Star Trek Mod - Please need some help

[Jestak]

Greetings,

Thank you for your answers. I feel you are right. Anyway, I'll change my strategy and capture the planets instead of glassing them. And if it really does not work, I'll just change back the seeting to 10...

Tis mod is still very fun to play.

Thank you

[Ragnarok-X]

After all arent the borg supposed to capture planets ? I guess the population is eagerly waiting to be incorporated into the hive

[Jestak]

Greetings,

In fact, if we refer to most of the Star Trek literature and to the few relevant episodes in TNG, the borgs capture the population and incorporate them into their "cubes".

They also "beam up" large parts of land (i.e.: I think it is at the beginning of the first best of both worlds episode that you see an away team lead by Riker standing by a large part of land that has been removed from a planet).

The Star Trek mod is fabulously done. However, I would have liked to see two things:
- The cubes are HUGE ships (100 times larger than the Enterprise) and very fast with incredible shields. So, the Borgs should have tactical cubes with, let's say, 10000 of tonnage...hehe
- The Borgs assimilate technologies. I did not read they were doing researches really (Maybe there is one reference in the Star Trek movie First Contact). So, they could have started with a hedge in the technology and have a hedge in the intelligence (To simulate the high assimilation of technologies).

In any way, the mod is incredible and in no way, I am criticizing it.

I have another question: SEIV, construction rate. I noticed it took forever to build ships with Quantum things to colapse and open warp points. Where does it say how long it takes to build a component? I did look in the components file, but I can's see any reference to it.

Thank you

Thank you

[Ron_Lugge]

Expense yields time to construct -- ships are constructed XXX resources a turn, not YYY turns to build a component.

[Jestak]

Greetings,

aaaaah! It makes sense. I took that one from the Star Trek mod, but I assume it is close with the normal SEIV:

Name := Gravitational Quantum Resonator III
Description := Gravitational beam which opens a new warp point to a nearby system.
Pic Num := 41
Tonnage Space Taken := 100
Tonnage Structure := 100
Cost Minerals := 70000
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 30000

It is 100,000 resources cost. A lot more than a dreadnought hull.

Thank you

[El_Phil]

Sort of.

The resources are seperate, so it's a 70000 Mineral cost only. You'd add that to the mineral cost of all the other components. Do the same for Rads and Organics and find which of the three is the highest, then divide that by the rate of the shipyard to get build time.

[El_Phil]

How long components take depends on how fast the shipyard builds at. So a ship with components that costs 10,000 mineral being built at a yard that builds with a rate of 2,000 mineral/turn takes 5 turns. Same for Rads and Organics.

So with a 2000/2000/2000 yard and a ship costing 4000 mineral, 1000 Rads and 1000 Organics it would still take 2 turns, even though the rads and organics would be finished in one turn.

Hope thats clear.

[AngleWyrm]

Jestak said:
- The Borgs assimilate technologies. I did not read they were doing researches really (Maybe there is one reference in the Star Trek movie First Contact). So, they could have started with a hedge in the technology and have a hedge in the intelligence (To simulate the high assimilation of technologies).

YES! This would be an excellent idea! The Borg should have superior borg boarding parties technology, so that they can take over enemy ships, and then as soon as they have taken it over, they ASSIMILATE IT. This could be a device that works similar to a shipyard, but does not build ships. The player could analyze any ship captured on the spot.

[Atrocities]

They do have superior boarding technology and pacification weappons as well.

[AngleWyrm]

Cool, that makes sense.

Don't know if just making Space Yard ability will activate the "analyze" button, but it's worth a shot.

Code:

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Name                  := Borg Assimilator

Description           := Used to assimilate alien technological distinctiveness (analyze captured vessels).

Pic Num               := 29

Tonnage Space Taken   := 20

Tonnage Structure     := 20

Cost Minerals         := 150

Cost Organics         := 150

Cost Radioactives     := 150

Vehicle Type          := Ship

Supply Amount Used    := 0

Restrictions          := None

General Group         := Borg Technology

Family                := 2262

Roman Numeral         := 0

Custom Group          := 0

Number of Tech Req    := 1

Tech Area Req 1       := Borg Technology

Tech Level Req 1      := 1

Number of Abilities   := 1

Ability 1 Type        := Space Yard

Ability 1 Descr       := Used to analyze captured vessels.

Ability 1 Val 1       := 1

Ability 1 Val 2       := 1

Weapon Type           := None

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