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Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets?

Mon, 22 January 2007 12:34

tgellan

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There is another slight advantage on colonizing red planets not mentioned here... The biggest benefit needs a bit of timing though.
The idea is, though it does cost a certain amount of res to build the colonizers, this is countered by the tec gain on colonized planets due to found artifacts. In my recent game, I started to colonize reds due to the simple fact that I wanted to advance faster in tec. I guess I was somewhere around 30-40 tecs and still used plain QJ-5 Santa Marias. The res for building a Santa Maria was something about 10-20% of the expected gains from artifacts, so if only each 5th planet gave me an artifact, I got my investment back. I don't know the probability for an artifact, but I felt it higher than 1/5. Well, the results seemed to prove that, as I actually advanced faster in research that way, as if I had done plain research. Thus giving me the colonies for "free".
Ok, this setup should only be used in secure areas, as the planets did only hold some 2500 colonists, and it decreased each year, else it's an invitation to any neighbour... But then the colonies didn't cost anything, you still have about 25 turns for follow up colonists.
If you don't refill those planets, you may still use those planets with your ally to actually exchange tec through invasion. The planets are already colonised, so just take advantage of it Very Happy

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		IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Raindancer on Sat, 14 May 2005 11:27
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Wreck on Sat, 14 May 2005 20:25
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Braindead on Sat, 14 May 2005 21:02
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: iztok on Sun, 15 May 2005 05:09
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Robert on Wed, 18 May 2005 11:54
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Thu, 26 May 2005 20:44
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Braindead on Thu, 26 May 2005 23:22
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Fri, 27 May 2005 04:26
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Kotk on Fri, 27 May 2005 10:30
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Wreck on Sat, 28 May 2005 22:51
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Kotk on Sun, 29 May 2005 04:29
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: mazda on Fri, 27 May 2005 05:44
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Fri, 27 May 2005 06:33
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: PricklyPea on Fri, 27 May 2005 06:39
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Raindancer on Wed, 08 June 2005 22:22
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: ForceUser on Mon, 13 June 2005 07:37
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: LEit on Mon, 13 June 2005 12:10
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: tgellan on Mon, 22 January 2007 12:34
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Ptolemy on Mon, 22 January 2007 15:10
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: velvetthroat57 on Sun, 11 February 2007 11:35
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Kotk on Sun, 11 February 2007 18:45
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Ptolemy on Sun, 11 February 2007 20:08
		Re: IS pop -over pop planets, or build red planets? By: Marduk on Sat, 15 November 2008 02:52

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