SFTC

[Ironmanbc]

I went looking for starfire (the boardgame) on the net and found it, I also found this (I'm sure it's from the boardgame)

[President_Elect_Shang]

Yes that is from the game, but it looks like a house rule variation. Unless you are lucky enough to find a copy on eBay or an on-line game shop you won't find the Third Edition anymore. The license owner stopped supporting it so his Galactic (or is it Ultimate) StarFire is the only version in print. I don't support Galactic StarFire. I bought the rules but am not convinced it is worth the effort. To me Galactic SF looks like a 4X style game (in fact SE3 was my first impression) that had been turned into a paper and board game. WTF sense does that make? Why am I going to play a computer game as a paper game. I can't officially say the SFTC is based on 3rd Edition StarFire. What I can say is that it draws inspiration from 3rd and not Galactic. I would only consider a mod based on Galactic SF if I was aiding another modder, not the sole author. And I would never agree to sharing the SFTC name with a mod like that.

[David E. Gervais]

grrr, mumble, grrr my ears are burning,.. somebody is talking about me grrr, mumble,grrr..

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Muahahaha, Cheers!

[President_Elect_Shang]

Once again thank you David! There are the Personnel icons for the conversion. So that is:
Minerals ==> MC
Radioactives ==> Personnel
kT ==> HS

Now how about my earlier question? How many workers/employees does it take to operate the below (earlier post) list of facilities?

[Ironmanbc]

President_Elect_Shang said:

Now how about my earlier question? How many workers/employees does it take to operate the below (earlier post) list of facilities?

Well ya need a boss and office staff
then you need the middle man
about 100 workers per 1000 cost of the facility I guess

(I'm getting better at this)

[President_Elect_Shang]

Ironmanbc said:
Well ya need a boss and office staff
then you need the middle man

Crap that's about 100 per facility right there!

Ironmanbc said:
...about 100 workers per 1000 cost of the facility I guess

I see two problems with that. First that wouldn't hold true when comparing a University to a Research Center to an Industrial Complex. I really need more solid numbers. Second even though they are still called "Minerals" in both the SFTC & Lite it is really MC. I did the conversion first to test it. So that formula (100 per 1000) won't work as cost is based on construction time. Keep it coming as I think you are on the right track. I will give it more thought and a little research later tonight or this weekend.

Ironmanbc said:
(I'm getting better at this)

Sure but can you do the splits yet?

[Randallw]

President_Elect_Shang said:

Sure but can you do the splits yet?

I can, but then I'm a mutant (I'm double jointed).