Once you reach Operations level 15, you can engage in Station Combat. You can attack other players' stations and get attacked as well.

 

When another player attacks your Station, they will be fighting against your Defense Platforms, as well as any of your combat ready ships that are currently docked. Ships that are being repaired or upgraded, or are not in your Station by the time of the attack cannot participate in Combat.

 

A 10-minute peace shield will be automatically applied to your Station, right after the first attack. This is to protect you from additional attacks within the next 10 minutes and to give you enough time to activate a longer shield. If no further shield is applied, your Station will once again be vulnerable to attacks after the free 10-minute peace shield expires.

 

If an attacking ship successfully destroys a station, the winning attacking ship will fill its cargo with as many resources from the Station as it can carry. A certain amount of resources will be protected by your Resource Vault (an upgradable module in your station interior) - these resources cannot be stolen by another player.

 

If an attacking ship fails to destroy a Station (and is in turn destroyed by the Station’s defenses), that ship is destroyed and automatically returned to its own Station Drydock, where it will have to be repaired before it can be used again.