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[QuakeIV]

I just accidentally hit the 'add sol system button', (really stupid option imo).  Any way I could possibly get rid of it?

[Karlito]

There's a delete button somewhere in the system view window (spacemaster mode, obviously).

[QuakeIV]

That worked, thanks.

[Duuvian]

http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,6532.0.html

Spoiler: Topic: Change for v6.40 (click to show/hide)

I am going to put all the various posts covering updates for v6.40 in this thread (I still haven't had chance to go through the bugs thread for v6.30 but it will likely be a database update when the bugs are fixed)

So far for v6.40:

Shipyards will now be auto-named at start (instead of Shipyard #1, Shipyard #2 etc.) and when new shipyards are constructed. The name will be a combination of one or two surnames from the commander names theme plus one of about sixty different suffixes such as "Shipyard", "Shipbuilding Company", "Navy Yard", etc.. This format will also be used for the auto-rename button for shipyards instead of the current set list of Earth-based shipyards.

Some example shipyard names, using the Warhammer 40k commander name theme:

Styphus-Mael Heavy Industries
Adamantis Shipyard
Alaric-Phaeron International
Galenus Naval Shipbuilding
Valefar Enterprises

I've also created a random company name generator for the Create Research Project window. There is a new text box above the System Name, along with a Suggest Name button. You can keep clicking the suggest name until it creates a manufacturer name you like. That will then be used as a prefix for whatever you call the new system. The Company Name will remain there without being affected by any changes to the parameters, so you can use it for several systems without retyping. The Company Name comprises one or two commander surnames plus potentially a suffix such as Corporation, Industries, etc.. You can leave the company name field blank if desired.

A few example company names, using the Warhammer 40k commander name theme:

Crassian Space & Security
Vulkan-Ravenor
Orias & Galenus Dynamics
Anzu-Lazerian Limited
Alexander-Vandis
Prometheus-Rachmiel Electronics Industries
Dominus-Loken
Typhon-Macharius
Lexandro International
Gothicus-Phaeron

Steve

Hurrah for Steve, Spacemaster in Chief!

[Hanzoku]

That sort of change is nice to have for quality of life purposes - it's one less list I have to make if I want to name shipyards something other then 'Earth Military Shipyard - Light Cruiser Line'

[MarcAFK]

And i never even noticed that autorename shipyard button, i just tried it out and it popped out 'odense steel', my main naval yard was already manually named 'maersk : odense" heh.

[Culise]

I always name mine after major urban cities or actual shipyards, only using "Fleetyard" for military shipyards and "Foundry" for civilian shipyards. 

[Dutchling]

I never name mine.

[RedKing]

Wooo.....I like the "anomaly" thing. Suddenly I have more reason to scatter my research labs and to colonize or build orbital habs around godforsaken balls of rock.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I think its like an interplanetary government, but naval instead of civilian.

[Flying Dice]

IIRC one of the uses is for organizing your galactic map, but that only starts mattering once you've settled dozens of systems.

[Dutchling]

I think its like an interplanetary government, but naval instead of civilian.

OK, what's an interplanetary government?

I think its like a naval government, but interplanetary instead of planetary.

[Flying Dice]

I think its like an interplanetary government, but naval instead of civilian.

OK, what's an interplanetary government?

I think its like a naval government, but interplanetary instead of planetary.

In this case I'm pretty sure it's specifically related to your total naval OOB; you can organize fleets into sectors (so for example you could have the 4th Cruiser Group [Sol] and the 4th Cruiser Group [Epsilon Eridani]). Not that anyone bothers with making organizational tables, even for AAR campaigns.

[Jacob/Lee]

Are we talking about the sector commands you get when you research improved command and control? As far as I know, those let you define sectors (groups of systems) and assign civilian administrators to those sectors, granting their bonuses to all bodies in the sector they control.

[RedKing]

Not that anyone bothers with making organizational tables, even for AAR campaigns.

Yeah! ha ha....boy, that sure would...be...silly.
>_>
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_{I do that.}

The facility called sector command.

Sector commands act like an extra layer of government above the planetary governor. Everything in the system where it's built is automatically in that sector, plus you can add systems as many jumps away as the level of the sector command (i.e. a level 2 sector command includes the home system and everything within two jumps).

You can appoint a sector governor and receive a portion of his/her bonuses on top of the bonuses from the planetary governor. Mostly for roleplaying and/or a small production boost, but in a large game it could be handy if you have a region of your space that's mostly just mining or maybe a production-heavy area. You could even build Sector Commands in each system and have the sectors all be limited to just their own system, because you'd still get the bonuses to all colonies in that system.