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Now Spartan strategy is a bit more conventional, in some ways, and more interesting in others. The Spartan opening is highly conventional. You'll want to grab centauri ecology asap and crank out formers and colony pods quickly, no suprises here. However,
your poor industry and lackluster economy mean that a Spartan player must pursue very aggressive growth in order to compete with rivals. Fortunately, they're well-equipped to do so in two ways: First, the Spartan morale bonus ensures that during the early and midgame your troops will be a notch tougher than everyone else's. Second, your extra police rating will permit strong early growth when other factions might founder against bureaucracy drones.
This means an aggressive program of territorial expansion is critical for Sparta. Scout lots, grab every unity pod you can, and conquer any neighboring rivals who might be occupying your continent.
Do avoid Police state, however. While the support bonus may seem attractive initially, you'll languish behind your rivals who harness the huge power of democracy to increase in size and wealth. Instead, get non lethal methods and put 2 scout police in every base. Quelling 6 drones per base with only a rec commons is social stability no other faction can rival, and lets you spend your precious minerals on other more lucrative projects.
Probe your rivals liberally, and ruthlessly steal any tech you can. With a successful probe campaign, you can find yourself in the tech lead with little effort, and once you enjoy a significant population advantage, you can engage specialist researchers for corruption-free credits and labs.
Democracy/Planned/Knowledge will let you achieve easy perma-Pop booming while still permitting unrestrained warfare and scouting. With good terraforming and smart use of supply crawlers you can turn tiny bases into huge ones in the space of a few turns, and with proper base facilities, it's easy to crank out an all-elite military for the delicious mobility edge.
your poor industry and lackluster economy mean that a Spartan player must pursue very aggressive growth in order to compete with rivals. Fortunately, they're well-equipped to do so in two ways: First, the Spartan morale bonus ensures that during the early and midgame your troops will be a notch tougher than everyone else's. Second, your extra police rating will permit strong early growth when other factions might founder against bureaucracy drones.
This means an aggressive program of territorial expansion is critical for Sparta. Scout lots, grab every unity pod you can, and conquer any neighboring rivals who might be occupying your continent.
Do avoid Police state, however. While the support bonus may seem attractive initially, you'll languish behind your rivals who harness the huge power of democracy to increase in size and wealth. Instead, get non lethal methods and put 2 scout police in every base. Quelling 6 drones per base with only a rec commons is social stability no other faction can rival, and lets you spend your precious minerals on other more lucrative projects.
Probe your rivals liberally, and ruthlessly steal any tech you can. With a successful probe campaign, you can find yourself in the tech lead with little effort, and once you enjoy a significant population advantage, you can engage specialist researchers for corruption-free credits and labs.
Democracy/Planned/Knowledge will let you achieve easy perma-Pop booming while still permitting unrestrained warfare and scouting. With good terraforming and smart use of supply crawlers you can turn tiny bases into huge ones in the space of a few turns, and with proper base facilities, it's easy to crank out an all-elite military for the delicious mobility edge.
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