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A brief overview about the basics of timers and their impact on capsuleers in empire space.

= Combat and legality timers =

The Retribution expansion introduced a new and improved timers system called Crimewatch 2.0, which greatly improve upon the previous one by getting rid of the Global Countdown Timer and generally streamlining the system via the use of specific flags.

== Combat Timers ==

The following timers have no direct impact on the legality of actions, but serve as a consequence for your actions. Keep in mind that the [[#Capsuleer Log-Off Timer|capsuleer log-off timer]] can indirectly cause legality issues if you are also at war.

You will not get these timers if you are in an [[Abyssal Deadspace]], where features their own timer that wipe everything in it when the timer expired.

This means you will remain in space if you disconnect or close the client, until the timer runs out. The '''NPC''' timer will not be renewed if you are shot while already having disconnected or logged off.

This timer behaves differently depending on what kind of offensive action you're taking. An immediate action such as firing a volley with your turrets or missiles as well as drones firing will instantly start the 60 second timer from the moment of the cycle starting. It would then re-initiate for each cycle, but at the start of the cycle when you activate the module. Modules with persistent effects such as webs, painters, damps, scrams and bastion mode, will both start the weapon timer upon activation as well as keeping it at 60 seconds for the duration of the module and won't start counting down until the cycle and effect is gone. The [[Command Burst]] module is an exception to this; it starts the weapon timer upon activation and will disappear at the end of the cycle and long before the burst effect dissipates.

While this timer is active you cannot jump, dock or eject from, store, refit or switch ships. You also cannot be tethered by '''Upwell Structures''' such as [[Citadels]] or [[Engineering Complexes]] as long as you have a weapon timer.

== Legality Timers ==

== Remote assistance, combat timers and legality ==

= Other timers=

== Session Change Timer (SCT)  ==

Here's an example of when a session change due to changing positions in a fleet ruins your day:

{{example|You're scouting low security systems in a covert ops ship for a fleet and the fleet commander moves you to another wing or squad without telling you. This gives you a '''Session Change Timer''' which will prevent you from jumping through the gate you just arrived on. Unfortunately there happened to be a hostile there, and because you were decloaked by the stargate, you are destroyed. So be sure to move when you have time to wait out the timer, and make sure you ask people if they can take a session change before moving them yourself.}}

{{example|You're ambushed by war targets landing on a station and they destroy your ship. You try to dock up with your pod, but cannot due to having a '''Session Change Timer''' from leaving your ship as it's destroyed. Since you wasted time trying to dock up, the enemy promptly pods you as well. So be sure to warp away from stations, gates, citadels, wormholes etc if your ship is destroyed, because you will not be able to dock up or jump through immediately after.}}

== Location Change Timer ==

Be aware that there are stations, so called ''"kick-out"'' stations that have such a small docking range that even if you immediately stop your ship you'll be too far away from the station to immediately dock up again. For those stations you'd be forced to turn around and move back towards the docking ring, which will give enemies or gankers ample time to lock and attack you.

== Jump Cloak Timer ==

During the minute your Jump Cloak Timer is active, you'll not appear visibly on grid and you will be invulnerable to damage from such effects as bombs, smartbombs and ECM Bursts. During the effect of this timer it's also impossible to be decloaked by someone coming within 2000 meters, or bumped by ships occupying the same spot in space.

{{example|You're jumping through hostile space and encounter a gate camp on the other side of a gate. You can now relax, calm down, run your [[directional scanner]], appraise the composition of the gate camp and consider your options for the full minute of the '''Jump Cloak Timer'''. This will allow you to make a calm and tactical decision which will greatly increase the odds of you making it through the camp alive.}}

== Warp-Field Collapse Warning ==

The '''Warp-Field Collapse Warning''' is a {{co|lightgreen|visible}} 15 minutes or 20 minutes timer that warn you about the time limit of Abyssal Deadspace. Enter an Abyssal Deadspace via Abyssal filaments give you 20 minutes while Proving grounds filaments give you 15 minutes.

Once the timer expired, your ship and capsule are immediately destroyed to "[https://zkillboard.com/ship/47465/ Unstable Abyssal Depths]". There is no way to avoid this destruction when you are still in Abyssal Deadspace (Gate Jump and Jump Cloak all won't works), force you exit the Abyssal Deadspace before this timer expires.

== Warp Invulnerability Timer ==

The '''Warp Invulnerability Timer''' is a {{co|red|hidden}} 10 second timer that keeps your ship invulnerable and untargetable immediately after exiting [[Warp]]. Performing any action such as moving or starting to lock a (non-invulnerable) target will break this timer, allowing you to be targeted. This timer can be exploited in small fleets, by having one fleet member deliberately take an action before the others, thus making them vulnerable first and the target of hostile aggression. However, this timer is also why [[Guardian]] and [[Basilisk]] pilots must start moving as soon as possible after exiting warp, so that their fellow logistics pilots can lock them as targets and establish their cap chain. (see [[Logistics#Cap-Chain Logistics|Guide to Logistics]].) Note that this timer does not start until ''after exiting'' warp, meaning your ship is still vulnerable to weapons such as [[Smartbombs]] during the final seconds of your warp deceleration.

This timer cannot be observed, however it is possible to see if it is active, either on someone else by attempting to lock them a target and having it immediately fail because it is still protected by the timer; or on yourself by trying to activate an [[Abyssal Deadspace|Abyssal Filament]] and noticing an error that "your ship is invulnerable."

== Jump Fatigue and Jump Activation Cooldown ==

== Logout timer ==

Whenever a character logs out while in space, there's a {{co|crimson|hidden}} 1 minute timer to removing that character and their ship from the game. The same applies to simply killing the client or crashing (although see the bug mention below). In combination with this timer the ship will try to do an ''"emergency warp"'' to a random location (1 million km away) where it will remain until the logout is triggered.  The emergency warp will only be attempted once and is subject to normal [[warp disruption]], so if the ship is warp disrupted at the time of the disconnect, the ship will not warp away but will continue to count down towards the potential logoff. Be aware that both the [[image:icon_timer_non-capsuleer.png|16px|link=]] [[Timers#Non-Capsuleer_Log-Off_Timer|Non-Capsuleer]] and [[image:icon_timer_capsuleer.png|16px|link=]] [[Timers#Capsuleer_Log-Off_Timer|Capsuleer Log-Off Timer]] mentioned above will prolong this timer, keeping you in space for longer (even indefinitely in the case the capsuleer timer).

There is a '''Log Off Safely'''-feature with a {{co|lightgreen|visible}} 30 second timer that allows you to monitor your ship as well as using the directional scanner in space while preparing to safely log out of the game. In order to use this feature you'll need to meet the following requirements:

* Turning on or have any active modules running.

* Locking, being locked or having a lock on something.

== Wormhole polarization timer ==

You can make a maximum of 2 jumps through a specific [[Wormholes|wormhole]] in 5 minutes. If you try to jump a third time through the same wormhole inside those 5 minutes, you will receive a message informing you how long you have to wait before you can jump again.&nbsp; This timer doesn't apply to jumping through different wormholes.<br>

== Active Boosters timer ==

== Trade modification timer ==

== Corporation roles & titles timer ==

While the timer does still exist, members can quit corporation even without waiting 24 hours after dropping roles by right clicking their portrait in chat and choosing quit corporation? and confirm quit corporation.

== Character termination timer ==

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