intercepting a ship?

Cipher7071 · #1 January 15th, 2004, 07:01 PM

This is the first time I've ever seen anything about movement and "days." What exactly is meant by a day in this game?

Also, Fyron, does your Last post mean that the ships are placed in a queue (list) when they are built, and their position in that queue determines the order in which they move? And do all ships in a fleet move simultaneously?

[ January 15, 2004, 17:07: Message edited by: Cipher7071 ]

Ragnarok · #2 January 15th, 2004, 08:07 PM

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Originally posted by Cipher7071:
This is the first time I've ever seen anything about movement and "days." What exactly is meant by a day in this game?

Each game turn is one month long. There are 30 days in a month, therefore each game turn is 30 'days' long. So if you have a ship with the speed of 6, it will move one sector every 5th day, etc.

[ January 15, 2004, 18:07: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

Roanon · #3 January 15th, 2004, 08:27 PM

A full explanation is available in the newbie FAQ or with a simple graphic under this thread:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...=007660#000003

capnq · #4 January 15th, 2004, 09:16 PM

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A new weapon - random teleportation for 1 ship during combat

There is a random teleport weapon, the Wormhole Beam.

Or did you mean something that randomly teleports the attacking ship?

Fyron · #5 January 15th, 2004, 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by Cipher7071:
Also, Fyron, does your Last post mean that the ships are placed in a queue (list) when they are built, and their position in that queue determines the order in which they move? And do all ships in a fleet move simultaneously?

Not quite. Every ship built has an ID number, sequential in the order they were built. A lot of aspects in the game just go down the list when doing stuff with ships.

The entire fleet moves together at the same time.