Space Race...
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One thing to note is that the % of success is not whether or not it will crash/burn up etc.It is the % of colonists that will survive the journey.So, 80% chance of success means that 2 people in every 10 will die during the journey 
duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
The only way in which the spaceship will in fact crash and burn is if your capital city is captured by another civ and the spaceship control centre is destroyed. Now for some bizarre reason this centre is located in your palace but if you have more than 2500g left (I think this is the correct amount of cash 
) then you can instantly buy another palace and switch your capital to another city. This will save your SS and it is something the AI civs will do a lot if you're attempting a late game conquest. This also applies if you have not yet finished your SS - the components you have built thus far will also transfer to the new palace and your shields will be saved! 
Don't forget that the spaceship parts are allotted the same "slot" as wonders so that it is possible to switch between a palace, a wonder and a spaceship part without losing any shields. This means that you can start a city on a wonder, put a caravan or freight into that city to help build the wonder, switch the city's production to spaceship structural and you will only need 30 shields to finish the structural! This is basically the way to play the OCC as it'd be nigh impossible otherwise.
) then you can instantly buy another palace and switch your capital to another city. This will save your SS and it is something the AI civs will do a lot if you're attempting a late game conquest. This also applies if you have not yet finished your SS - the components you have built thus far will also transfer to the new palace and your shields will be saved! Don't forget that the spaceship parts are allotted the same "slot" as wonders so that it is possible to switch between a palace, a wonder and a spaceship part without losing any shields. This means that you can start a city on a wonder, put a caravan or freight into that city to help build the wonder, switch the city's production to spaceship structural and you will only need 30 shields to finish the structural!
This is basically the way to play the OCC as it'd be nigh impossible otherwise.
I beleive the amount to "instantly relocate" a palace is 1000 gold.
thats odd
Very odd.
Just to clarify, do you mean Duke or duke?
Either way, very odd to request such a thing....
Just to clarify, do you mean Duke or duke?
Either way, very odd to request such a thing....
floppa21
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Mayhem felt slighted by a post Duke de Yorky made. He shouldn't have, he misunderstood and was a little too sensitive about it. Now it is all ridiculous and stuff. 
Lucky
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Mayhem began by insulting other posters and downgrading their strategies as he put his one above all and made annoying remarks at others.
In the how many cities thread.
Then, as duke remarked that making conquest with elephants in 1600AD is rather "funny", he felt insulted and began fighting with him, even though duke´s post were clearly a little sarcastic and definitely not offensive.
And now he is behaving even more like a child, in the sense of "he made me angry, now I don´t talk to him and don´t want him to talk to me either".
Just one thing to address such behaviour: 
In the how many cities thread.
Then, as duke remarked that making conquest with elephants in 1600AD is rather "funny", he felt insulted and began fighting with him, even though duke´s post were clearly a little sarcastic and definitely not offensive.
And now he is behaving even more like a child, in the sense of "he made me angry, now I don´t talk to him and don´t want him to talk to me either".
Just one thing to address such behaviour:
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Normally, I don't comment about stuff like the Mayhem-DoY thing. But I'm getting caught up on several months of posts and just came from the thread mentioned. My input is for the more senior CFC posters to take it easy on newbies (Mayhem has about 50 posts). He's probably learning "the ropes", judging from what I've read. Positive encouragement is better. In that vein (to Mayhem), it is uncool to tell someone not to post in a public forum. Let the axe be buried... it was a misunderstanding, and don't hold on to a dim view of Duke o' York, who in fact is a good dude. Likewise, vet (long-time) CFC-ers (all of us with hundreds of posts) should simply encourage Mayhem by refraining from sharpness in our comments, and give him a chance. It does not seem that he's looking to cause trouble, and he is likely learning the eitquette.
Oh one more thing, the PM (Private Message) system can be used to communicate feedback in Private. It would be a good thing for M & DoY to PM each other, since is in fact much ado about nothing!
BTW, Welcome to CFC Mayhem.
Now on topic: The Duke o' York is right, except for the correction pointed out by Smash. If you want to protect your SS after launch, then just keep more than one city and more then 1000 gold in the bank. A good tactic might be to deliberately move your palace to an out of the way location if faced with overrun. Simply rush buy a new palace... it's comparitively cheap (no more than 398 gold if you have at least one shield in the box to begin with).
A note about losing your capital: Your empire might be split, but I don't have any game experience with how that might affect your SS. A "normal" split results in a stronger faction (yours) and a slightly weaker faction (a newly created enemy which takes a little less than half your cities and some gold). I assume, but have not tested, you get to keep your SS if you lose your capital in a Split. Bottom line, don't lose your capital
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To expand upon Smash's early comments about success, the SS will always arrive once launched (assuming your capital survives somewhere).
Example: If you have a 78% "Probablity of Success" and you have 4 Modules, then you will get (upon SS arrival):
78% * (4 * 100) = 312 bonus points
These points will be added to your score.
So the "Probability of Success" really means "Bonus Points Percentage Multiplier" of your base cargo (the number of Modules times 100). Of course you can have 1, 2, 3, or 4 Modules, and so have 100, 200, 300, or 400 base boints.
Oh one more thing, the PM (Private Message) system can be used to communicate feedback in Private. It would be a good thing for M & DoY to PM each other, since is in fact much ado about nothing!
BTW, Welcome to CFC Mayhem
.Now on topic: The Duke o' York is right, except for the correction pointed out by Smash. If you want to protect your SS after launch, then just keep more than one city and more then 1000 gold in the bank. A good tactic might be to deliberately move your palace to an out of the way location if faced with overrun. Simply rush buy a new palace... it's comparitively cheap (no more than 398 gold if you have at least one shield in the box to begin with).
A note about losing your capital: Your empire might be split, but I don't have any game experience with how that might affect your SS. A "normal" split results in a stronger faction (yours) and a slightly weaker faction (a newly created enemy which takes a little less than half your cities and some gold). I assume, but have not tested, you get to keep your SS if you lose your capital in a Split. Bottom line, don't lose your capital
.To expand upon Smash's early comments about success, the SS will always arrive once launched (assuming your capital survives somewhere).
Example: If you have a 78% "Probablity of Success" and you have 4 Modules, then you will get (upon SS arrival):
78% * (4 * 100) = 312 bonus points
These points will be added to your score.
So the "Probability of Success" really means "Bonus Points Percentage Multiplier" of your base cargo (the number of Modules times 100). Of course you can have 1, 2, 3, or 4 Modules, and so have 100, 200, 300, or 400 base boints.
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