optimum placement of echelon mirrors

[Kataphraktoi]

im looking at how to get the most energy per 21 tiles or so. this is with crawlers but somewhat cramped conditions- energy parks a long ways away are out of the question. boreholes cant be accessed period(yeah this sounds rigged ) im assuming ideal situations i realize, as i would need to build around rocky tiles but im just looking for a ideal flat map answer...

i have 2 models in the attached jpeg. seems like the city in no2 gets the most(70?) compared to 40? in the no1. i couldnt find detailed talk on this subject however. im positive there must be a thread somewhere overflowing with juicy terraforming strats... the echelons themselves give 1? but im assuming the player has crawled them for nuts.

[Kataphraktoi]

the jpeg didnt attach

[Kataphraktoi]

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=19078_tilepattern.JPG

k i used upload service hope that works fine

[Frankychan]

Is the red dot marking one of your bases?

I thought that the optimum Echy Mirror/solar panel was

0X0X0
X0X0X
0X0X0
X0X0X

Where X is the mirror and 0 is the solar panel.

[Maniac]

I thought it was

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[Kataphraktoi]

red dot base
red line base radois
black echelon
blue solar

each solar in fig. 1. get 1+4 but in fig. 2. has 1+6. seems like fig. 2. is better?

[Senethro]

guys guys guys


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I think mine needs a certain minimum size before its more profitable though. It would probably help if you built the base upon a pre-formed eschelon mirror, but that scheme was made for energy parks.

Don't ask me to explain why its best, I just copied it from a previous thread on this subject.

[Chaos Theory]

http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113015

[Kataphraktoi]

has anyone told you two recently that your the best?

[Sikander]

The best production is probably food supporting specialists, depending on your tech level. Any tile in the game can produce 6 nutrients (farm / condensor / soil enricher). Those 6 nutrients can support 3 specialists (crawl the nutrients) before satellites and 6 specialists afterwards. Assuming that you are using engineers, each one produces 5 energy equivalents (actually better than energy in that none is lost to inefficiency), so the grand total per tile is 15 energy before satellites and 30 after.

[Darsnan]

On an alternate note, in order to try and help the AI's, why I tried to place an Echelon Mirror under an AI base: kept crashing the game. FYI to other CMN's who may read this.


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[Net Warrior]

If a human player places a base on top of an Echelon Mirror, do the adjecent sensors still get +1 energy?

[CEO Aaron]

Yes, assuming you place solar panels in the adjoining bases. Base square production is unaffected, however.

There are 3 types of terraforming that aren't obliterated by base foundation:

Sensor Beacon
Eschelon Mirror
Condenser

Of the three, the Sensor beacon is far and away my favorite. I'm not a big fan of solar panels for energy generation at any rate, favoring boreholes, forests and condenser-farms as my terraforming choices. The utility of a 25% defensive bonus which can't be removed without uprooting my base defenders is just TOO useful.