intercepting a ship?

[Narrew]

ok thanks guys, I will add that to "what I never knew about SEIV".

and Narf, thats ok, at least you brought Cheese

[Paul1980au]

A new weapon - random teleportation for 1 ship during combat might allow a emergence point at random that might increase the board ship factor in the game.

[Karibu]

I have long wondered one thing: When you play your PBW turn, does it matter in turn execution what order you make your ships move? I mean, that is the first ship you give your movement command more likely to move before the Last ship you give the movement command before turn commit?

Example:
Ship A (first ship to give movement order) moves at day 2
Ship A (Last ship to give movement order) moves at day 6

Or is it only depended on engines? Faster engines move before slower ones?

For example:
Ship A has ion engines and it moves at day 5
Ship B has quantum engines and it moves at day 2

Or perhaps even some other thing?

[Fyron]

Faster ships definitely move first, as they move on earlier days. I would assume that as with everything else, the order the ship was built determines the order they move when they have the same speed and are not fleeted.

A ship moves every X days, where X = 30 / total movement, regardless of how far you order it to move. A 10 speed ship moves first on day 3 even if you only tell it to move one sector.

[ January 15, 2004, 05:47: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Cipher7071]

This is the first time I've ever seen anything about movement and "days." What exactly is meant by a day in this game?


Also, Fyron, does your Last post mean that the ships are placed in a queue (list) when they are built, and their position in that queue determines the order in which they move? And do all ships in a fleet move simultaneously?

[ January 15, 2004, 17:07: Message edited by: Cipher7071 ]

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Cipher7071:
This is the first time I've ever seen anything about movement and "days." What exactly is meant by a day in this game?

Each game turn is one month long. There are 30 days in a month, therefore each game turn is 30 'days' long. So if you have a ship with the speed of 6, it will move one sector every 5th day, etc.

[ January 15, 2004, 18:07: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Roanon]

A full explanation is available in the newbie FAQ or with a simple graphic under this thread:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...=007660#000003