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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I'll have to test whether or not actual cargo would be destroyed in an invasion. I thought it was. If not you could make some mine bodies with no warheads and call them "Gold".
Ok. I tested this. The mine bodies would work. They aren't destroyed in combat. But I decided it will be better to use weapon platforms instead. I want to set this up so that I can turn the "Gold" over to the AI and it will just sit there waiting to be found. Mine bodies might be launced by the AI. Weapon platforms won't.
Unarmed troops would be best because they would boost your planets happiness when you take them home ("More gold, yeah!"
) but they are destroyed during the invasion.
Maybe I'll make cargo bases and leave them scattered around with the gold inside them. That means I have to generate some resources for the AI so it doesn't abandon the bases, but that can be done. Also the players will have to use boarding parties instead of troops to get the gold, but that's no big deal I think.
Geo