demoralizing ambassador -one character i have not seen yet. Send them to ... evil, just evil. i love it.

<t> Icemainia’s game of month #2, April 2014<br/>
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Initial assessment and play thru game date 2103.03.29<br/>
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Initial assessment Pre warp. Home system: two nice planets same ecosystem as home planet; two ruins. No pirates. No bases or ships built at all. Twenty troops already built ...

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game started see spoilers

Thanks for small.... getting save game now ... don't panic? well, I have never been to alpha centauri...

<t> One other consideration. While there is some value to spreading your scientists out - as described in above posts - consider the trade off with physical protection. Putting a good scientist at a research base near your border / frontier increases your losses should enemy(s) ships [ or kaltor ...

Agree with advice above. I have all the currently available DW, including shadows. If I had no DWs at all, I would wait and see what the tradeoffs are between the two purchase routes.

You blew up their world?

You are now being sucked into the uber black hole of Shadows. Have fun.

very hard to really make an intelligent decision. We have no idea how much Universe will cost, nor do we know how much the discount for owners of the series will be. Bottom line, in the face of no info about relative costs, do like mad igor says.

Ok, no matter what the settings, I will do next months.

<t> one question, where are the save games located, so i can place the save game in correct location. tried searching. nada<br/>
edit never mind, found it. Thx<br/>
edit again. Sorry. I now see that its a very large map. I play everything on manual. That map would be a night mare for me. If you do ...

been away awhile. still time to get into game?

<t> R-S welcome to the forums, and the game. <br/>
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BTW, not sure if it was you, or someone else who commented that they invaded the lizard homeward with twice the number of troops that were defending, and got wiped, anyway. This is because the combat strength of troops is based on, 1 ...

<t> data, as usual, is correct. And yes, energy collectors are essential for almost everything. Ships, even when 'idle', waiting at a rally point (the lead ship), or waiting at the star of a system, when set to 'patrol the system, ' all use fuel, even when idle. So tghe collectos are essential ...

<t> Yes, most games handle bugs 'like people in masks.' I agree. In fact, most games, no matter what the window dressing, seem to make most 'factions' (civ, or whatever label you put on them) really quite similiar. Sword of the Stars handles this better. IMHO. ALso, the very best i have ever seen in ...

Has anyone used the 'prepare and attack' option instead of the 'attack' option?

How is it really different from 'attack?'

<t> Yes, it is a chore finding the ships in need of repair. I use the window in the lower left corner of the screen, and click thru the ships. The image will show a wreck image if the ship is bad off. And, when the civ is first damaged, a message comes up, "ship needs repair, yada..." <br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: elanaahova<br/>
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Yes, Larry, and we will be looking forward to learning from your experiences. I only play on small (100 system) galaxies... so i am looking forward to what you will teach me.
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Yes, Larry, and we will be looking forward to learning from your experiences. I only play on small (100 system) galaxies... so i am looking forward to what you will teach me.