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capnq · #15 April 5th, 2002, 01:16 AM

A few points that haven't been addressed:

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It seems that you always want to keep stored counter-intel points and never complete a counter intel project; and that points are deducted from this “bank” when enemies try to perform intel projects against me. Is this right? . Are points stored in counter-intel 2 worse than counter-intel 3?

Yes, that's how they work. There's also a 20% bonus on intel defense (this can be modded in Settings.txt). The chief difference between Counterintel 2 and 3 is that 3 can hold more points. If you "finish" a Counterintel project, it "fails" and you lose the stored points.

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How do waypoints work? Can I chain them together? How do I move a ship on a really long trip and have it automatically resupply along the way?

You can set waypoints with the hotkey < alt >-< number >, and send a ship to a waypoint with < ctrl >-< number > You can chain them together by ordering the ship to move to each one in the order you want. (Hotkey V will show you the ship's current queue of orders, and < del > will clear the orders if you make a mistake.) To get a ship to resupply along the way, set up the waypoints so that the ship crosses the sector where the resupply facility is.

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Which are the good ministers to use?

There aren't any.

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How do I upgrade 1 facility at a time or 1 planet at a time? If I hit “upgrade facilities” it upgrades ALL my facilities everywhere and depletes my stored resources.

You can go to the planets' construction queues and put some of them On Hold, then turn them back on individually as the other planets' upgrades finish.