MoO1 Challenge: Meklar survival is at stake!
- Thread starter RefSteel
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I'll have another go at it though, this is a really nice map.I'm having another go at this. First, I'll try to analyze RefSteel's gambit:
The colony ship is worth 147 credits scrapped, plus 24 credits in saved upkeep. That's 17 factories + change, worth 8.5 production. The alternative is getting a colony in 2302 with 2 pop which will start building up. I wish to see if there's a way to have a larger total production after settling the system with a new colony ship later, and I'll be employing a spreadsheet to that end. I'll use pop data taken in-game, as I don't know the formula for pop growth.
Fast forward to results: In 2331, a singular Meklon will have maxed factories and have 848 production to spare. Production level will be 453. Had Aquilae been colonized instead, the empire would have had a total production of 467 with no resources yet set aside for colonization purposes. This assumes 8m colonists sent to Aquilae, brief tests showed that to be the optimal number.
These findings interest me. Two planetology techs can easily be discovered by 2331, lowering the cost of the colony ship additionally. It thus seems quite likely that the gambit can pay off, contrary to my original expectation. However, this assumes that the colony ship is scrapped in turn 1. Scrapping it on turn 3 or 4 will lower the advantages significantly.
I'll try two quick runs up until 2350 or so, one with the gambit and one with conventional wisdom.
The colony ship is worth 147 credits scrapped, plus 24 credits in saved upkeep. That's 17 factories + change, worth 8.5 production. The alternative is getting a colony in 2302 with 2 pop which will start building up. I wish to see if there's a way to have a larger total production after settling the system with a new colony ship later, and I'll be employing a spreadsheet to that end. I'll use pop data taken in-game, as I don't know the formula for pop growth.
Fast forward to results: In 2331, a singular Meklon will have maxed factories and have 848 production to spare. Production level will be 453. Had Aquilae been colonized instead, the empire would have had a total production of 467 with no resources yet set aside for colonization purposes. This assumes 8m colonists sent to Aquilae, brief tests showed that to be the optimal number.
These findings interest me. Two planetology techs can easily be discovered by 2331, lowering the cost of the colony ship additionally. It thus seems quite likely that the gambit can pay off, contrary to my original expectation. However, this assumes that the colony ship is scrapped in turn 1. Scrapping it on turn 3 or 4 will lower the advantages significantly.
I'll try two quick runs up until 2350 or so, one with the gambit and one with conventional wisdom.
First gambit test run, ending in 2391.
Total production 1098 BC
Total factories 659 (520 of them on Meklon and 82 on Aquilae)
Total population 412m
Total waste 220
Net production 878
Systems: Meklon, Aquilae, Romulas, Tau Cygni, Rigel, Paranar
Techs: IIT9, RIW80, IT+10, IER, Tundra, IT+30, Radiated (finished in 2390, but forgot to save), Hydrogen, about halfway to Deuterium
Fleet: 75 fighters, 1 colony ship halfway done
I'll now try to achieve these objectives with better numbers in the same time frame using a conventional opening. I'll also try the gambit plan with different tech and colonization priorities to see if I can get better results.
Total production 1098 BC
Total factories 659 (520 of them on Meklon and 82 on Aquilae)
Total population 412m
Total waste 220
Net production 878
Systems: Meklon, Aquilae, Romulas, Tau Cygni, Rigel, Paranar
Techs: IIT9, RIW80, IT+10, IER, Tundra, IT+30, Radiated (finished in 2390, but forgot to save), Hydrogen, about halfway to Deuterium
Fleet: 75 fighters, 1 colony ship halfway done
I'll now try to achieve these objectives with better numbers in the same time frame using a conventional opening. I'll also try the gambit plan with different tech and colonization priorities to see if I can get better results.
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