Monitoring station

[Bandersnatch]

[:)]It seems that at every colony there is an option to build a monitoring station. But nowhere in the instructions can I find out what a monitoring station does, except maybe monitor. What is it monitoring? Should every colony have one of these? Does it have tactical significance? Does it monitor what I am doing, or what somebody else is doing? Does it give me information that I can interact with? Should I save my money or credits, and buy something else instead. It’s mentioned in Galactopedia several times, but does not say what it monitors. Much thanks. Bander

[new_bee]

It acts as radar. You could see all movement in range and also they warn about enemy fleet targets.

[gmot]

Very useful to have monitoring so you don't get surprised by someone creeping up on you.

But you don't need to build dedicated monitoring stations. I redesign my space ports to have a long-range monitoring component, and then build one of those in every system. Provides good coverage and does 2 things in one.

[Data]

yap, that is for defensive purposes....i don't find the long range scanner (the actual tech for which the monitoring station is built) to be that large so I also place it on fast scouts (only the lrs and engines, aside from the mandatory stuff) for offensive....something like awacs in space [:)]

[gmot]

Yes, that's a good idea. Never done that for some reason, but will try that out.

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: Bandersnatch

[:)]It seems that at every colony there is an option to build a monitoring station. But nowhere in the instructions can I find out what a monitoring station does, except maybe monitor. What is it monitoring? Should every colony have one of these? Does it have tactical significance? Does it monitor what I am doing, or what somebody else is doing? Does it give me information that I can interact with? Should I save my money or credits, and buy something else instead. It’s mentioned in Galactopedia several times, but does not say what it monitors. Much thanks. Bander

Having a few Monitoring Stations built around your empire will be particularly helpful in the
mid-to-end game. By the time you have war(s) going with other empires or with the Shakturi, there
is no better feeling than getting a report from one of your stations {'Enemy fleet XXX approaching
planet YYY} that gives you time enough to gather forces to defend. Trust me on that! [:)]

[Tree Dog]

ORIGINAL: ehsumrell1

ORIGINAL: Bandersnatch

[:)]It seems that at every colony there is an option to build a monitoring station. But nowhere in the instructions can I find out what a monitoring station does, except maybe monitor. What is it monitoring? Should every colony have one of these? Does it have tactical significance? Does it monitor what I am doing, or what somebody else is doing? Does it give me information that I can interact with? Should I save my money or credits, and buy something else instead. It’s mentioned in Galactopedia several times, but does not say what it monitors. Much thanks. Bander

Having a few Monitoring Stations built around your empire will be particularly helpful in the
mid-to-end game. By the time you have war(s) going with other empires or with the Shakturi, there
is no better feeling than getting a report from one of your stations {'Enemy fleet XXX approaching
planet YYY} that gives you time enough to gather forces to defend. Trust me on that! [:)]

They give reports ? !
I never got one... [&:]
(Although I have monitoring station around my empire and near my enemy's.)

[ehsumrell1]

Yes they do. In fact, I have seen during my testing 4 reports one after the other
that 4 fleets from three different empires were en-route to different target
planets. Very exhilarating! Especially when I found out that one of the fleets
contained a World Destroyer. It was a VERY BAD DAY for planet Phobos! [:(]

It went

[Data]

this is one compeling reason to plant them....everywhere [:)]

[J HG T]

Knowledge is power.

[Bandersnatch]

Wow, good remarks, many thanks!

By the way, I posted the message yesterday, but could not find it today. So I  posted another identical one today. Now I find the one from yesterday, but not the one from today.