When you destroy the capital of a Civ...
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If you capture the enemy capital it stops their spaceship reaching Alpha Cent.
I don't know if it stops the other victories, I think you have to capture all their cities to stop them building the UN or the World Bank.
I don't know if it stops the other victories, I think you have to capture all their cities to stop them building the UN or the World Bank.
robcheng
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That's pretty cool, actually. So is this retroactive (i.e. if I capture a neighboring civ's capital, then launch my spaceship, then lose my original capital, can I still win a tech victory without capturing *another* capital?)
and adding to that: Is is still possible in CivRev to "move" your Capital like in Civ4?
KrikkitTwo
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No to both
once you found your first city, that tile will be a 'Palace" for the entire game. It is the only thing that can't be destroyed... ever.. by anything.
You can function just fine without a palace, the only thing it does is
1. Yours gives you culture (not sure if you lose your first if a scond will give culture)
2. Any 1 is needed for Space Race Victory
3. All 5 are needed for Domination Victory
That is it.
once you found your first city, that tile will be a 'Palace" for the entire game. It is the only thing that can't be destroyed... ever.. by anything.
You can function just fine without a palace, the only thing it does is
1. Yours gives you culture (not sure if you lose your first if a scond will give culture)
2. Any 1 is needed for Space Race Victory
3. All 5 are needed for Domination Victory
That is it.
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I once lost my capital after some poor defending, but I captured it back and it became my capital again. So don't dispair just capture it again 
jayeffaar
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That's an odd design decision. In real-world terms, why would losing your capital prevent a ship that's already launched form reaching a destination that's light years away?
I guess they had to design a way to stop an opponent from winning once the ship is away and expecting you to capture all their cities before the end of the flight was asking for too much. Still seems counter-intuitive...
KrikkitTwo
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You capture thier communications center... or something like that.
it's been that way in all civ's that you had to wait for the ship to get to alpha centauri.
I just think of it as them rushing back to earth to try to help their civilization in its time of need.
jayeffaar
Warlord
True, but what does that have to do with what I said?
jayeffaar said:
I expected that as long as your civ still exists when the ship gets there, you would win. Especially if you don't need your capital for some of the other victory conditions.
Well the difference is this. With culture, and economic victoires you can can attack the city the World Bank, and UN are being built in to stop them from winning, but after the Space Ship is launched you would not haver a similar option to stop them from winning so that is why they put that in so you would have a chance to stop them winning the space race by capturing there capital.
Mattimeo
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I've always viewed it as taking over the spaceship's earthside command center. You can then use their own controls to sabotage the spaceship while it's still in flight. For example, using their controls to dump the fuel they need to enter orbit, or messing with their navigation systems, or maybe venting all their oxygen into space.
