Re: galaxy patrol

From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000

These sound like good ideas.  I am pondering the idea of
just implementing the damned stuff in perl.

I am not sure I want to do that much work, but one could
make a general parser that would read turn results and
a "standing orders" file and generate the proper orders
for all patrol vessels.

I already wrote a perl script to ease the process of
exploring the whole galaxy with 100 or so ships.

John Cochran (jdc@access2.digex.net) wrote:
: In article <64fsvu$6e4@fcnews.fc.hp.com>,
: Doug Quarnstrom <daq@fc.hp.com> wrote:
: >Galaxy needs patrol routes.
: >I realize this could get out of hand, but if one does not
: >wish to picket every planet, it would certainly simplify
: >the process of keeping an eye on the undeveloped suburbs.
: >
: >
: >doug

: Look in DejaNews about a suggestion I made for routes in Galaxy. The main
: points of the suggestion was

: 1. Allow fleets to be composed of ships in different locations.
: 2. Allow routes to be defined using
:    Planet,Fleet,Cargo,Dest
: instead of the current
:    Planet,Cargo,Dest
: 3. Any ship without cargo space is considered to be carrying EMP.

: Since the routes would only affect ships within a specified fleet you could
:    A. Establish a patrol route.
:    B. Have a planet receive cargo shipments from several different sources
:       and return the empties to the proper location.
:    C. Have a source planet supply several different destination planets with
:       the same cargo type.

: I'm sure you can think of other uses.

: Later,
: John Cochran

References

Re: galaxy patrol
jdc@access2.digex.net (John Cochran)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000