Neutral ships leaving their system

Jubala · #1 June 6th, 2001, 04:12 AM

What's wrong with neutrals leaving their systems? They're just curious, that's all.

ZeroAdunn · #2 June 6th, 2001, 07:24 AM

I thought the official line on neutral empires were that they were just normal races who were unaware of warp points.

Thus if they left their system this would seem rather confusing.

rdouglass · #3 June 6th, 2001, 04:41 PM

I seem to remember something about them staying in their own system UNTIL they make First Contact - then they'll go outside their system.

Is my memory still OK????

BlueMage · #4 June 6th, 2001, 07:09 PM

Not a bug: every once and a while a neutral's ship's orders get changed via a third party intell operation. At least, every time I've seen this I've jumped into the neutral AI and seen an 'orders changed' message.

Nitram Draw · #5 June 6th, 2001, 07:18 PM

What happens if you give a neutral a planet in another system? Will they then colonize the planets in it?

Baron Munchausen · #6 June 6th, 2001, 08:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ZeroAdunn:
I thought the official line on neutral empires were that they were just normal races who were unaware of warp points.

Thus if they left their system this would seem rather confusing.

Yes, that's the point. They are unable or unwilling to use warp points for one reason or another. The Description of the "Bobroba States" actually says they have a superstitious fear that nothing exists beyond their own system. So, they should not go wandering around the galaxy!

It would be nice to have different 'sorts' of neutrals, though. Why not a neutral race that is vastly superior in technology but just "introverted" and doesn't want to explore the galaxy? It's not difficult to imagine a 'mystically' inclined race of this sort. But all races have to start at the same tech levels.

sigh... maybe later on when other issues are addressed.

capnq · #7 June 6th, 2001, 10:59 PM

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Thus if they left their system this would seem rather confusing.

You wanna talk confusing? I had one game where one of those "anomalies" scooped up a mothballed ship and dumped it in a system that I had no warp connections to! It was stuck sitting there in the middle of nowhere until the Cryslonites came along and blew it up.

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