01
TACTICAL
Quick Battle
Choose the participating factions, fleet size, formation, and astral-object density. Deploy directly into one battle without a campaign map.
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PLAYER OPERATIONS GUIDE (v1.0020)
COMMAND THE FLEET.
CONTROL THE SECTORS.
WIN THE WAR.
Battle Astra is a turn-based strategy war game played at two scales: command fleets across a region of sectors, then direct individual ships across tactical battle maps.
2–6FACTIONS
2PLAY SCALES
4SHIP CLASSES
2VICTORY PATHS
CHOOSE YOUR COMMAND
Two ways to enter the conflict
Learn the tactical game in a single engagement or take command of a complete war.
02
STRATEGIC
Campaign War
Build a faction roster, command fleets, capture valuable sectors, fight battles, and race toward a score victory or total enemy elimination.
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CAMPAIGN COMMAND CYCLE
How a war turn unfolds
Orders are planned first. Their consequences are resolved afterward.
Plan
Examine campaign map, assemble fleets, and lock their destinations.
Commit
Let AI factions plan, then move fleets in waves with faction order randomized for each wave.
Resolve
Fleets travel, contested sectors become battles, and survivors hold the field.
Claim
Factions claim eligible neutral sectors, create outposts, and receive points.
Advance
Controlled-sector value is awarded again, scores update, and the campaign autosaves.
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WHY CAN’T THIS FLEET MOVE?
A destination may exceed the six-ship faction limit, be locked by an upcoming battle, or have an entrance blocked by astral objects. The map identifies the affected sector when an order cannot be accepted.
TACTICAL COMMAND CYCLE
How a battle round unfolds
A round is complete only after every surviving ship has acted or completed its turn.
Initiative
Factions act in arrival order. Each receives one eligible ship activation per cycle.
Command
A unit repairs and recharges before activation. Choose movement and a target, then divide remaining power.
Engage
Movement, facing, distance, defenses, and attack power determine the outcome.
Complete
Every surviving ship acts or completes its turn before a new round begins.
Conclude
Battle-end checks follow destruction and retreat; the victory screen reports the outcome.
FULL MANUAL
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Getting Started
Choose a quick battle, begin a campaign, or restore a saved war.
Interface
Learn buttons, drawers, hints, countdowns, warnings, and faction colors.
Factions
Understand doctrine, special abilities, emblems, and faction elimination.
Campaign Setup
Set the roster, fleet strength, starting pattern, and astral density.
The War Map
Read sectors, ownership, fleets, scores, reports, and event history.
Fleet Orders
Create fleets, select ships, plot routes, and execute simultaneous plans.
Battle Setup
Choose whether to watch, inspect, retreat, or resolve a battle instantly.
Battle Map
Understand zones, obstacles, initiative, targeting, HUDs, and event reports.
Ships & Systems
Compare vessel classes and allocate power to engines, weapons, and defense.
Combat
Plot movement, establish line of fire, calculate hit chance, and apply damage.
Retreat
Leave through a legal exit and return safely to a neighboring sector.
Scoring & Victory
Capture territory, destroy units, eliminate factions, and win the war.
Saving & Settings
Manage campaigns, movement speed, identification, audio, and display options.
Reference
Find definitions, common questions, controls, and troubleshooting guidance.