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Q: What is Orion?
A: Orion is an expansion for OGame intended as a more interactive alternative for expeditions. Discover anomaly missions and send fleets to either battle waves of NPC enemies, or complete peaceful deliveries, both of which yield great rewards.

Q: How do I produce lithium?
A: Lithium is given in small amounts from upgrading the new building, Interstellar Anomaly Scanner (IAS for short). The building itself does not produce lithium on its own, but allows to convert metal, crystal, deuterium or food into lithium at different ratios. Note that it is possible to go into negative production with those four resources, and thus conversion will be halted if the stockpile runs out.

Q: How much lithium can be stored?
A: Infinite. It is only used for scanning and claiming rewards. Lithium cannot be traded or stolen otherwise.

Q: Do I need to build the IAS on every planet? Does it take up planet fields?
A: Building and expanding the IAS allows to increase the hourly lithium production and unlocks more difficult anomalies to investigate. While the IAS takes up planet fields, the "sub-buildings" under the Control Centre in the IAS tab do not.

Q: Should I always scan with the maximum anomaly level?
A: While higher level anomalies provide better rewards, they are also more difficult combat wise, more expensive to scan, and cost more lithium to claim their prizes. If there is a shortage of lithium, it is recommended to decrease the anomaly level limit.

Q: What is the difference between PvP and PvE missions?
A: PvP missions are twice as rewarding, but the fleet sent on the mission can be attacked and recycled by other players.

Q: What kind of rewards can be found on missions?
A: Resources, ships, lifeform experience, artefacts (this cannot exceed the normal 3600 limit) and exclusive premium items.

Q: How are mission rewards received?
A: Missions can consist of one or more waves. The rewards can be claimed at the end of each wave (the claiming cost will be divided by the number of waves) or at the end of the mission. It is delivered to the planet from which the mission was discovered by a friendly NPC transport, which is visible on the phalanx.

Q: I forgot to claim my rewards after completing the mission, is there any compensation?
A: No. After the mission is either fully or partially completed, any prizes have a one hour limit after the final wave's arrival to be claimed before disappearing.

Q: What happens if I don't have enough lithium to take the full rewards?
A: Rewards can only be claimed partially then.

Q: Does the Orion content interact with lifeforms in any way?
A: No, but there are two exceptions. The General class now provides a boost to the rewards earned from missions, which can be increased with the Mecha General Enhancement lifeform tech. Food can now also be converted into lithium.

Q: Is it possible to ACS together with other players to complete missions?
A: Yes! Simply invite your alliance members or buddies to join your mission like a normal ACS attack. The rewards are automatically divided based on the resource ratio between the fleet values sent by each player to hold and defend the position. Note that currently this feature is not available in universes that have ACS disabled."

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