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my intercept didnt intercept :(

Wed, 06 July 2005 10:25

dreadlordnaf

Crewman 1st Class

Messages: 27
Registered: April 2005
Location: Bulgaria

Ok so theres a fleet 1 turn away from a planet of mine going warp 7 . I figure i will send out my fleet to intercept it going warp 9.

I thought what would happen is our fleets would meet out in space somewhere and fight since hes coming at me and im going at him. I mean it makes sense. But instead they met on the planet and fought. Why is this? I thought movement was suppose to be simotenous. But instead it seems as if his ships moved to my planet and then my ships decided to follow him. Is there no way to intercept a fleet in space that is 1 turn away from a world of yours?

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Re: my intercept didnt intercept :(

Wed, 06 July 2005 10:34

vonKreedon

Lieutenant

Messages: 610
Registered: March 2003
Location: Seattle, WA USA

It the target fleet would arrive at your planet it will; that is to say if the target fleet is moving warp 7 and is less than 50ly from your planet there is no way for your fleet to prevent his from arriving at your planet. For that you need minefields.

How this works is the same as if you had targetted one of your own fleets. The target fleet moves it's entire move and then the targetting fleet attempts to move to the same location as the target. Things get a little more complicated when you have fleets targetting fleets that are targetting other fleets, but that is the general idea.

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Re: my intercept didnt intercept :(

Wed, 06 July 2005 13:53

crr65536

Chief Warrant Officer 3

Messages: 180
Registered: June 2005

Also, did you have CE?

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Re: my intercept didnt intercept :(

Wed, 06 July 2005 14:29

Kotk

Commander

Messages: 1227
Registered: May 2003

dreadlordnaf wrote on Wed, 06 July 2005 17:25

I thought what would happen is our fleets would meet out in space somewhere and fight since hes coming at me and im going at him. I mean it makes sense.

Imagine a situation where opponents big bad fleet is 49 ly away from your planet so it can reach it with one year flight at warp 7. Now you send sole scout with blue laser at warp 9 to intercept it.

You effectively say that it makes sense to you if such chaff can stop that big fleet somewhere in its tracks? Rolling Eyes

Actually no. It moves where planned and then searches some time for glasses to see your "interceptor" before fighting with it. Laughing

Since "interceptor" did follow, it will die its short death. Wink

Otherwise i would say the game concept is broken, because it is too easy to sabotage someones military campaign with handful of cheap crap. Confused

So ... there is no such command made as "intercept". You can just follow stuff where it goes. Only cases when things meet at midway are when they target each other (or as more complex case when 3 or more fleets target each other in circle).

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