Re: Galaxy Routes (was: Re: Galaxy Matrix)

From: Mark Lyon <mlyon@interramp.com>

Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Tim Hughes wrote:
>
> Tim Booth wrote:
> >
> > Rich Meese wrote:[snip]
>
> Hmmm!  I have been playing Galaxy for awhile and I always use routes and
> the AUTOUNLOAD option.  Routes are very useful in the early Galaxy game because
> they force unloading of cargo on the turn in which ships arrive.  So you gain
> one turn's growth.  Not much you may say, but if you meet someone who doesn't
> use routes at the same planet then guess who wins? :-)  Sure you do have to be
> careful when your empire gets big, but isn't that true about all orders?
> Occasionally in exceptional circumstances I switch AUTOUNLOAD off for 1 or 2
> turns.[snip]

I concur with Tim (hi again, Tim!) and have found routes to be extremely useful devices early on.
Especially on taking over a home planet (or near home planet), I found it very useful to set
automatic routes from nearby planets that were set up to generate CAP.  It's a very fast way to
build up such high production planets without having to fret the details.  Typically, I'll set
COL and CAP routes (rarely MAT) for each planet.  You can always override routes on a given turn
when you need a specific group to go somewhere.

However, when you start getting >20 or 30 planets, routes can be cumbersome and result in your
not having cargo vessels where you want them.  At that point, I tend to only have a handful of
routes, rather than have routes from all of my planets.  In the later turns, it takes long enough
to plan the battles with your neighbors.  ;-D

References

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