Alpha Centauri Style Resource Shifting

Idylwyld

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Am I the only person who misses the SMAC system of transports to move excess food or shields around? It seemed to be a simple method of allowing the competitive advantages of your cities be spread around. Creating caravans that work between two of your cities that move even a single unit of food or shield can turn that settler factory tucked too far back from the frontier to supply excess food to the struggling border cities. This seems to me to be a significantly better option than having to artficially limit your food production when you hit the pop limit or having to churn out settlers/workers you either don't need or can't use. On top of which, it has already been done in a previous game!
 
Are you talking about SMAC's crawler unit? If so, those were ridiculously overpowered in the hands of expert players.
 
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