Situation: Offline (load > capacity)

Triggers: A struct won’t come online; actions fail with power/online errors; your player shows load exceeding capacity. Offline = you cannot build, mine, fight, or defend.

60-second diagnosis

structsd query structs player [player-id]      # compare load vs capacity, online status

• load > capacity → you’re in brownout; the grid shed you. Reduce load or add capacity.
• capacity dropped → a reactor/generator/agreement went offline (maybe a raid, a defused reactor, or an expired agreement).
• a single struct won’t start → its activation would push load over capacity.

Do this, in order

1. Shed load fast (free, works offline): deactivate non-essential structs — struct-deactivate / struct-deactivate-batch cost 0 charge and work while offline. Priority to keep: defense and your Command Ship.
2. Recover capacity: if a reactor/agreement dropped, restore it. If you have Alpha, infuse for more capacity (see energy skill).
3. Re-balance: bring structs back online one at a time, checking headroom after each.
4. Verify: re-query the player; confirm online and load < capacity.

Stop / escalate

• If capacity loss came from a raid or reactor defuse, treat it as a security event → under attack.
• If infusion would exceed your operator’s Tier-1 caps → escalate per config/operator.md.

See also

• Skill: energy
• Mechanics: power · energy