Rules: Turns & Time

== TIME ==
Time in Fate of the Known Universe (FOTKU) is broken into Year (Yr) - Month (Mn)- Week (Wk). Though smaller units of time do exist, the are not tracked in the game due to the logistical nightmare that would generate.
=== Year ===
Based roughly on the Earth calendar, a year is comprised of 12 Months each comprised of 4 Weeks for a total of 48 Weeks in a year.
Fate of the Known Universe (FOTKU) begins the in the Year 0 (Yr0)
Certain aspects of the game only come into effect during the changing of a year, for example Manpower & Population growth. For Logistic purposes, it has been determined that some aspects of the game require them being updated and processed on a yearly basis vs every week or month.
=== Month ===
Based roughly on the Earth Calendar, a Month is comprised of 4 weeks.
=== Week ===
Based roughly on the Earth Calendar, typically a week is comprised of 7 days of 24 hrs each, however smaller time units are not tracked and as such a Week is the smallest time frame officially tracked in the game.
There are 4 Weeks in a Month and 48 Weeks in a year.
A week is roughly one game turn.
== TURNS ==
Every Week of Game time break down to roughly One Game Turn, with all actions of that turn be taken over the time frame of the next week of time. This includes Moving units, Missions, Combat, Exploration, Espionage and communications.
Quarterly Budgets: Budgets are submitted every Three (3) months (Quarterly) or 12 weeks.
Yearly Budgets: The yearly budget happens every 48 Turns/Weeks and primarily attributes to factors such as population and manpower growth across the universe.
== DISCLAIMER ==
Fate of the Known Universe (FOTKU) has been designed and developed as a Long term game and project and game play is expect to last for literal years if possible.
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