help war
A clan is only considered to be "AT WAR" when THEY have declared war upon another clan using the WAR command. It is therefore a very good idea for clans to have an active leadership to declare war swiftly back in return. Declaring war allows a clan to perform many actions against another clan that it can not normally do. Clans at war can: 1) Capture enemy planets or force them to go neutral. 2) Destroy unmanned ships in accordance with HELP CAPITALRULES. Other things to note: 1) War MUST have been declared if you wish to perm someone for the primary reason of "he was a member of clan X." The RPC will determine, as usual, if your primary reason is adequate. A simple "we were at war" in the vast majority of cases is not good enough. Perms carried out for the main reason of "they are a member of the enemy clan" will be carefully reviewed by the RPC. It's recommended that you have a better reason than just that to kill an enemy clan member. As always, 'exceptional circumstances' may arise, and the validity of the kill will be determined by the RPC. 2) Reasonable attempts should be made to capture prisoners - there is no need to kill everyone in a warring clan. However, this is not always possible or even a sane action. 3) While you may kidnap specific clan members when not at war, going after random clan members for the primary reason of clan affiliation is not allowed.