Re: Galaxy Question (Cargo & Colonization)

From: not-for-replies@dtseven.demon.co.uk (Brian Greenfield)

Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 06:53:14 GMT, SubBob@camden.tds.net (Bob King)
wrote:

>1) Can ships carry less than their cargo capacity?

Yes.

>For example, if a
>planet has 5.70 COL and Group 7 consists of 3 ships (2.00 cargo
>capacity each), what happens when I give "Load 7 COL"?  Will it only
>load two of them? or would the last ship have 1.7 cargo?

Neither!

Each ship will be loaded with 1.9 (5.7/3) COL.

>I know Groups must consist of identical ships, so would the answer be
>any different if I did "Load 7 COL 2" followed by "Load 7 COL"?

Yes, it'll be different.

L 7 COL 2 ; Will load two ships with 2 COL each
L 7 COL   ; Will load the remaining 1.7 COL on the last ship

>2) Will you gain "ownership" of a planet by dropping CAP on it? or
>must you put COL on it first?

It must be COL.

>I'm confused as to how some players
>have claimed so many planets so fast.

D GRABBER 2 0 0 0 1
P HomeWorld GRABBER

will give you 33 ships with maximum cargo of 1.1 and speeds of around
10 (loaded) and 16 (empty). However, there is no minimum cargo (other
than none, of course), so, when you've built the ships, issue:

L 1 COL ; gives each ship 0.3 COL
S 1 PlanetA 1
S 1 PlanetB 1
S 1 PlanetC 1

etc

>My first guess is that they are
>only putting one COL on each planet, but even then I don't seem to
>have that many colonists to go around yet.

See above, likely they're putting less than one COL on each planet.
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References

Galaxy Question (Cargo & Colonization)
SubBob@camden.tds.net (Bob King)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Galaxy Question (Cargo & Colonization)
SubBob@camden.tds.net (Bob King)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000