Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

What is the fastest way to be able to colonize new planets or change the atmospheres so that you can get out of domes? I understand the best way is to take another races people and use them, but how do you do that exactly?

Thanks

Ken

Re: Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

Let's say your race is a rock/oxygen race and you colonize a huge world that is rock/methane. So, this is a domed colony with only room for 5 facilities. Later in the game, you declare war on a race that is ice/methane. Eventually, they surrender to you. Now, you have one or more planets with colonists who breath methane.

Load these colonists onto a transport and send the transport to your huge rock/methane colony. Now, transfer some of these colonists down to the planet. Then, move all of your oxygen breathers back to the transport. The dome goes away, and you now can build 25 facilities on the huge world. This is much, much faster than waiting 25 for an Atmosphere Modifier III to convert the atmosphere.

If all goes well, you will eventually conquer races that breathe all four of the atmosphere types: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Methane. Unfortunately, you will still have to build Atmosphere Modifier Plants on any colonies with the atmosphere 'none'.

Hope this helps.

Re: Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

You can also research troops, design a few troops and troop transports, load the troops onto the transports, and drop the troops on an enemy planet (assuming your transport doesn't get destroyed by weapon platforms). Then you've taken an enemy planet without having to wait for his surrender.

Re: Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

Almost forgot - you can also capture one of the enemy's colony ships and set up a new colony on a world with the appropriate atmosphere... or, if you want the tech, just transfer the new slaves (I mean immigrants http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif ) to an appropriate existing colony and then analyze the colony ship to get the colonizing tech.

Re: Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

Personally, this is one of my main research targets. I want the atmosphere renewer as quickly as possible so, I do a targetted research on that area (planet utilization)very early.


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Spyder, Chairman of the Arachnid Consortium

Re: Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

I agree w/ Spyder. Get those Atmosphere Converter III's. They take 20 turns, but boost your facility capacity by a factor of 5 (on domed planets). They will make your chart jump dramatically once the atmospheres start to be converted and you can boost your production by a good 50% to 70%.

Re: Quickest way to get out of domes?
 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by raynor:
... If all goes well, you will eventually conquer races that breathe all four of the atmosphere types: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Methane. Unfortunately, you will still have to build Atmosphere Modifier Plants on any colonies with the atmosphere 'none'.
... [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Unless you breathe none, of course.