Wondering so I know how to properly allocate my BP once I start running it up. I know after 100 BP there's diminishing returns, but is that soft-cap placed upon the entire council, or each of the subdivisions?

<t> I'm surprised the F-35 did so poorly relative to the J-31. I suspect this is mostly because of the PL-15's advantage over the AMRAAM, but agility may also be a factor. Looking at the DB that agility difference has me a little confused. Based on all the other statistics I would've figured the F ...

While you are correct about the SHQ, the capitol building is still a thing, and the ability to relocate it is a necessity, seeing as if you lose it basically all your leaders die.

<t> I started one game where my capital was seperated from a minor regime's city by a single hex, and right now I'm playing one where a neighboring major regime has two cities a mere two hexes apart. Given that there's supposed to be 5 hexes between cities, I think there's some sanity check missing ...

This is a great idea. All I ask is that it be accompanied by the ability to relocate your capital, since having an awkwardly positioned one would make such drawdowns annoying.

<t> People (rightly) point out that many stats are derivative of calculations, but that ignores that many variables are either first-order inputs, or largely independent within constraints. Planetology being an example of the opener, and atmospheric density and date of abigenisis for the latter. In ...

It ended with an all out Hail Mary (roll credits) strike against every last Chinese asset within US/AUS striking range and located no more than 100nm inland. I don't think there's a canon beyond that.

<t> You know, maybe the atmospheric composition could be taken into account without having to massively overcomplicate things. The five possibilities are basically (near) vacuum, inert, oxidizer (O2), fuel (e.g. H2), and oxidizer + fuel. That last one probably being impossible but I'm not going to ...

I'm not sure about recon. But airstrikes? Certainly. While you can try to pass off your recon flights as being without hostile intent, bombing enemy troops is definitely a declaration of war.

Yes, but the total atmospheric density (mbar) is constant. It is clear that this is defined in the geology phase, so while biosphere determines the composition it doesn't determine the air pressure.

<t> Less vulnerable to air interception, and greater accuracy against ground targets? I'd figure that coming in low and fast would have the same advantages as it does in real life. Also, aren't high-altitude SAMs a thing? Flying low is a way to bypass them IRL, since low altitude SAMs (MANPADS for ...

Choosing where you start for that sort of tradeoff sounds positively amazing to me.

It doesn't vary during biosphere generation, and often times something like "earthlike" is meaningless since it could be well above or below the planet's gravity. Actually showing the number would make far more sense.

I know, I was referring to respiratory hazard. Unless it's possible to have Venus levels of atmosphere, pressure doesn't seem to be a factor.

Ah, thanks. I wasn't aware that the manual was out of date for that.

<t> It gets truly absurd when it's minor regimes which are your protectorate/client, or are currently at war with another major. The player might be a wildcard, but a wildcard isn't more hostile than a belligerent. The former case has also led to some absurd situations, where my protectorate had ...

Honestly They seem like they'd be at least as willing as the Realpolitikers. If it's for balance reasons then it still should work since 2/3 times Theocrats and Militarists want you to bugger off, vs the Republicans where it's the reverse.

Pressure definitely isn't a factor. I'm playing on a world with no repository hazard that has over 2 Bar. I'm also not convinced it's just oxygen since I've seen worlds with high O2 content but an insidious respiratory hazard.

<t> What it says on the tin. Heavy MG is considered an upgrade from the standard MG formation, but mechanized and I think also motorized versions aren't considered as such. So if I want to upgrade to Mech Heavy MG from Mech MG, I have to first downgrade to MG, upgrade to Heavy MG, and then upgrade ...

<r> We aren't a post-apocalyptic society though. At least not forever. Sure, that might be the case at game start, but once you are a ways into the tech tree you have most definitely progressed to post-post-apocalypse, and that is well beyond our IRL techs. Of course the populations are a minuscule ...