Silicoids

Spyder · #1 March 1st, 2001, 06:01 PM

It'd be interesting to have a race like the Silicoids from MOO. A Race that can colonize any atmosphere...however, he could only ever do rock & ice planets (ie, planets with solidity...rocks to eat). They would be Xenophobic...couldn't use other races to colonize...to balance them out some. Great miners, poor researchers, slow reproduction and average producers.

Nitram Draw · #2 March 1st, 2001, 06:51 PM

Couldn't you make this race? You would probably have to modify the research so it never researched gas giant colonization and hope they never aquired it any other way.

pathfinder · #3 March 1st, 2001, 07:08 PM

yup, could be done. just have make all them AI files..plus a shipset

Spyder · #4 March 1st, 2001, 07:33 PM

You would have to make it so that they could not EVER use gas colonization, and, make it so that they would or could not use foreign colonization (ie, use other races to colonize). They would prob have access to the Crystal research stuff....

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pathfinder · #5 March 1st, 2001, 08:22 PM

*scratches head* not sure about never....maybe a way to make it SSSSOOOO expensive to research and/or build maybe...might be. not sure I have the talent to figure that out..

Suicide Junkie · #6 March 1st, 2001, 10:10 PM

Hey, just make colonization tech a Racial tech.

So you need Gas Giant colon. 1
AND non-silicoid 1

in order to build GG colonies.

You'd still be able to capture colony ships, but you still wouldn't be able to learn colonization tech.

Anyone with non-silicoid racial trait could research level one for free, and get gas giant colonies (provided they have gas colon. tech 1).