Topic: Reinforcement Timers
The documentation on this is not comprehensive and this description (Multi-phase emergency mode) is quite confusing.
Can someone confirm whether my understanding (below) is correct or not and if it is then answer some matters arising:
Terminals have multiple emergency phases, 3 phases for standard, 4 for advanced and 5 for high tech terminals.
All other buildings except command relays and turrets have 1 emergency phase (http://www.perpetuum-online.com/Changelog:2012-07-11)
Reducing a building to 50% of its maximum hit points will cause it to enter emergency mode
A building will exit emergency mode in the hour set by the offset timer on the terminal from which a building derives its command plus 2 days. For example, a building enters emergency mode at 20:01 on 03-Feb and the offset timer is set to 02:00 then the building will exit emergency mode at 02:00 on 06-Feb.
On emergency mode exit, the building is PvP flagged for two hours. If a the building is not put back into emergency mode in those two hours, the number of remaining emergency modes remaining will increase by 1 immediately
To repair a building in emergency mode, its PvP flag needs to be flipped on. The PvP flag will also be flipped on if, for any reason, command is broken to that building
Now, the questions:
If the offset timer is set to the same hour that a building happens to enter emergency mode, for example, offset timer is 20:00 and building enters emergency mode at 20:00 on 03-Feb does the emergency mode end at 20:00 on 05-Feb or at 20:00 on 06-Feb?
Does a building exit emergency mode at the same minutes past the hour that it entered? For emaple, if the offset timer is set to 02:00 and the building enters emergency mode at 20:37 on 03-Feb, does emergency mode end at 02:00 on 06-Feb or at 02:37?
When the PvP flag is flipped on to repair a building does the PvP flag stay on until the scheduled exit or just for two hours? Or, does the PvP flag stay for only two hours but the number of remaining emergency modes not increase until the scheduled exit? Or does the PvP flag stay for two hours but the building remains vulnerable until the scheduled exit?