Gifting Planets??

gwichman · #1 December 4th, 2001, 08:16 PM

My partner and I in one game were considering gifting one another some planets. The reason for this is i have hydrogen as my racial atmosphere ane he has oxygen. So we figured by gifting the planets to one another they'd be more useful as each of us could build more facilities on the other planet. True?

The question that comes to mind though is whether the planets will become "un-domed".. or do we need to shuttle population to them first? Or what would be involved in getting to where i obviously want to be (a planet where i can build a lot more facilities on it). Is this even a good idea?

thanks much!

MegaTrain · #2 December 4th, 2001, 08:20 PM

The owner of a planet doesn't matter, it is the population of the planet.

If you did gift each other planets, you would still have to shuttle the correct-breathing population to the planets.

Consider the following: Trade (or gift) a loaded population transport with your ally. He can populate any of his hydrogen planets with your race, and you can populate any of your oxygen planets with his race.

gwichman · #3 December 4th, 2001, 08:33 PM

thats a good suggestion..

what happens if planet A has my friend's race on it and it's domed and he gifts it to me. Do i have to kill his population first before unloading mine on the planet in order to be able to make in un-domed?

Ditto if he gift's me a pop transport with his race. Do i need to be careful to colonize a new planet without any of my own population before dropping off his people onto it?

Is it possible to have a combination of two races on a single planet?

bearclaw · #4 December 4th, 2001, 08:35 PM

And to answer the second part of your question, Yes, this is a good idea. In fact, it is a VERY good idea. That is one of the first things I try to trade for when encountering a new empire. Trading populations is the easiest way to increase your productivity as it requires no new colonies, if you are in a tight game that doesn't have a lot of room for expansion.

Very good idea.

Nick (bearclaw)

bearclaw · #5 December 4th, 2001, 08:41 PM

You can have more than one race on a planet, but if any one of those can't breath the atmosphere, it will be domed. Personally, I think it should be determined by the population that is in the greatest numbers on the planet. As it is right now, If I've got an oxygen homeworld with 2 billion people and I remove 1 million to add 1 million hydrogen breathers, then the planet becomes domed.

Also, I think that domed planets should make a difference in combat. If a domed planet is being bombarded from space, then if any of the weapons were to hit the dome, the population would be screwed. Perhaps making population attacks do more damage on domed worlds would be more realistic.

gwichman · #6 December 4th, 2001, 09:22 PM

If I gift a planet to an alley, is there an easy way for him to eject the population? I think i've read a bit of this before and that the answer is essentially no. The best suggestion i recall was to use a pop transport to grab the population and then eject them into space. That wouldn't be TOO hard but still involves building the ship, moving it there (empty), and doing it. Then you'd have to go get some population (or have a 2nd ship arrive) and drop it off.