Session Start: Sun Oct 25 21:10:06 1998

People asking questions in Black
Jason Kozak in Red
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These planetary facilities: Power plants, Mines, and Agriculture Centers all depend on the planet and it's surroundings.
There are several types of each with different abilities for different environments for example: Solar PPs for worlds near bright stars, Fusion plants for cold, dark worlds
What variables do the different planets have? How do they vary (randomization perhaps)?
Energy is dependent on the nearby star (and it's proximity to the star), and on energy found in natural resources on the planet (randomized) Mines are solely dependent on the planets natural resources
Excellent!
Now, Jaspers has some questions regarding combat and spaceships... Afterwards we will discuss diplomacy.
And Biomass is randomized (life can grow anywhere) all these are effected by the planets class...
Star ships are built on star bases, what resource do u need to build them- money? i.e. anything else?
Money, as well as some amounts of the planetary resources
how many different star ships are there?
About 60 I think
Do different races have different star ships?
All races have the same base hulls (for balancing purposes), but they each have several that race only hulls
So no 'unique' star ships can be built?
What do you mean by unique?
One of a kind
Sorry, I misunderstood There are no unique hulls (that you will get normally), but the design of ships is limited only by the amount of components there are available
Ok- back to battles- do you group star ships?
Star ships are grouped by class in battles
How many star ships would a typical battle include, i know it is a difficult question
Yeah.. um, a battle might include say around 50 ships total for about 3-4 people probably 3