***SMAC/X Facilities Guide***

[Santiago_Claus]

Worms rule the battlefield until res armor starts showing up.

They're lousy at attacking bases, but they move FAST over fungus, can't be bribed, and cost no support if they end a turn on fungus.

They're like the Fremen from Dune.

Their biggest weakness is force protection: they're sitting ducks after attacking, and it's difficult for defenders to keep up with them.

Great battle story, Sikander! There's nothing like using native life to make up for a lack of Nonlinear Mathematics just when you need it most ...

[furrykef]

I'm confused by the stuff about specialists in the Aquafarm one...

[Jamski]

If the extra food lets you make extra specialists, they slowly pay back the cost of the Aquafarm. 4 extra nuts = 2 Librarians for example = 6 Labs per turn extra. 6 Labs ~ 3 Mins, so it would be 160/(6-1) = 32 turns to pay off the build costs.

See?

-Jam

[furrykef]

I sort of get you now. Specialists require 2 nutrients without doing any of the work required to get them, so the Aquafarm can "allows" you to get them by helping produce a sufficient surplus.

Duh me

[Straybow]

Deeeeep bump

Is this project now abandonware?

[furrykef]

The wikibook is, pretty much. Or really it's just without a maintainer (as far as I know; I haven't been following up on it). Anybody can pick it up if they want.

- Kef

[Hercules]

There is a lot of good stuff here.

Worth boosting I'd say

[Littiz]

Hey!
Great "guide".

Too bad it wasn't finished..