Civil War

## Overview

 Protagonist | The Player

Civil War is a new player vs player event that takes place once or twice a month. It lasts for one day and offers exclusive prizes to participants.

Unlike a Riot, your primary targets are not VEGA or VSec Fleets, but other players. You earn points for every point of damage you inflict upon your enemy. Your goal is to inflict as much damage as possible upon your enemy while avoiding taking damage yourself, so as not to give your opponent any points.

Note that relocation and joining/leaving alliances are disabled for the duration of the event plus the prize claiming period.

Refer to this page for a full list of event iterations and their payouts and prizes.

## Leaderboard

There are three leaderboards: Personal, Alliance and Sector. Players can earn prizes from one or more of these leaderboards according to their ranking.

**Personal Leaderboard** is ranked according to the total number of points each player has accumulated during the Civil War. At the end of the Civil War, each player is given a rank, with prizes distributed accordingly.

**Alliance Leaderboard** is ranked according to the combined total of Personal Leaderboard scores of all players belonging to each alliance. At the end of the Civil War, each alliance is given a rank, with the listed prize given to every player in the alliance, regardless of their Personal Leaderboard score.

**Sector Leaderboard** is ranked according to the combined total of Personal Leaderboard scores of all players belonging to each sector. At the end of the Civil War, each sector is given a rank, with the listed prize given to every player in the sector, regardless of their Personal Leaderboard score.

As mentioned in the previous section, players cannot switch alliances or sectors during the event, so naturally, they are unable to earn prizes for groups they did not belong to during the event.

## Trivia

* This is the largest-scale PvP event in the game.

## Video

**Contests**

Bounty Weekend • Search and Destroy • Ultimate VEGA Threat

**Deprecated Recurring Events**

Alien Mobilization • Alien Decimation • Special Event • Smash & Grab • Planet Strike • Sector Strike • Crafting Event • Altairian Rising • Umbra Rising • Pharmakon Rising

**Active Recurring Events**

Riot • Alien Strike • Void Strike • Altairian Strike • Umbra Strike • Pharmakon Strike • **Civil War** • Alliance War • Retrograde • Mobilization • Decimation

**2014 Feature Events**

Uprising • Retribution • Deception • Crackdown

**2015 Feature Events**

Espionage • Jailbreak • Martial Law • Arms Race • Countermeasures • Face Off • Reclamation • Emergence • Revenge • Evacuation • Warfront

**2016 Feature Events**

Backlash • Shadow Strike • Conspiracy • Blood Trials • Iron Blood • Zero Hour • Crossfire • Scorched Earth • Incursion • Search and Destroy • Maelstrom • Nemesis • Redemption

**2017 Feature Events**

Devastation • Vengeance • Resurrection • Vendetta • Outbreak • Eradication • AXIS • Conquest • Ascension • Dynasty • Betrayal • Alien Armageddon • Reckoning

**2018 Feature Events**

Defiance • Contact • Deadlock • Invasion • Blindside • Doomsday (Nightmare) • Anarchy • Ashes • Altairian/Umbra Sector Leaderboard Event • Vector • Pestilence • Redux • Chrysalis • Catalyst

**2019 Feature Events**

Cipher • Duplicity • Synthesis • Vestige • Collusion • Demise • Justice • Altair • Defection • Synchrony • Collateral • Awakening • Singularity

**2020 Feature Events**

Extradition • Pursuit • Hijack • Infiltration • Retaliation • Penultimate • Zenith • Independence • Liberation • Suppression • Upsurge • Haunted • Monarch • Virago • Solstice

**2021 Feature Events**

Breakdown • Inquest • Chase Down • Showdown • Transversal • Barricade • Precision Strike