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They aren't, Eve sent. Mere illusions. There are likely only a few actual miniguns set up and firing. I detect signals emanating from below the control point.
Alan nodded, activating his invisibility before running out into the courtyard. He yelled out at Ace, "Punch downwards!"
Ace seemed to have heard him, as he punched through the ground, falling down through a hole. The machine guns stopped firing at Ace, and began firing at where Alan had shouted from. Alan ran in a circle and then towards the hole.
Below he saw Ace, punching his way through aisles of machinery. The robots began flickering in and out of existence, images distorting.
In the corner, Eve said, highlighting a man scrambling towards a flight of stairs.
Alan turned aimed with his sniper rifle, and fired. The man exploded and a series of messages popped up:
| Area boss defeated, Control Point available for capture.
x5 Bonus for taking 0 damage from the boss!
+12500 XP +5000 credits |
| x4 Level up! |
Alan raced over to the Control Point, now glowing a dull teal. As soon as he stepped on it another message popped up:
| Capture Control Point? |
Yes, Alan thought, more messages popping up afterwards.
| Congratulations for surviving the second round of the Survival Test!
x20 Bonus for defeating the most enemies, taking out the commanding officer, and a leap of faith!
+50000 XP +20000 credits |
| x8 Level up! |
The messages were quickly followed by another:
| The Survival Test: Round 3
Now that seemed too easy. Maybe something a bit more challenging. A Haxlard war party showed up to help their allies, the United World Government, but the fighting was done by the time they showed up. They’re eager for a fight. |
A moment later:
| Final Wave: Haxlardian Warriors, Lvl 250-500
Enemies remaining: 12
Time until arrival: 1:00:00 |
Then:
| Fort Point captured. Would you like to take ownership of Fort Point or designate another owner?
Highest possible tax rate: 5% Current tax rate: 0% |
| Please designate an area boss: either a randomly generated NPC, a provided robot or a willing player. |
I'd like to take ownership, Alan thought.
WAIT, Eve cried, but it was too late.
Additional messages appeared:
| United World Government hold on the entirety of San Francisco, California, United States of America, Northern America, and Earth will be broken if Fort Point is not recaptured in 24:00:00. |
| United World Government reputation changed to Hated. They are now hostile. |
Um, what just happened, Eve? Alan asked.
Should you control a single Control Point, you gain control of the surrounding area, Eve sent. However once a required number of Control Points are held by one group, varying levels of control are attributed! The levels of control are as follows: Plurality, holding the greatest number of points in an area, Majority, holding more than half of the points in an area, and Entirety, holding all control points in an area.
The United World Government had control over the entirety of Earth and has majority control of our solar system. The amount of control a group holds varies upon the level of control. The group with the highest level of control determine the in-game laws, and are only able to influence real world laws once they hold an Entirety Control Point and every Control Point in a given region. A notable exception is that native, indigenous species of a given planet or solar system may govern the area’s real life laws and taxes while only holding a majority, rather than an entirety.