War Declaration
What Is A War Declaration
A war declaration (war dec) is a formal state of war between two player corporations or alliances. When corporations or alliances are at war the pilots belonging to them become legal targets for each other in all security levels of empire space. NPC corporations cannot be war decced by a player owned corporation.
Corporation or Alliance assets are also considered legal targets, i.e. Starbase structures, anchorable containers, and customs offices.
You can see what wars your corporation is currently involved in and check other corporations wars under the 'Wars' tab in the corporation menu.
A Corporation leaving an alliance at war will take with it all wars the alliance was in, with immediate effect. If the alliance being left was the aggressor in a war, the leaving corp will issued a war bill. If the bill is not paid by the end of the current war week paid for by the alliance, the war will end in 24 hours.
Declaring War
How do I declare war on a corporation or alliance? To declare war on another corp you must have the director or CEO role in your current corporation, then go to the 'Wars' tab in the corporation menu. Here you click on the 'Declare War' button at the bottom of the window. This will bring a new window where you can search for any player owned corp or alliance to declare war upon.
For an alliance, the process is different. The CEO or a director of the Executor Corp must open the Corporation interface, go to the Alliances tab, then view the "Home" tab. At the bottom of the window is button labelled "Declare War." The CEO must push the button and enter the name of the target corporation or alliance, then press search. Once he or she has confirmed the selected alliance is the correct one, war is immediately declared, with fighting becoming possible after a 24 hours notice period.
How much does a wardec cost?
It costs 50 million isk, plus an additional cost for each member in the target corporation/alliance above 115. This additional cost is reduced for each additional member after 116.
The war declaration fee must be in the Master Wallet of the corp wallet.
I just started a war, what now?
After declaration, the war will go active 24 hours later. Wars will last 1 week unless either surrender is agreed upon, or if the war is extended by paying the fee for the next week of war. If the war bill is not paid, the war will end 24 hours after its due date.
Allies
The defending corp's CEO (the corp that did not declare war) may flag its corp as requesting assistance in a war. In the corporation menu, under the 'Wars' tab, and the 'Our Wars' tab there under, click on the sword button to flag your corp as requiring assistance. By doing this, the war will show up on the ally marketplace (found under the 'All Wars' tab, under the 'Wars' tab, in the corporation window), and mercenary corp's CEOs can then send you ally contract offers. Once an ally contract has been finalized, the ally corp will join the war 24 hours later, and will remain in the war for 2 weeks (as of Inferno 1.1).
What does making a war "mutual" mean?
If the receiver of the wardec chooses, they can make the war dec mutual. Mutual wars do not cost the aggressor the usual war weekly fee and won't expire unless either side surrenders, or the mutual status is revoked. Once a war becomes mutual, ally corps will be removed from the war after 24 hours, and no further ally contracts can be created for the war (as of Inferno 1.1).
Ending A War
Ending a war
To end a war, either the war bill must not be paid, or either corp must surrender (Directors and CEOs can offer surrender). When the war is ended a message will be sent to involved parties confirming the war invalidation. When a war between corporations has been ended it takes 24 hours for the war cancellation to become active. During that time players can still shoot at each other without security loss or Concord intervention.
"Surrender"
Either corp can make a surrender offer to end the war. In the corporation menu, under the 'Wars' tab, and the 'Our Wars' tab there under, click on the white flag icon to make a surrender offer. A new window will pop up where you can enter a message, and make an ISK offer (these icons will change in Inferno 1.1).
If the offer is accepted by the other corp, the ISK will be transferred automatically between corp wallets, and the war will end in 24 hours there after. There is no war dec cooldown period, so the same war may be declared again after the 24 hours.