Hello,
It's been quite a few years since I played Master of Orion - until today.
I am playing the original (which I prefer over MOO2).
There's one thing I can't recall, and which the manual does not seem to address:
Preventing ground troops from landing.
As I recall, planetary defenses can help in this regard.
Here is my situation:
1) I colonized a planet (and sent a few colonists from a nearby planet).
2) I noticed that a Bulrathi colony ship would arrive at the system a turn or two after I colonized it.
3) I sent a ship to the system to fight the Bulrathi colony ship.
4) After my new colony was bombarded for a turn, my ship destroyed the Bulrathi colony ship.
5) However, on the turn after I colonized the system, the Bulrathi launched 65 troops to it.
6) I figured my ship would stop them, or at least some of them. However, it didn't stop a single Bulrathi trooper.
The system is just colonized, so has very little production.
Also, if I put resources into defense, they go into a planetary shield, not into bases.
Even transferring funds from the general fund won't allow a shield to be built before Bulrathi troops arrive.
My questions are:
1) Is there some way I can protect the planet from a ground assault with SHIPS? Do the ships need a particular weapon type?
2) Does a planetary shield help vs troops? (not that I can complete it in time).
3) Is there some way to bypass building the planetary shield and build bases?
4) Do bases reduce the number of troops that are able to land?
5) Is there some other means of preventing troops from landing? (Once they land, I am doomed. A single trooper would likely defeat me.)
Thanks
P.S. I tried to apply Tags to this post, and received the message that I did not have permission to create new tags; I could only use existing tags.
Never heard of that.
Is there a list of acceptable tags? Or is the list of acceptable tags so long that most of the time, a desired tag is in the list?
It's been quite a few years since I played Master of Orion - until today.
I am playing the original (which I prefer over MOO2).
There's one thing I can't recall, and which the manual does not seem to address:
Preventing ground troops from landing.
As I recall, planetary defenses can help in this regard.
Here is my situation:
1) I colonized a planet (and sent a few colonists from a nearby planet).
2) I noticed that a Bulrathi colony ship would arrive at the system a turn or two after I colonized it.
3) I sent a ship to the system to fight the Bulrathi colony ship.
4) After my new colony was bombarded for a turn, my ship destroyed the Bulrathi colony ship.
5) However, on the turn after I colonized the system, the Bulrathi launched 65 troops to it.
6) I figured my ship would stop them, or at least some of them. However, it didn't stop a single Bulrathi trooper.
The system is just colonized, so has very little production.
Also, if I put resources into defense, they go into a planetary shield, not into bases.
Even transferring funds from the general fund won't allow a shield to be built before Bulrathi troops arrive.
My questions are:
1) Is there some way I can protect the planet from a ground assault with SHIPS? Do the ships need a particular weapon type?
2) Does a planetary shield help vs troops? (not that I can complete it in time).
3) Is there some way to bypass building the planetary shield and build bases?
4) Do bases reduce the number of troops that are able to land?
5) Is there some other means of preventing troops from landing? (Once they land, I am doomed. A single trooper would likely defeat me.)
Thanks
P.S. I tried to apply Tags to this post, and received the message that I did not have permission to create new tags; I could only use existing tags.
Never heard of that.
Is there a list of acceptable tags? Or is the list of acceptable tags so long that most of the time, a desired tag is in the list?