PowerPlay 2.0 Update

This page is designed for returning PowerPlayers who want to know about the update. If you don't know what any of this means, head here. If any part of this guide is incorrect or incomplete, please get in touch via Discord (my username is augustlagrange).

Government types

Government types have been divorced from PowerPlay. That means that factions with previously disfavourable government types (such as Patronages for Aisling and Winters) will no longer cause a penalty.

Expansion and fortification have been renamed

Frontier have renamed these to acquisition and reinforcement respectively.

No CC

There is no longer any Command Capital. There is no limit on how many systems a power can absorb in a cycle. They cannot be turmoiled, but each system, if successfully undermined, will have its status downgraded.

Strongholds

There are now three levels of a system's control by a power- Stronghold, Fortified, and Exploited. Reinforcing a fortified system makes it a stronghold at the next cycle tick. Stronghold systems have a greater range for exploitation and contain special carriers which provide reinforcement commodities among other things.

Acquisition, reinforcement and undermining can be done in many different ways. Each power has benefits to specific activities that benefit payout but not merits.

See below for all the things you can do.

Reinforcement

Acquisition

Undermining

Power ships will hunt you

Previously, going into a hostile system (a system belonging to a non-allied power) meant that you would, rarely, get interdicted, with ships looking for PP commodities. Now, they will simply shoot you if you're an opposing power. So be careful when going into hostile systems!

The New Power

The Alliance has a second power- Nakato Kaine. More information is available on the wiki. The group representing them has a Discord server here and a subreddit here.

New PowerPlay module

The new power's module is below.

Federation Changes

After an election, Felicia Winters is now President. The Republican Party is now headed by Jerome Archer, replacing Zachary Hudson. More information is available on the wiki.

Merits never reset

You will receive rewards from a tiered list. As your rank increases, you will receive new rewards, plus "care packages", like as follows.

You will also receive, in differing order depending on power, each power's module. Below are the perks and unlocks of each power, followed by Winters' rank list, as an example.

Zemina Torval

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +45% mining commodity profits in Power Territory
  • +50% in Imperial slaves commodity profits in Power Territory
  • +20% Trade Bond on sales in Power territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Pack-Hound Missiles
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Concord Cannon

Felicia Winters

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +60% increase on food and medicine profits in Power Territory
  • +100% Increase in minor faction reputation gain in Power Territory
  • +100% Increase on salvage profits in Power Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Concord Cannon
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser

Archon Delaine

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • +30% Increase in Black market Profits in Power Territories
  • -100% Reduced Value on bounties placed on you in Power Territory
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Concord Cannon
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Retributor Beam Laser

Nakato Kaine

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +50% increase in mining commodity profits in Power Territory
  • +150% increase in minor faction reputation gain in Power Territory
  • +120% increase in Search and rescue payout in Power Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Concord Cannon
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser

Jerome Archer

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • +100% increased bounty payout in Power Territory
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in Power Territory
  • -30% reduced weapon module cost in Power Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Concord Cannon
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser

Denton Patreus

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • +80% increased bounty payout in Power's Territory
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in Power Territory
  • -90% Reduced Rearm Prices in your Power's Territory
  • -40% Reduced Weapon module cost in Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Concord Cannon
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser

Pranav Antal

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +150% increase in minor faction reputation gain in Power Territory
  • +50% Increased Organics Data sales in your Power's Territory
  • +50% Increase in technology commodity profits in your Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Concord Cannon
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator

Yuri Grom

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • +60% increased bounty payout in Power's Territory
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +15% Increased Exploration data sales in your Power Territory
  • +15% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in your Power's Territory
  • -30% Reduced weapon module cost in Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Concord Cannon
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser

A. Lavingny-Duval

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • +100% increased bounty payout in Power's Territory
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • -30% Reduced weapon module cost in Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Concord Cannon
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon

Aisling Duval

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +100% increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory
  • +200% Increased Search and Rescue payout in your Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Concord Cannon
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser

Edmund Mahon

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +100% increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory
  • +50% Awarded Trade Bond for Rare Goods sales in your Power's Territory
  • +25% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in your Power's Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Retributor Beam Laser
  • Concord Cannon
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Pulse Disruptor Laser
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser

Li Yong-Rui

Perks

  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed by ship pledged to another power in territory your Power does not control
  • -100% reduced rebuy when killed in your Power's Territory
  • +210% Increase in Exploration Data sales in your Power's Territory
  • -100% Reduced Rearm prices in Power Territory
  • -100% Reduced refuel in Power Territory
  • -100% Reduced Repair in Power Territory
  • +25% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in Power Territory

Unlocks

  • Rank Decal
  • Pack-Hound Missile Rack
  • Enforcer Cannon
  • Retributors
  • Concord Cannon
  • Pulse Disruptors
  • Prismatic Shield Generator
  • Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
  • Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
  • Mining Lance Beam Laser
  • Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
  • Pacifier Frag-Cannon
  • Advanced Plasma Accelerator

Ranks

Loyalty Rank Merits Rewards Perk Progression
Needed Difference Care package reduced rebuy when killed by
ship pledged to another power in
territory your Power does not control		 reduced rebuy
when killed in
your Power's Territory		 Increase on
salvage profits in
Power Territory
Increase in minor
faction reputation gain
in Power Territory
Increase on food
and medicne profits
in Power Territory
 Module Unlock
1 0 Rank Decal
2 2,000 2,000 -20%
3 5,000 3,000 mini
4 9,000 4,000 mini
5 15,000 6,000 +10%
6 23,000 8,000 mini
7 31,000 8,000 mini
8 39,000 8,000 -40%
9 47,000 8,000 mini
10 55,000 8,000 mini
11 63,000 8,000 -33%
12 71,000 8,000 mini
13 79,000 8,000 mini
14 87,000 8,000 +20%
15 95,000 8,000 mini
16 103,000 8,000 mini
17 111,000 8,000 -60%
18 119,000 8,000 mini
19 127,000 8,000 mini
20 135,000 8,000 mini
21 143,000 8,000 mini
22 151,000 8,000 +33%
23 159,000 8,000 mini
24 167,000 8,000 +20%
25 175,000 8,000 mini
26 183,000 8,000 mini
27 191,000 8,000 -80%
28 199,000 8,000 mini
29 207,000 8,000 -66%
30 215,000 8,000 mini
31 223,000 8,000 mini
32 231,000 8,000 +40%
33 239,000 8,000 mini
34 247,000 8,000 Pulse Disruptor Laser
35 255,000 8,000 mini
36 263,000 8,000 -100%
37 271,000 8,000 mini
38 279,000 8,000 mini
39 287,000 8,000 Pacifier Frag-Cannon
40 295,000 8,000 mini
41 303,000 8,000 mini
42 311,000 8,000 +40%
43 319,000 8,000 mini
44 327,000 8,000 Retributor Beam Laser
45 335,000 8,000 mini
46 343,000 8,000 mini
47 351,000 8,000 mini
48 359,000 8,000 +50%
49 367,000 8,000 mini
50 375,000 8,000 Concord Cannon
51 383,000 8,000 mini
52 391,000 8,000 +60%
53 399,000 8,000 mini
54 407,000 8,000 mini
55 415,000 8,000 +60%
56 423,000 8,000 mini
57 431,000 8,000 Prismatic Shield Generator
58 439,000 8,000 mini
59 447,000 8,000 mini
60 455,000 8,000 -100%
61 463,000 8,000 mini
62 471,000 8,000 mini
63 479,000 8,000 Pack-Hound Missile Rack
64 487,000 8,000 mini
65 495,000 8,000 mini
66 503,000 8,000 mini
67 511,000 8,000 +70%
68 519,000 8,000 mini
69 527,000 8,000 mini
70 535,000 8,000 Rocket Propelled Containment Missile
71 543,000 8,000 mini
72 551,000 8,000 mini
73 559,000 8,000 +80% +20%
74 567,000 8,000 mini
75 575,000 8,000 mini
76 583,000 8,000 Enforcer Cannon
77 591,000 8,000 mini
78 599,000 8,000 +80%
79 607,000 8,000 mini
80 615,000 8,000 mini
81 623,000 8,000 mini
82 631,000 8,000 mini
83 639,000 8,000 Advanced Plasma Accelerator
84 647,000 8,000 mini
85 655,000 8,000 mini
86 663,000 8,000 +90% +40%
87 671,000 8,000 mini
88 679,000 8,000 Imperial Hammer Rail Gun
89 687,000 8,000 mini
90 695,000 8,000 mini
91 703,000 8,000 Mining Lance Beam Laser
92 711,000 8,000 mini
93 719,000 8,000 mini
94 727,000 8,000 +100%
95 735,000 8,000 mini
96 743,000 8,000 mini
97 751,000 8,000 Cytoscrambler Burst Laser
98 759,000 8,000 mini
99 767,000 8,000 mini
100 775,000 8,000 +60%
100+ 783,000 8,000 Full