldiers is less than 1/3 actual military)

The higher the threat number the lower the advisory level will be for a nation.