More stupid Newbie Questions

MHSJROTCCADET · #1 March 18th, 2002, 04:43 PM

Hi there, I had a few quick questions

1.What's the deal with weapons mounts? do you have to research them, or are they discovered with ships and weapons? The games a little unclear about how you choose the weapons mounts size.

2.Are there any Star Trek/Star Wars races/shipsets besides those found from atrocities, and the universal shipyard?

More questions as I think of them, thanks!

MHSJROTCCADET · #2 March 18th, 2002, 04:58 PM

oh and do the shipsets at the kuat spaceyards work with gold? I ask because the site has not been updated in a while and I don't want to download something that will not work!

LGM · #3 March 18th, 2002, 07:27 PM

Weapon Mounts require a certain ship hull size to be usable. If you pick a ship/base with 400 KT, you can use a large mount weapon. Notice that weapon mount size for Ships have different KT break points than weapon platforms. Large mounts are more cost effective because they double damage for 1.5 times the cost.

MHSJROTCCADET · #4 March 18th, 2002, 07:56 PM

so I do have to research weapons mounts? what tech tree is that under and what level?

Growltigga · #5 March 18th, 2002, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by MHSJROTCCADET:
so I do have to research weapons mounts? what tech tree is that under and what level?

No you dont, it is an automatic development. Practically, you do have to research the Ship Construction techs to give you hulls big enough to fit the mounts ie Light Cruiser hull to get the 400K large mount

MHSJROTCCADET · #6 March 18th, 2002, 08:08 PM

ok, thanks bunches for the help!