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You realize you just argued and disproved your own statement right?
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I suppose i was a bit confusing ^^'<br/>
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My post was not intented to defend "no bugs in space" but to show that there could be ...

<r> The worst in all that being that there are actually reasons to think bugs in space is unrealistic and need suspension of disbelief.<br/>
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Here's a little reasonning.<br/>
Base hypothesis:<br/>
- brain power is linked to brain size (<URL url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_size">http ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Apparantly it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to find Aliens with any other kind of government we've never heard of...even the bugs<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
Way of the Ancients, Way of the Darkness, Utopian paradise, Hive mind, Technocracy, National Corporatism.<br/>
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Yes, i know, it's ...

<t> Perhaps because it feels nice to have answers coming from other players? and because those who answer probably feel nice too because they were able to help? <br/>
I'm also quite sure there's a lot of lurkers quite happy to find an answer to a question they didn't dare to ask (or too lazy to ...

Nothing to add, except it seems, Eyegore, you replied to both Nanaki and me, it was a bit confusing.

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>The Lore just makes who you are playing richer and not just some icon with a few bonus stats.<br/>
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<e>[/i]</e></I>This is where w<I><s>[i]</s>e<e>[/i]</e></I> really disagree. No offense intended, I understand your point completely, and it's a valid one, but i just happen to ...

still, i hope it's not the best game of all times

as good as it is, i'd like to play even greater games in the future! Else it would be too boring...

<t> @eyegore: <br/>
i think i misunderstood you indeed.<br/>
Correct me if i'm wrong, i thought you were asking for believable species, but you actually expect not only believable species but "explained" species as in "why they are here, how did they made it there, what are their relationships and ...

<t> As you said, i have to swallow psionics ^^<br/>
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If a species has developped technology by the use of telekinesis as a replacement for a manipulating organ, then it implies telekinesis doesn't require "intelligence".<br/>
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Since IRL, there has been no evidence whatsoever of any ...

Weapons aren't really balanced, titan beams and torpedoes are generally accepted as the best ones, then phasers and fighters and in the end rail guns, gravity weapons and missiles.

ORIGINAL: Evrett

How does one change old ship strat setting ? Retrofit >?

It's a bit unintuitive, but even if you cannot change a currently used design in terms of components, you can still change its behavior and save it.

<t> Regarding alien races, i don't mind cats, insects, bears, rats or whatever. Not because i find them realistic, but because the'yre in the folklore of sci fi since star trek, star wars and others galactica and V.<br/>
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But if i was to try to imagine a realistic space faring race, i would ...

<t> Personnally, i'm not this eager for modding ability.<br/>
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IMHO, mods are divided in 3: <br/>
- numerous small mods each used by a handful of people<br/>
- a handful of great mods used by a bit more of people<br/>
- the vast majority of uncompleted, unbalanced and buggy mods <br/>
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<t> Fully agree with Gregorovitch. <br/>
When i first started to play, automation didn't explained me the game, instead it just felt like it was playing by itself and i was just a clueless observer. <br/>
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Besides, by playing fully manual you get to be a macho man, eh... i meant manly ...

20000 to 7000? oO

Maybe you should check if your troops didn't get fat... seems to me they eat too much snacks...

And if the snacks escaped, ehh... i mean the prisonners migrated, there are serious flaws in the security!

<r> I surrender! please don't hurt me! i'm just your average, innocent tyrant!<br/>
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I have been maliciously manipulated by all the guys on this post: <URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3636133"><LINK_TEXT text="tm.asp?m=3636133">http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m ...

eeeh.... good point!

Enslaving doesn't have a lot of advantages so i must have thought a bit too far [:D]

<r> hello again<br/>
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sorry, i was a bit in a rush since it was lunch time, i saw my colleagues leave and my stomach started to make a ruckus [:D]<br/>
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So yes, assimilate/enslave for the penal colony is sufficient, but i noticed that once the world is filled, the migration stops. By ...

<t> 1. select a world not too far away from the world you want to be bug-free (or monkey-free or fish-free), set its policy to assimilate/Exterminate. It will be the penal colony. Put some troops (around 1-2 per billion population) to avoid revolts.<br/>
Set the world your want to be bug-free to ...

<t> - Since you don't have repair components yet, i suppose this is early game. If ikkuro are in the game, it's worth trying to steal their fast repair bot special tech. Equip them on your frigates, it will greatly help for repair management.<br/>
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- the hyperdeny component is the most useful ...