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August 10th, 2001, 08:54 PM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
Now that I have wowed you all with my statistical abilities, let me say I have never actually used the Neutron Bomb in combat. The idea of eradicating the planets population leads me to one question.
What happens with the weapon platforms after you destroy the population. I know resource production stops, but will the weapons platforms still attack ships in orbit? And will they defend the planet when you land troops? If so you may need more than just one troop to take the planet once you exterminate the population.
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August 10th, 2001, 09:23 PM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
If you can conquer a planet with troops, you gain control of any units on that planet that weren't destroyed in combat. This includes weapon platforms.
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August 10th, 2001, 09:47 PM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
Every time I have landed troops on a planet with units (WP's, troops, mines) the defending units are destroyed in the attack. You have seen something different?
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August 10th, 2001, 10:16 PM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
I've captured up to ca. 14 million tons of weapons platforms on a single world. There may be some units destroyed (perhaps damage overflowing from your troops' Last salvo -- maybe it spills over to units? Or maybe it's pillaging), but it reliably works for me.
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August 10th, 2001, 11:49 PM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
quote: Originally posted by geoschmo:
Every time I have landed troops on a planet with units (WP's, troops, mines) the defending units are destroyed in the attack. You have seen something different?
Geo
I've noticed that the troops cannot actually TAKE the planet as long as there is any sort of enemy unit still surviving. But, due to recent changes there is no longer actual combat beteeen troops and other units. So, there is a stalemate until the other units are destroyed by some other means. I once dropped troops on a planet containing very little population and some mines -- the troops sat there and "fought" with the mines for the full 10 rounds, neither units taking any damage. I presume this would have gone on 'automatically' at each turn but I fired on the planet before combat ended and destroyed the mines.  So, when the next chance for combat came up there was automatic victory for my troops. I never get close enough to drop troops on a WP since WPs in my mod have powerful mounts like bases with extended range. It's is always essential to destroy the WPs before closing in to drop troops.
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August 11th, 2001, 05:21 AM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
quote: I've noticed that the troops cannot actually TAKE the planet as long as there is any sort of enemy unit still surviving.
Not quite, at least not in my solo games. My standard practice is to bomb the planet with a heavily shield DN with napalms until the place is soften up enough for my troop ships to move in. I AVOID killing all the units because that will leave the buildings intact, and I never ran into a problem with that.
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August 12th, 2001, 06:29 AM
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Re: Neutron Bomb
Bad news. Just ran a simulation with my neutron bomb ship, if you wiped out the population with it the planet is counted as destroyed, even though the buildings are untouched.
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