Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

You can design troops with either troop weapons (ground cannon) or smaller weapons, but yes you need one of these researched to at least level one.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

If i invade a rock colony.
Do I gain any tech by invading it, ie rock colonizing...

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

No, you do not gain technology from invasion.

Sorry, this is not STARS! or MOO.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Ruatha:
If i invade a rock colony.
Do I gain any tech by invading it, ie rock colonizing...<hr></blockquote>

No. You just get the planet and the population and any facilities that are still on the planet (ie: they didn't get blown up during the invasion). The population can be important, however, because you should now have a race with a different breathing atmosphere and you can move them to a planet with this atmosphere (as long as they are the only race on that planet) to increase the amount of facilities.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

Thanx all, added it to a faq, hopefully people will build on it.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

You can design troops without weapons, but they will only be good for taking damage and quelling unrest.

You can get new techs if you force an empire to surrender to you.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>You can design troops without weapons, but they will only be good for taking damage and quelling unrest.<hr></blockquote>They can also be useful as cannon fodder.
Drop a pile of them on a planet, and while the defending militia is distracted, pounding on their shields, your real warrior troops with the heavy guns can smash stuff.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Wardad:
No, you do not gain technology from invasion.

Sorry, this is not STARS! or MOO.<hr></blockquote>

According to MM's own "Q&A" on their website you somehow get a 'better chance to acquire a tech' when you capture a facility from a tech levle that you do not have already. Exactly what this means has never been clarified.

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

SJ,
"They can also be useful as cannon fodder.
Drop a pile of them on a planet, and while the defending militia is distracted, pounding on their shields, your real warrior troops with the heavy guns can smash stuff. "
That is cruel, remind me never to join your army. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Hmm, cruel but I can wait to implement it.

I'm guessing that this requires something you have mentioned in the past:
First troops on the transport would be the shielded ones and the 2nd would be the weapons units? In short:
First on, First off, First Shot at.?

Re: Incredible newbie? How to make troops?
 

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:


According to MM's own "Q&A" on their website you somehow get a 'better chance to acquire a tech' when you capture a facility from a tech levle that you do not have already. Exactly what this means has never been clarified.<hr></blockquote>

Interesting, has this happened to anyone?

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