Minor Racial Traits

[Q]

Originally posted by Krsqk:
I realize this isn't a helpful new addition which requires no hardcode changes, but...

It would be nice to be able to mix and match multiple attributes for racial traits. For example, a trait which gives the advantages of Natural Merchants and opens a new tech area. Or maybe combo Emotionless Mechanoids.

I agree. The only way you can do it now is to make several racial trait for each of these at a cheaper cost so you can combine them. Example: Mechanoid 1 (immunity to plagues) for 500 points and Mechanoid 2 at 1500 points (universal colony technology) and Mechanoid 3 at 1500 points for emotionless. If you choose all of them you get a race that is immune to plagues, can colonize all planet types and has no emotions.
Clumsy but it works.

[Ed Kolis]

Who says mechanoids have to be emotionless? "Why, all my friends abandoned me in the carpark at Milliways for 50 million years :sob:... and did I ever mention that pain in the diodes down my left side?"

[Fyron]

My mechanoids aren't emotionless! They are thinking of automotons and not just robotic forms in general.

[oleg]

"mechanoids... emotionless"

Do androids dream about mechnical sheeps ?

Sorry about the misquote, I've not Dick' (duhh, might be wrong about the author too ) book right here.

[jimbob]

Fyron:
Supposing that I don't want to download Adamant Mod just to have a peek at the Mechanoid trait , would you mind summarizing the trait from that mod? Thx a bunch.

-jimbob

[jimbob]

Oh, and over in P&N (Version 3c rev 7 I think) SJ introduced some cool traits, some of which cost negative research points (I think one was called environmentalist or something like that. You end up having 40% less storage per planet because your race likes undisturbed streams and the like) I thought it would be great to have strip miners and slash and burn farming facilities, etc. Maybe "Locust Mind" or something. you'd get a lot of resources out of the facility or components, but they would all reduce the planetary value by 2, 3 or even 5% per turn.

[Fyron]

You can go to the Adamant web site:

http://galileo.spaceports.com/~kazharii/adamant/

Though that doesn't tell you what the items do that the mechanoids get.

Mechanoids: Expanded from the normal game to include Mechanoid Bridge, Mechanoid Immunity Lab, Mechanoid Labor Force, Efficiency Algorithm, and Programing Language Research Computer.

Mechanoid Bridge: Repairs some components and provides Psychic Cloaking.
Immunity Lab: Plague prevention 1-5.
Labor Force: Cheap low tech facility that provides 5-15% increased resource production in the system.
Efficiency Algorithm: Provides up to 15% attack and 10% defense bonuses, stacks with sensors and ecm. 20 kT
Programing Language Research Computer: Improved System Computer Complex.

[ May 12, 2003, 05:59: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]