This guide has been designed and created to teach you everything that you need to know about ShadowOps, whether your a new player just starting out wanting to know everything, or an experienced player wanting to refresh your memory, this guide is for you.

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The sector leader is the player that is in charge of your sector. Every player in the sector has a chance to vote for their sector leader, more information on this, and everything else about the sector leader can be found below.

Voting for a Sector Leader:

To vote for a sector leader you must first go to the 'Sector Politics' page, this can be found on the menu bar. Once you are on this page, you simply have to select the player you want as your sector leader from the 'Vote For' drop down menu, then click the 'Vote' button. This will add one to the players total votes the player with the most votes will be made the sector leader. It is worth noting that if there is a tie in the votes, the strongest player will be made the sector leader.

Sector Leader Tools:

You will gain a few benifits if you are made sector leader, information on all of these benifits will be listed below.

You will gain a 10% attack and defence bonus.
You will gain the ability to change your sector name, this can be done via the 'Sector Politics' page.
You will gain the ability to change your sector picture, this can also be done via the 'Sector Politics' page.
You will be given access to the sector treasury.
You will be able to delete threads, lock threads, and delete posts in the sector forums.

As the sector leader you will be able to pick your vice sector leader, this can be done via the 'Sector Politics' page. The vice sector leader will have access to the sector treasury, delete threads, delete posts and lock threads in the sector forums, as well as a 5% attack and defence bonus.

The system commander is the player that is in charge of your system. Every sector leader has the chance to vote for their system commander, more information on this, and everything else about the system commander can be found below.

Voting for a System Commander:

Only sector leaders can vote for a system commander or be voted in as a system commander. To vote for a system commander you must first go to the 'System Politics' page, this can be found on the menu bar. Once you are on this page, you simply have to select the player you want as your system commander from the 'Vote For' drop down menu, then click the 'Vote' button. This will add one to the players total votes the player with the most votes will be made the system commander. It is worth noting that if there is a tie in the votes, the strongest player will be made the system commander.

System Commander Tools:

If you are the system commander you have many options and jobs to undertake. It is highly recommended that only experienced players and players that are active run for system commander.

As soon as you are elected system commander you will need to select your council members. There are 8 positions on the council, and these can be given to anyone in the system, this can be done by going to the 'System Politics' page. All council members will have access to the system trade room, and the system command room, both will require a password to enter, this password is set by the system commander. Members of the council can also, create threads, lock threads, and delete posts in the system forums, the vice system commander will be able to delete threads as well. More information on the council spots can be found below.

As the system commander you will gain many new options in the system treasury, under the leader options section, these will be listed below.

Enter the trade room without a password
Enter the command room without a password
Change system tax
Activate a system wide ship draft
Change the system welcome message
Send a message to all members in the system
Change the trade room Password
Change the command room password
Change the primary language of the system
View treasury logs.

You will also be able to create threads, deleted threads, lock threads, and delete posts in the system forums.

As the system commander you will also gain a 20% attack and defence bonus.

Below is a list of all the council spots that are up for grabs and also the bonuses you gain from them (if any).

Below is a list of all the sector spots that are up for grabs and also the bonuses you gain from them.