Combat

Initiates a combat encounter for testing. Calls the combat_initiate edge function to start combat in the sector of a given character/ship.

Parameters

• target (required): Either a character name (e.g. JOETRADER) or a ship UUID to initiate combat from that ship's character.

If not provided, ask the user for a character name or ship ID.

Steps

1. Source environment variables

set -a && source .env.supabase && set +a

2. Resolve the character and ship

If target is a character name:

Look up the character by name:

curl -s "${SUPABASE_URL}/rest/v1/characters?name=eq.<character_name>&select=character_id,name,current_ship_id,corporation_id" \
  -H "apikey: ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}"

If no result, report that the character was not found and stop. Save character_id and current_ship_id.

Then look up the ship to get the sector:

curl -s "${SUPABASE_URL}/rest/v1/ship_instances?ship_id=eq.<current_ship_id>&select=ship_id,ship_type,ship_name,current_sector,current_fighters,current_shields" \
  -H "apikey: ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}"

If target is a ship UUID:

Look up the ship and its associated character:

curl -s "${SUPABASE_URL}/rest/v1/ship_instances?ship_id=eq.<ship_id>&destroyed_at=is.null&select=ship_id,ship_type,ship_name,current_sector,owner_type,owner_character_id,owner_corporation_id" \
  -H "apikey: ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}"

For owner_type = "character", use owner_character_id as the character_id. For owner_type = "corporation", the pseudo-character has character_id = ship_id.

Then look up the character:

curl -s "${SUPABASE_URL}/rest/v1/characters?character_id=eq.<character_id>&select=character_id,name,current_ship_id" \
  -H "apikey: ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}"

Verify the character exists and current_ship_id matches the ship. If not, report the mismatch and stop.

3. Show sector context

Before initiating, show what's in the sector so the user knows what opponents are present:

curl -s "${SUPABASE_URL}/rest/v1/ship_instances?current_sector=eq.<sector>&destroyed_at=is.null&in_hyperspace=eq.false&select=ship_id,ship_type,ship_name,owner_type,owner_character_id,current_fighters,current_shields,is_escape_pod" \
  -H "apikey: ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY}"

Display a summary table of ships in the sector (name, type, fighters, shields). Highlight the initiating ship.

4. Call combat_initiate

curl -s -X POST "${SUPABASE_URL}/functions/v1/combat_initiate" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-token: ${EDGE_API_TOKEN}" \
  -d '{
    "character_id": "<character_id>",
    "admin_override": true
  }'

If EDGE_API_TOKEN is not set in the environment, omit the x-api-token header (local dev without JWT verification allows all requests).

5. Report the result

Show the user:

• Initiating character name and ship
• Sector where combat started
• Combat ID from the response
• Number of ships in sector (potential participants)
• Any error messages if combat initiation failed (e.g., no opponents, already in combat, federation space)

Important notes

• This calls the real combat_initiate edge function, which creates a full combat encounter with deadlines and round timers
• Combat will auto-resolve via combat_tick if no actions are submitted before the deadline
• The initiating character must have fighters > 0 and not be in hyperspace or federation space
• There must be at least one targetable opponent in the sector (not same corp, not an escape pod, has fighters)
• If combat already exists in the sector, the character joins the existing encounter
• Edge functions must be running: npx supabase functions serve --workdir deployment --no-verify-jwt --env-file .env.supabase