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Raids, shields, siege, and spies

confirmedPatch 11.75Build a7b5c7cCore rulesReviewed
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11.75
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a7b5c7c
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Core rules
Reviewed

Raids, shields, siege, and spies is part of Riftborne’s warfare and intelligence system and is documented here for patch 11.75. Evidence

This overview groups the focused articles associated with raids, shields, siege, and spies.

Four different questions

  • Raid: how much exposed value can surviving cargo remove?
  • Defensive integrity: how much contribution remains from the culture-specific defensive structure?
  • Siege: can surviving siege capability remove the selected building level?
  • Espionage: how current and complete is the information used to choose the mission?

These systems interact but are not interchangeable. A fleet may win combat while failing to loot, fail to remove a structure, or act on intelligence that was accurate only when captured. Evidence

Planning sequence

Collect current information, state the mission’s desired outcome, preview the exact target, and preserve the support hulls that convert combat success into that outcome. After impact, use the report as the starting state for the next decision rather than assuming the first plan still applies.

Evidence

Sanitized transcripts from the current client. Raw player captures remain private.

  1. Installed client identityThe installed Windows client reports patch 11.75, build a7b5c7c, built 2026-07-31 15:16:13 UTC.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-08-01 · Riftborne.exe --build-info and Content/build_info.json.
  2. Current combat, raid, siege, and espionage implementationPublished combat statements are limited to behavior used by the current CombatSystem and the Codex. Power is an estimate rather than a fixed conversion from ship count.Patch 11.75 · build a7b5c7c · verified 2026-07-30 · Read-only inspection of CombatSystem and SiegeTargetCatalog.
  • Raid ceilingRaid yield is limited by surviving cargo capacity, visible target resources, and raid-loot modifiers.
  • Shield integrityDefensive-structure integrity scales its combat contribution and can be reduced by direct attacks separately from building-level siege damage.
  • SiegeSiege damage converts surviving siege capacity into building-level destruction after a successful attack.
  • EspionageEspionage missions use Intelligence hulls to obtain time-sensitive information about hostile bases and objectives.