Re: Galaxy - Starting questions

From: drevik@utkvx.utk.edu (Drevik, Steve)

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 13:15:00 +0000

In article <1p8iha$6d6@tang.ccr-p.ida.org>, desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) writes...
>David Michael Kass <dkass@cco.caltech.edu> writes:
>> In Galaxy, can a planet produce more than one thing at a time (ie can it
>> research drive tech and build some ships)?
>
>No.

Personally, I think that's crazy.  You mean to say, when I want to build
capital at my homeworld, I have to build 196 units or none?

If I decide to build ships, do the ALL have to be of the same design?

>
>> Should you build ships right away, do some research or what?
>
>It depends if you are going to be attacked.  :-)
>
>If two of your neighbors decide to attack you jointly, and they are
>reasonably close, and they know what they are doing, and you don't build
>defenses on both of the first two turns, you will be out of the game.
>
>But most people are not this conservative.  (Seriously, if there were a
>"right" answer, it wouldn't be much of a game.)  Most people build some
>defenses on one of the first two turns, so they at least can't be nuked
>by just a mass 2 ship, and some transports, so they can explore nearby
>planets and colonize them.
>
>Eventually you want to firm up your homeworld defenses (for which you
>need at least two turns and probably three turns of production), churn
>out a bunch of transport ships, and start making capital and shipping it
>to appropriate nearby worlds.

2 turns for defenses + 1 turn for transports + 1 turn for capital
+1 turn to move = 5 turns before any true advancement takes place. (?)

I'm suprised that the program can not handle multiple production
commands!

References

Galaxy - Starting questions
dkass@cco.caltech.edu (David Michael Kass)
Tue, 30 Mar 1993 00:32:19 +0000
Re: Galaxy - Starting questions
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 30 Mar 1993 04:32:42 +0000

Referenced By

Galaxy - Starting questions
dkass@cco.caltech.edu (David Michael Kass)
Tue, 30 Mar 1993 00:32:19 +0000
Re: Galaxy - Starting questions
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 30 Mar 1993 04:32:42 +0000