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Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by eberk on Mon, 2008-01-14 19:52. Space Empires V FAQs

Hello,

Just created an account because I recently discovered SE5. And I must say I really, REALLY like this game.

The situation is this : I played a single game on a large map using v 1.20 (I think) and just recently upgraded to 1.66. I also just started a multiplayer game with a colleague of mine... So this is my second game of SE5, and with no prior exeperience in the SE family I guess I'm a real newbie Smiling

And I, off course, have several questions...

1) Stealing tech: how can you steal a tech from an enemy empire ?? I tried using 'intelligence' but when I get the message 'you stole xxx tech from xxx' I never see it appear in my tech list. So is it possible to even steal a tech from a rival empire ??

2) Invasion: Can I attack a planet that I (at this moment) can't colonize ?? I have an enemy sitting on a Rock planet (I myself have Gas Giant) in my system which I would like to invade (to take over that world) but can I land troops there (I would like to know before I start producing troops and such and then realising it is not possible)

3) How is migration working ?? At the moment (fairly new multiplayer game) I have my homeworld and 1 colony with 177 M pop. Every turn 40 M pop of my homeworld moves to the colony which suits me fine. BUT what will happen when I start a second colony ?? (for which I am already queue-ing a Colony Ship). Will the 40 M migration from my homeworld be split into 2 (for each colony 20M ??) or something else ??

Thanks for the info...

I'm sure I'll be back with more questions Smiling

Thanks

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by Spuda on Tue, 2008-01-15 07:53.

Hi there

1) yes you can. capture ships and return to own shipyard then can analise the hull which dismantles the ship and can give you tech.

2) yes you can. use a cargo ship carrying troops with its design stratergy set to capture planet. then order ship to attack planet if you win the planet is yours to use?

3) sorry am not sure

Hope this helps

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by eberk on Tue, 2008-01-15 14:26.

Thanks Spuda,

1) Is there any other way to steal techs ?? (using intelligence attacks ???)

2) thanks, that's a very good option Smiling now I hope the PC won't build Weapon Platforms before I get there with a Troop Transport carrying troops Smiling

3) I'm still trying to figure it out (I also find it annoying that the game first calculates the growth and only then the migration... I have a 92M growth per turn on my homeplanet (23%) but still remain on 3960M because of migration)

Thanks for the input

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by Blubel on Tue, 2008-01-15 16:41.

1) There is an other possibility by useing intel. But I think it is a operation which requieres many intelligence points. I am not sure how the game decides, which operation it does...

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by Vince278 on Tue, 2008-01-15 19:29.

I believe you also get tech when an empire surrenders to you. Smiling

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by eberk on Tue, 2008-01-15 19:41.

When an empire surrenders to you... Not when you invade it with troops and take his planets ???

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by Myrath on Wed, 2008-01-16 03:45.

eberk wrote:
1) Stealing tech: how can you steal a tech from an enemy empire ?? I tried using 'intelligence' but when I get the message 'you stole xxx tech from xxx' I never see it appear in my tech list. So is it possible to even steal a tech from a rival empire ??

2 ways; You can capture enemy ships and bring them to your shipyard and scrap/analyze them.
Seocnd way is to use intel operation 'Sabotage Empire Wide'. It al ldepends on how much intel points you got. The more you spend on it, the more effective.
You can ofcourse also 'sabotage ships & fleets', and capture an enemy ship that way, and then scrap & analyze it.

eberk wrote:
2) Invasion: Can I attack a planet that I (at this moment) can't colonize ?? I have an enemy sitting on a Rock planet (I myself have Gas Giant) in my system which I would like to invade (to take over that world) but can I land troops there (I would like to know before I start producing troops and such and then realising it is not possible)
Yes. Load a transport ship up with 'Troops' (unit type) and use strategy 'Invasion' or 'Capture planet' for your fleet & invasion ship. You will then get surface combat.

eberk wrote:
3) How is migration working ?? At the moment (fairly new multiplayer game) I have my homeworld and 1 colony with 177 M pop. Every turn 40 M pop of my homeworld moves to the colony which suits me fine. BUT what will happen when I start a second colony ?? (for which I am already queue-ing a Colony Ship). Will the 40 M migration from my homeworld be split into 2 (for each colony 20M ??) or something else ??
Migration is that, when you get a treaty with another race, and you have a migration treaty, that means his people will move into your worlds (if they breathe that air) and your people will move into his. Say you breathe blue. Other breathes red. Visit your red world and you will find 2 population types on it then! Jettison your population (blue) into space with scrap cargo (CTRL+K) and you will see that the world is no longer domed. Giving you far more building space.

~Myrath

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by eberk on Wed, 2008-01-16 04:43.

Do you also get tech when you invade and capture the last planet of an Empire (and thus eliminate that empire) ??

When that empire had Rock colonization and I don't... do I get it when I invade him ??

(I'm about to in my multiplayer game... Smiling )

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by capnq on Wed, 2008-01-16 06:32.

eberk wrote:
Do you also get tech when you invade and capture the last planet of an Empire (and thus eliminate that empire) ??
No, you have to get a formal surrender from the empire. The game only knows that the empire has no planets left; it doesn't know the difference between the last planet having been invaded and having been destroyed.

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Re: Some Questions from a new player

Submitted by Vince278 on Wed, 2008-01-16 20:09.

Yes, I don't remember ever getting tech after crushing someone. I've noticed though that surrender is alot less likely than it was in SE4. Smiling

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