Star Trek Mod - Please need some help

[AngleWyrm]

Jestak said:
- The Borgs assimilate technologies. I did not read they were doing researches really (Maybe there is one reference in the Star Trek movie First Contact). So, they could have started with a hedge in the technology and have a hedge in the intelligence (To simulate the high assimilation of technologies).

YES! This would be an excellent idea! The Borg should have superior borg boarding parties technology, so that they can take over enemy ships, and then as soon as they have taken it over, they ASSIMILATE IT. This could be a device that works similar to a shipyard, but does not build ships. The player could analyze any ship captured on the spot.

[Atrocities]

They do have superior boarding technology and pacification weappons as well.

[AngleWyrm]

Cool, that makes sense.

Don't know if just making Space Yard ability will activate the "analyze" button, but it's worth a shot.

Code:

---

Name                  := Borg Assimilator

Description           := Used to assimilate alien technological distinctiveness (analyze captured vessels).

Pic Num               := 29

Tonnage Space Taken   := 20

Tonnage Structure     := 20

Cost Minerals         := 150

Cost Organics         := 150

Cost Radioactives     := 150

Vehicle Type          := Ship

Supply Amount Used    := 0

Restrictions          := None

General Group         := Borg Technology

Family                := 2262

Roman Numeral         := 0

Custom Group          := 0

Number of Tech Req    := 1

Tech Area Req 1       := Borg Technology

Tech Level Req 1      := 1

Number of Abilities   := 1

Ability 1 Type        := Space Yard

Ability 1 Descr       := Used to analyze captured vessels.

Ability 1 Val 1       := 1

Ability 1 Val 2       := 1

Weapon Type           := None

---

[Atrocities]

Not sure if this will work as you expect it. You see any shipyard can analyze captured vessels.

[AngleWyrm]

Just tried it out with several Borg escourts. First contact was with the dominion. The Borg escourts attacked and borded Dominion vessels (had researched Borg bording parties, and got the sheild depleter and anti-personnel gun). Successfully captured the dominion ships, and when combat ended I was able to press the scrap/analyze button and select 'analyze'.

[Captain Kwok]

Interesting.

I might "adapt" this for my Broccoli race in the Space Food Empires mod.

[Atrocities]

Oh I see what your saying, add the ability to the Boarding party...... Hummmmmmmmmmm... This does raise my interst emensly.

The problem, rather question is, with the space yard ability what stops the component from becoming a cheap ship yard?

[douglas]

I just tested this, and here's what I got:

If a ship or planet has a space yard rate of 0 for a resource, that resource will be completely ignored for contruction. Not only is it all done instantly, you don't even have to pay for it. Other resources must still be paid in full at the appropriate rate, however.

If all three rates are 0, whether through a space yard ability with 0 rate or the complete lack of a space yard ability for that resource at all, no construction gets done at all.

[Fyron]

Hmm... interesting. I only had two resources at zero with space yard expansion facilities.

[Atrocities]

Can you post the component file you used? I would like to test this as well.