"How To", for Research/Technology, Fleet Saving, Resources - by Archain (Ver. 1.4)
Research/Technology
When do I get Battleships?
When you have enough research, then you can.
What researches do I need?
See the "Technology" tab in your overview. This lists ALL buildings, technology, and ships. On the left is the technology, on the right, requirements. Green means these requirements are met, red means they are NOT met.
What technology should I get first?
This is completely up to you, there is some lattitude in the way you research. What do you want? Probes are important, you want them fairly early, but you cannot research Espionage Technology right away, see the technology list for the requirements.
How to get a technology.
Find the technology on the technology list. What's red?
Plan, what do I research first? You can research as you can afford things, or by how useful they are other than your goal.
Do it! Don't put it off, technology is one of the most important parts of the game, your fleet is NOT at this point.
Sucess! Pat yourself on the back!
**NOTE** The higher the level of your reseasrch lab, the less time researches take.
**NOTE** Each level of research doubles the cost! That means if a level one research costs 1000 metal 500 crystal, the second level will cost 2000 metal 1000 crystal.
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Fleet Saving
Help! I'm being attacked! What do I do?
Well, you shouldn't panic. The first thing you should do is to get all of the rescources off of your planet, this can be through starting a building construction or research (that can be stopped for a full refund), or using cargo ships to move your rescources.
This is a quick tutorial on how to save resources in the event of an attack, this also works for fleets! It is very important you master this skill!
Assess the danger. Can one cargo ship defeat my 20 missile launchers? No, it cannot. Your defences are useful, but they will not always work. In the event that you cannot win the battle, you need to get your fleet and rescources off of your planet.
To do that, go to your fleet menu, and select all of your ships, send them on a trading or transport mission with 10% speed! Any more than 10% wastes deuterium, also keep the planet you send your fleet to close, also to keep from wasting deuterium.
Take ALL of your deuterium and crystal if possible, it is easier to recover if you only lose metal. At a very early stage, saving your deuterium is not necessary, becuase you don't use much.
Send your fleet out as close to the attack time as possible. If you are being attacked in one hour, and you can be on in one hour, wait until there are only 1 or 2 minutes before the attack, this will allow for the maximum in saved rescources if you leave your mines on.
Turn your mines off. This is not all that important, but it is helpful in saving ALL of your rescources. An attacker will get angry if they win and still capture 0 rescources.
Can't fit all of your rescources on your cargo ships? Spend some! It is best to research a technology or to start construction on a building, if/when stopped, you recieve a full refund.
Now that all of your ships and rescources are in space, the attack happens. Call back your fleet, in the fleet menu, the call back button will do this, the closer to the attack you send/recall your fleet, the sooner you get your rescources back.
Your fleet returns to base, and all is well. Posting a CR may be wise, especially if you are probed again.
**NOTE** Always send a message to attackers! Some will call the attacks off if you ASK KINDLY. Many do not, but it does not hurt to try. DO NOT be RUDE or MEAN or INSULTING! Remember insulting another player is a 24 hour ban.
**NOTE**Green fleets are friendly! Only worry when the fleet is red!
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Resources
I don't have enough WHAT?!?
Resources, can't live without them. But how do I get them?
Easy, you need to build mines and a deuterium synthesizer.
Rescources are located at the top of your overview. They go in the order of: metal, crystal, deuteruim, energy. The number below is your stockpile. Somethimes when you start construction, these numbers don't change. All you have to do is press the refresh button, and your new ammounts will show.
Early in the game your metal mine is the most important, building light fighters and the like. But that doesn't mean you should only upgrade your metal mine, as you start researching more, crystal becomes vital, it is nice to have some stockpiled. Generally it is good to keep your metal and crystal mies around the same level, usually with your metal mine a level or two ahead of your crystal. Deuterium is also vital to your efforts. Deuterium is mainly used for research purposes and as fuel. Your deuterium mine need not be as high a level as your crystal mine.
Energy, what is it? Other than the obvious, it is requred to run your mines. How do I know how much I have? To the right of your deuterium supply is a fraction, it will looks something like this: 59/424 . The first number is the energy availabe that you are not using, while the second number is the total energy on your planet. For now, only your mines will use energy. You can see how much they use now by clicking on the picture of the mine in the "Buildings" menu, or by clicking on the "Rescources" menu.
A solar plant is not the only way to get power, there are two alternate ways.
Solar satellites: once you have a level one shipyard you can build solar satellites. They produce nergy based on the position of your planet and it's temperature. Solar satellites are cheap, but they get destroyed when you are attacked.
Fusion plant: Eventually you can build a fusion plant. They have a lower cost than a solar plant, but they use deuterium to produce energy.
Solar Satellite Production:
Formula: E=0.25T+20
Maximum temperature of your planet=T
Energy output (each)=E
For a list of all costs see here. .
Made by Archain, coloured by BlackbeltMage
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