Star Trek Mod - Please need some help

[Jestak]

Greetings,

I am playing SEIV Gold since about 1 month. I am pretty new to this game. I installed the Star Trek Mod (Latest version) a few days ago and I have a problem with the game play.

My problem is simple. I can attack planets, but my attacks have little effect. Let me explain:

I chose to play the Borg. I created different ships equipped with different weapons. Tactical cubes with Planetary napalm IV, tactical cubes with biologic weapons, tactical cubes with photon torpedoes, etc. I built HUGE fleets of 40-50 tactical cubes with a mix of all those weapons and then go to attack the enemy planets.

With the standard SEIV, I have no problem at all. But with the Star Trek mod, I make my fleet to attack planets but the is very little effect. I see the population going down a little bit, I see the planet blockaded and I see the supplies of my fleet going down to zero after a few attacks. Then I need to wait many turns for my solar collectors to resupply the ships. Then I attack again and again, I see the population going down just a little bit.

Like I said, with the normal SEIV, the planet would have been glassed at the first turn.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you

EDIT:
This is not a calendar event.

[Zaamon]

I dont play STM much, but i think what is wrong. Planet glassing is much harder and you should use troops to conquer that planet. So build troops and transports.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Don't apologize for your being new to the game, everyone was at some point. Almost everybody who registers here (talking about tha last month or so) at some point apologizes for "asking noob questions", but that is not required at all. Questions are questions, regardless. You'll be treated with as much respect and your questions will be answered in the same way as if you were a long-time forum regular.

[AngleWyrm]

You can build several designs, and step through them all as soon as your ship's first design is complete. For instance, you can build a nearly empty hull with only enough componants to eliminate the warning lights (crew quarters, life support, bridge). Then as soon as that is done, which happens quickly, upgrade it to version two, then version three, etc right up to the finished version. You don't have to wait for the interim versions to be built either, you can retrofit all the way up before pressing turn. You'll get the final version, but with heavy damage. It will take NumberOfDamagedParts/5 or so to finish the job.

[Randallw]

You are doing nothing wrong. I can't be certain but clearly Atrocities modded the Star Trek mod to reduce the amount of population death per point of damage. This is so that planetary populations can't be glassed in one turn. It also encourages you to try and capture the planet.

[Zaamon]

That is what i was trying to say.

BTW. Welcome to forum.

OT: no one ever sayed Welcome to me.

[Randallw]

I can see you meant the same thing. I wrote my reply at the same time as you. We just happened to say the same thing. Also don't worry. I don't remember being welcomed or not. It doesn't bother me.

[Zaamon]

Neither do i. But still.

[Jestak]

Greetings,

Thank you for the welcoming...
Here is another stupid question. Do you know where in the files I must check to see the population "resistance" to the damage of the planetary weapons? I am curious to compare with the normal SEIV scenario. I was able to find the ship design and the tech design. Quite interesting.

Thank you

[Atrocities]

Zaamon said:
That is what i was trying to say.

BTW. Welcome to forum.

OT: no one ever sayed Welcome to me.

Welcome to the forum. To both of you.

The planets are based upon the assumption that in the Star Trek universe, ala DS9 episodes, planets are not glassed, but conqured and that to attack a planet with troops and ships is a risky thing to do. You had better have enough ships to penetrate the planets defenses, and enough troops to take the planet.

STM is NOT your stock version of the game.

And yes welcome to