Tick

A tick is a turn in Planetarion. Everything happens - progresses, through ticks. Ship prouduction, building construction, and research progress. Fleets move closer to their targets. Resources are added. Everything.

The real-life counterpart to ticks is actual time. A tick (normally) occurs once every hour, on the hour. Battles occur "during the tick".

Ticks may occur more often, for example during speedgames or havoc. For example, there wer 15-minute ticks during the round 13 havoc.