Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed

From: wws@sunray.att.com (Bill Stoll)

Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 21:11:29 +0000

In article <C1u3ou.BBo@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rmg53668@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ryan M. Grant) writes:
>>I'm still waiting to hear from someone what the TRANSPORTATION, DEFENSE, and
>>PATROL missions do, in game terms.
>
>Useless.  It may be convienent to keep track of what ships are assigned what
>roles, but there are no documented uses for any of these.  Transportation
>can be accomplished on Exploration missions, and Defense and Patrol are
>unnecessary since if you run into someone you will fight them regardless.
>Their uses may be realized in a future version however, and that might be why
>they're there now.  (By being so certain in my answer I am assured that if
>I am wrong, someone will bother to point it out.  I cannot of course be
>_absolutley_ certain since they could be as-of-yet undocumented features.)

I am playing two races in a game with a friend, and used the DEFENSE
mission on a capital ship of each race and put them in orbit together
around a planet I was defending.  I guess I could have used EXPLORATION
just as effectively, though.
--
Bill Stoll
wws@cblpd.att.com

References

Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
wws@sunray.att.com (Bill Stoll)
Mon, 01 Feb 1993 19:39:00 +0000
Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
thamilto@fnugget.intel.com (Tony Hamilton)
Tue, 02 Feb 1993 16:41:37 +0000
Re: VGA Planets -- Players needed
rmg53668@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ryan M. Grant)
Tue, 02 Feb 1993 18:36:30 +0000