VB6 Aurora:Basic Sequence of Play

Check Conditional Orders: if any conditions are met, immediately create the associated order at the top of the order list.

Movement Phase: this section repeats a number of times equal to the number of movement sub-pulses. This may just be one sub-pulse for the whole increment or many sub-pulses. If an event is generated during a sub-pulse, that becomes the last sub-pulse and the time for the increment is reduced accordingly.

• Fleets Move
• Fighter Groups Move
• Fighter Groups Reload (remaining rearm time is reduced)
• Monsters Move (including precursors)
• Missile Salvos move (including intercept, point blank point defence and damage allocation\planetary bombardment)
• Life pod Endurance Check (any lifepods that have exhausted their endurance are removed)
• Sensor Update (all sensors are checked for new contacts)

End of Movement Sub-pulses

• Check Primary Special Orders (If a fleet has no move orders, its primary special orders are checked
• Check Secondary Special Orders. (If a fleet still has no move orders, its secondary special orders are checked
• Ion Storms are updated
• Damage Control takes place

Fire Phase

• Weapons are recharged or reloaded
• Shields are recharged
• Point Defence in area mode is assigned targets
• Ships fire weapons
• Planets launch missiles
• Fighters launch missiles
• Combat results from energy weapons are applied
• Monsters (including precursors) fire weapons. Damage is applied as each monster fires

End of Fire Phase

Construction Cycle: this only takes place within an increment if a sufficient number of seconds has passed since the last Construction Cycle.

• Worker Availability (The distribution of workers within all populations is checked and any shortages affect efficiency)
• Population Growth
• Orbital Motion
• Comet Motion
• System Failure Check (maintenance check for ships)
• Mining Production
• Harvester Production
• Ordnance Production
• Fighter Production
• Installation Construction
• Fuel Production
• Terraforming
• Shipbuilding
• Ground Unit Training
• Research
• Creation of Officers and Academy Graduates
• Crew Grade Increase (due to commander training)
• Monster Shipbuilding
• Ruins Check (for new tech and exploitation)
• Abandoned Installation Check (to see if any have been recovered by cybernetic teams)
• Radiation Reduction (including Dust)
• Ground Combat
• Complete Sensor Check
• Communication Check (for attempts to communicate)
• Reduce Negotiation Modifiers
• Check for loss of Commanders in accidents
• Check for Commander medical problems
• Check for increases in Commander attributes due to experience
• Check for Inactive Research Facilities
• Check for Low Fuel
• Check for New Ion Storms
• Check for Ion Damage to Populations

End of Construction Cycle

• Update Time
• Update Economics, Events and System Map if loaded.