Re: Galaxy Matrix

From: rmm@maths.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R M Mantel)

Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000

on Sun, 9 Jun 1996 10:59:27 LOCAL,
cebra@ids2.idsonline.com (Jonathan Cebra) said:

> I tend to use routes sparingly, but one use is to colonize a number
> of nearby small planets with a single freighter.  If the freighter's
> capacity is enough to carry colonists to several planets. A route to
> the first will permit the freighter to load up and continue on to
> the next without waiting a turn to unload.

There is no need to wait anyway. The difference is minimal:

route:

turn 1: [production] arrive auto-unload
turn 2: [unload] [manual-send] upgrade auto-send production

no route:
turn 1: [production] arrive [auto-unload]
turn 2: unload manual-send [upgrade] [auto-send] production

In both cases, you can unload between arriving and leaving. The main
difference is that you can upgrade your ship, a secondary difference
may be that your popluation may increase after the auto-unload (i'm
not sure about that).

Rolf
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References

Galaxy Matrix
Michael Schram <gladius@grfn.org>
Fri, 31 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000