Corparations

[Suicide Junkie]

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remain the whole game never attack and eventually be wiped out by winner of game

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I always have allied victory enabled, since it just seems stupid to me to have to attack your 150-year partner to win...

And I've played a race like that. In one game, I went max negative on almost every trait so I could get all of the racial traits. Since my race was inept at everything, I just traded ships for tech and colonies.
The most popular design was the E-110 model Cruiser, which had 5 Bio-crystal armor Is, one harmonic shield generator, and a pair of medium tech antiproton beams.
These ships are nearly impossible to kill - you need shard cannons or nullspace to even hurt them
Also, the design requires Organic, Crystalline, and Temporal tech together!

If I was playing with humans, then I could sell my ships for cash, and actually get my money's worth.
I would also offer to build tech facilities on planets for a price; how much would you pay for a temporal shipyard, temporal cloning vats, crystalline shield boost and maintenance reduction, Psychic training facilities, all the shrines, and a healing crystal facility all on the same planet?

If I had the points to spare for no maintenance, I could offer long-term ship storage, or a shipping/towing service.
You could pay me something like 25% of the cost of the ship, and I'll move it anywhere you want (no matter how long it takes, saving you money on maintenance.

With humans, your trade opportunities are endless.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 18 June 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

Some organized suggestions for those of Ferengi descent.

No-maintenance race:
-Shipping service. For long trips, other players can save money by hiring you to fly their ships to various places.
-"Tow Truck" service. Damaged engines? Out of gas? Don't destroy that ship or spend big maintenance on it, get it towed home cheaply!
-Long-term storage. Need to save for a rainy day, and don't want to spend unmothball costs? Park the ship in a no-maintenance lot, and get it back on two turns notice!

Generic Racial/Unique Tech researched:
-Build custom starships for other races.
-Construct special facilities on planets.

Temporal Tech:
-Emergency building of ships for those who want it now. (works best for large ships/bulk buys, and in galaxies with WP highways for fast delivery)

Strategic Location:
-Charge for fast repairs of combat damage on site.
-Sell supplies for ships and fleets. A good price might be 1 mineral for 10 supply points.

Vast Resource Storage Capacity:
-Act as a bank, loaning resources, and opening savings accounts.

Big Racial Happiness Bonus:
-Put down riots (You could charge a lot for this, if the riots are spreading)

Any race:
-Sell units, which you can store for free until sold. (psst! You wanna buy 250 "Firestorm" tanks? ) Just swap cheapo cargo ships with your customer.
-Sell custom-built ships for those players who need ships quickly.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 18 June 2001).]