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Author Topic: Crystal - Gen 3 Cycle 4  (Read 72918 times)

kaian-a-coel

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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #75 on: April 17, 2012, 02:21:16 pm »

Cautiously oscillate the "stalactite" in order to scout. Think antenna-like movements. Be extremely careful not to break it thought.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #76 on: April 17, 2012, 02:45:38 pm »

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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #77 on: April 17, 2012, 05:45:19 pm »

Cautiously oscillate the "stalactite" in order to scout. Think antenna-like movements. Be extremely careful not to break it thought.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #78 on: April 17, 2012, 07:41:01 pm »

I say we should still try to get to the bottom of the cavern using crystals. But maybe we should activate chandelier-scout mode first.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #79 on: April 17, 2012, 07:55:57 pm »

We should cover our upper crystals with dirt if at all possible. To hide them.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #80 on: April 18, 2012, 11:12:12 am »

Cycle: 1
Make 6 Crystals on the sides of current lowest crystals.
Cycle 2: Medium quality in the middle. Assimilate as much of the lowest medium density clump.

This, with the spare energy on each cycle going into....

assimilate left along the roof of the cavern.

It will probably be easier to scout the cavern if we assimilate around it, if the cavern is small this is cheap and if it's large oscillating won't show anything but empty space. Also avoid the risk of breakage.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 4
« Reply #81 on: April 18, 2012, 11:32:24 am »

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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #82 on: April 18, 2012, 12:47:08 pm »

Gen 2 Cycle 5
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Energy:
Energy Generation: 3890/cycle
Energy Storage: 60/7920
Metamorphosis Requirement: Unknown

Crystals:
Low-Quality Crystals: 14 [1750/cycle 7000 storage]
Medium-Quality Crystals:
Assimilated Low-Density matter: 40 [24][15][0][1] [1100/cycle 400 storage]
Assimilated Medium-Density matter: 26 [0][26] [1040/cycle 520 storage]

Gen 2 Cycle 6


You have entirely assimilated the medium-density cluster. You have also fabricated a Medium-Quality Crystal

Energy:
Energy Generation: 5220/cycle
Energy Storage: 0/9420
Metamorphosis Requirement: Unknown

Crystals:
Low-Quality Crystals: 13 [1625/cycle 6500 storage]
Medium-Quality Crystals: 1 [300/cycle 1500 storage]
Assimilated Low-Density matter: 48 [39][0][1][8] [1415/cycle 480 storage]
Assimilated Medium-Density matter: 47 [20][27] [1880/cycle 940 storage]

Crystal Forms:
Spoiler: Low-Quality Crystals (click to show/hide)

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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #83 on: April 18, 2012, 12:49:13 pm »

I vote for following the cave in all directions untill our energy production meets our storage/ we discover something interesting.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #84 on: April 18, 2012, 01:20:44 pm »

I vote for following the cave in all directions untill our energy production meets our storage/ we discover something interesting.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #85 on: April 18, 2012, 03:46:06 pm »

I disagree. We can and should completely assimilate the remaining two nodes of medium density material and use the resulting construction materials to make two more medium quality crystals before exploring further. We have some rather bad storage problems already and assimilating more matter will only make that worse.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #86 on: April 18, 2012, 03:54:52 pm »

I disagree. We can and should completely assimilate the remaining two nodes of medium density material and use the resulting construction materials to make two more medium quality crystals before exploring further. We have some rather bad storage problems already and assimilating more matter will only make that worse.
We have almost twice the storage of our energy production. Considering that we use it up every turn I don't think we'll run in problems very soon.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #87 on: April 18, 2012, 04:41:48 pm »

I still suggest building a column of crystals to the bottom of the cavern (We can make 8 low-quality crystals a cycle now, so this should go rather quickly)
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #88 on: April 18, 2012, 04:54:04 pm »

we don't want to fill the cave eith low quality cristals. what I sugest is that we asimulate mater along the edge of the cave, as much as posible, then when we have it completly sourounded make a layer of low quality crystal to help keep it from colapsing and to provide an incubator for midquality crystal. we then grow in from the outside.
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Re: Crystal - Gen 2 Cycle 6
« Reply #89 on: April 19, 2012, 04:15:31 am »

we don't want to fill the cave eith low quality cristals. what I sugest is that we asimulate mater along the edge of the cave, as much as posible, then when we have it completly sourounded make a layer of low quality crystal to help keep it from colapsing and to provide an incubator for midquality crystal. we then grow in from the outside.
I see what you are planning. Nice one, +tan(90°)
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