Re: Galaxy transporter design

From: markhof@ls12r.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Ingolf Markhof)

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:17:39 +0000

In article <1992Jul29.114659.29413@uni-paderborn.de>, jerry@uni-paderborn.de (Gerald Siek) writes:

|> So far it's pretty obvious that there is nothing like an optimal
|> fighter/battleship design strategy.   Sure - some models are better
|> than others but all in all your battleship design depends heavily on
|> what your enemy has.

I thing it depends also a lot on what you want to do with your war fleet...

|> Now take a look at the transport ships.   There's but one standard design
|> used by every experienced player:  (x,0,0,0,1),  where x is a number
|> between 1 and 3 (usually).   This transporter offers good speed and
|> maximum flexibility.   Sometimes paranoid players modify this ship by
|> adding small gun and shields but all in all this *is* the standard
|> transporter.  Nobody builds mega freighters or something similar.

You're wrong! I've seen transports of several sizes. Of course, an intelligent
player won't do that, but there is no need to tell this eveyone... ;-)

Yes, a pretty good idea!

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Galaxy transporter design
jerry@uni-paderborn.de (Gerald Siek)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:46:59 +0000

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Galaxy transporter design
jerry@uni-paderborn.de (Gerald Siek)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:46:59 +0000