Raynor,
Your reading of the file is correct but your maths was done the wrong way
Entry X Planet Per Item:
Number of planets per each item in 10ths.
(20 = 2.0: We want 1 item for every 2 planets we have.)
Therefore;
(1 = 0.1: We want one item for every 0.1 planets we have.)
ie ten items per 1 planet....
Jourin,
I take your point. I guess I have been influenced in the past by the number of damaged AI ships I have had to fight that did have armour but had lost it in earlier battles, and by the fact that I play with Destroyers available at game start.
I guess the bottom line is that you really want to get both armour and shields as soon as possible...
[This message has been edited by God Emperor (edited 21 March 2001).]