Another Newbie Question

[kurt88]

What to do about Plague? I'm playing right now and I think I'm doing fairly well uptill now, but now one of my major planets is infected by plague, what to do? I couldn't really find an answer in the FAQ.

Thanks in advance.

[Captain Kwok]

You need to have a ship equipped with a medical bay (researched through Biology > Medical Technology) at or above the plague level. Organic races also have a facility that can prevent plagues too!

[Arkcon]

Kurt, have you seen the Encyclopedia Malfadorica {link} (http://invirtuo.cc/phpwiki/index.php/plague)yet? Click around there, and see if there's something interesting for you to edit yourself.

[Fyron]

One caveat about the organic facility Medical Lab: it does not actually prevent plagues. What it does is cure them, after one turn of them affecting your planet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

[ February 22, 2004, 19:21: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by kurt88:
What to do about Plague? I'm playing right now and I think I'm doing fairly well uptill now, but now one of my major planets is infected by plague, what to do? I couldn't really find an answer in the FAQ.

Thanks in advance. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">From FAQ:
(Use the browsers "search this page" function and search in it for the word plague)
Agreed it could be a more direct, "how to" included.. will think of it.

1.1.1.2.2 Gestation Vats - increases the percentage for reproduction rate in system. Replicant Center - increases population by an additional fixed amount each turn in system. Medical Lab - prevents plagues in system (actually cures plagues, but this occurs 1 turn after plague hits so you still receive 1 turn's worth of plague damage), increases the percentage for reproduction rate in system, increases happiness in system.

5.2 Support Ships
Some useful types of support ships are: "tankers" with lots of supply storage and supply generation components, "tenders" with Repair Bays or Space Yard components, and "point-defense ships" with lots of Point - Defense Cannons and at least one other weapon. "Hospital ships" with Medical Bays are used to stop plagues.(Capnq)

6.6.1.2 All plagues (of the same level) are identical; the source is irrelevant. In simultaneous move games, plagues do one turn of damage before being cured by facilities. Plagued planets have 0% reproduction rate, and get large happiness penalties each turn they are plagued. (Imperator Fyron)
6.6.1.3 Once the population has all expired, the [plagued] planet reverts to uncolonized and may be recolonized by anyone without fear of residual contagin. (Arkcon)

11.1.3 I keep at least 1 mothballed destroyer “ambulance” always retrofitted to be the fastest and longest range with the latest medical bay. If you wait to build one after you get a plague, it takes too long. I build this ship at an early convenient central SY even if I don’t have medical tech yet, and retrofit later.

[kurt88]

Thanks for all the help guys. It's my first game that is getting somewhere. Pfew, this game is huge and micromanaging trance!!