Incredible newbie? How to make troops?

[Captain Kwok]

Making Troops:

First of all, make sure you have researched troops. Next, go to the ship design window and create a new unit. Choose a troop size and add the components as if you were building a ship. You can now build troops. It doesn't matter about the target planet, troops can land on any planet type.

Capturing ships:

To board ships, you have to research military science and then ship capture. You'll get a component called "Boarding Parties" and add a few of those to a ship design. In combat, you can now board an enemy ship with no shields left...but watch out for self-destruct devices as they will destroy your boarding ship!

Now Analyze it:

Once you've captured an enemy ship, you can take it to a space yard and analyze it. You may be able to get new tech like Rock Colony etc, but racial techs like organic and temporal will be a mystery unless you've got those traits.

[Captain Kwok]

Whoa, like 3 replies at once.

[Ruatha]

Impressive respons. Things begin to be clear for me now.
As of now I have only researched Ship Construction.
I have quite a lot to learn.
Thanx

[Gryphin]

Folks,
Does he need to study "Troop Weapons"? first?
Will troops fight without them?

[Ruatha]

Ahh, now things begin to become cloudy again.....

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Originally posted by Gryphin:
Folks,
Does he need to study "Troop Weapons"? first?
Will troops fight without them?

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[Cylapse]

Yeah, 'smaller weapons' I think... only costs like 5000 - 10000 for the first level, something I am usually able to take care of on the initial turn with the bonuses... That is, assuming my strategy that time around relies on troops (troops rock!).

[Gandalph]

You can design troops with either troop weapons (ground cannon) or smaller weapons, but yes you need one of these researched to at least level one.