Blockade, what does it affect?

[dogscoff]

Doesn't a blockaded space port stop cut off the entire system? Or am I imagining that?

[dumbluck]

Dogscoff: Yes, it does. That's what makes Natural Merchants worth it's weight in gold.

[tbontob]

So, if I understand the answers correctly:

1) A blockaded planet is prevented from contributing to the empires global pool of minerals, organics, radioactives, research points and intel points.

2) Except for
a) its inability to contribute to the empires global pool and
b) the effect of enemy ships has on its happiness,
a blockaded planet can still function normally. In other word, it can still draw on the empire's global pool to construct anything.

3) If the blockaded planet has the only space port in the planetary system and the Empire does not have Natural Merchant, then all the other planets in that system are prevented from contributing to the empires global pool.

Would this be an accurate assessment?

[dumbluck]

Yea, I think that pretty much sums it up.

[tesco samoa]

also. If that planet has storage fac. Then they are not added to the global resource pool.

[tbontob]

Good point tesco

Does it reduce the "Current Total" of available resources?

Edit: It must otherwise it would have no effect!

[ October 09, 2002, 15:39: Message edited by: tbontob ]

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
also. If that planet has storage fac. Then they are not added to the global resource pool.

Are you sure about that? I've never seen blockade or space port status affect storage facilities. If you build them on a planet that you control, they work until destoyed.