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How do I attack another player?

You may only attack another player or NPC (Non Player Character) if all the following conditions are met:

• You and your target must both be out of your 3 day 'grace' period (The first 3 days from when you signed up are considered your 'grace' period where by you cannot attack anyone nor can anyone attack you). Once your ship has been destroyed your new grace period will be 72 hours
• You and your target must be away from a planet
• Your target must be within your weapons range (if you have bought a better scanner you may be able to detect other craft further out but your weapon may not be able to fire that far)
• Your targets score must be in the range of 60% to 167% of your score (This does not apply to NPC targets or the top10 MW). To find out your score or your targets score check the 'Top Scores' link from the left hand menu)
• The players who you can attack are marked with a *.
  
• Neither you or your target must be in hyper-space, the speeds involved make it impossible to shoot

If all these conditions have been met you may attack a target. To do so, from the main page ('Details' in the left hand menu) click on the link where it says 'Your scanner has detected X ships within scanning range' (where X is the number of ships currently within your scan range). From there you will be able to see a list and some details about the other craft around you.

If you are able to attack any of them an 'Attack' button will appear on the right hand side by that person. Clicking on this will start you attacking that person. You may only fire a limited number of times every hour, the number of shots you have remaining is shown at the bottom of the screen.

Warning: Attacking another player/NPC without first purchasing a 'bounty hunter license' will result in your criminal rating going up, if your criminal rating becomes too high any local police will begin to follow and fire upon you, also the bounty on your head will increase.