[cybersol]

Originally posted by oleg:
JLC posted a good explanation about AI states some time ago, but I can not find his post

May be if he reads this, he will post it again.

You mean JLS, right? Hopefully he will post here, but if not I will ask in the AIC thread.

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Exactly why it switches states is not very clear.

Incursion seems to mean 'attacked by someone else' while Attack means 'attack someone else'. So, I think the 'secure holdings after incursion state' is repair of your empire after it's been attacked. A useful state. But it might also be triggered after you've conquered a new system. The AI 'advances' by claiming a system and then attacking the 'foreign' presence there, remember.

So at some point your race switches from exploration to infrastructure without ever encountering another race? Does infrastructure ever occur after first contact?

Also, I see an "Incursion" state, but not a "secure holdings after incursion". If incursion is when someone else attacks, then the question becomes how is it different from defend (short term)?

[ June 05, 2003, 06:26: Message edited by: cybersol ]