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[forsaken1111]

On that note doesn't a single point of shielding effectively stop a whole missie? If you have 22 missiles coming at you wouldnt the shield make only 21 hit you (Ignoring point defence)

A single point of shielding would absorb a single point of damage from the first missile. If each missile was doing 9 damage then a single point of shielding would stop 1 of the first 9 dealt by the first missile. You'd still take 9*21+8=197 instead of 198. To absorb that entire salvo you'd need ~200 points of shielding and if they sent two salvos you're still screwed.

[coleslaw35]

On that note doesn't a single point of shielding effectively stop a whole missie? If you have 22 missiles coming at you wouldnt the shield make only 21 hit you (Ignoring point defence)

There's not much of a difference between getting hit by 21 missiles instead of 22. Depending on the size and warhead strength of the missile, a 21 missile volley and a 22 missile volley can be nearly equally destructive.

[Man of Paper]

Ah, so each shield adds 1 point to shielding then? And thanks for the advice!

[Rince Wind]

That depends on the class of shield. The better the class, the higher the shielding per shield.

[Erkki]

Aliens! We can communicate too - by missiles! 

I tried to fly the reconnaissance jump frigate close to their (presumed) homeworld to pick up the thermals from their population while two of their fairly slow warships intercepted. The frigate managed to go around the slow enemy ships but was hit 3 times by missiles its sensors didn't pick up. It tried to turn around and flee but was hit again and destroyed a minute later.

Half a year later, we are building jump gates for the fleet and troop transports to get there. The 19 survivors were picked up by the aliens while communications team has given up.

[bluephoenix]

I looked in the wiki but it doesn't have much info on this by the looks of it.
What does the add NPR button do? I know it obviously adds an NPR somewhere but where exactly does it do that?
Does it add an NPR somewhere on a planet in a system you already explored or somewhere in a system you haven't visited yet?

I want to use that button because I have explored 50 different systems almost all with suitable atmosphere yet there haven't been any NPRs so far.

[Dorsidwarf]

I looked in the wiki but it doesn't have much info on this by the looks of it.
What does the add NPR button do? I know it obviously adds an NPR somewhere but where exactly does it do that?
Does it add an NPR somewhere on a planet in a system you already explored or somewhere in a system you haven't visited yet?

I want to use that button because I have explored 50 different systems almost all with suitable atmosphere yet there haven't been any NPRs so far.

Try turning up the NPR rate in the startup settings?

[EuchreJack]

I looked in the wiki but it doesn't have much info on this by the looks of it.
What does the add NPR button do? I know it obviously adds an NPR somewhere but where exactly does it do that?
Does it add an NPR somewhere on a planet in a system you already explored or somewhere in a system you haven't visited yet?

I want to use that button because I have explored 50 different systems almost all with suitable atmosphere yet there haven't been any NPRs so far.

Try turning up the NPR rate in the startup settings?

Yup, just change NPR generation chance to 100%, and the next inhabitable world will have an NPR.

The "Add NPR" button, to the best of my relatively limited knowledge, actually creates a new system with an NPR in it, hidden from the player.  That system connects to the jump chain in whatever system connects systems to one another (probability of systems having jump point connecting being based on distance of the real-life stars, again from what little I can understand).  What I do know, is that it WON'T add an NPR to a system that you have already discovered.

For adding an NPR to an existing system, you open Spacemaster mode, select an suitable body on the System Information menu (which, as we have discovered through SCIENCE, is anything with oxygen or methane but not both at less than 30% but more than 10% of the total atmosphere, and no poisonous gases), and select "Create as NPR".

[Insanegame27]

I decided I'm going to do a little thing I call a genocide run. I'm going to gen a game with simply massive resources and economy and industry, and I'm going to kill every single alien I come across. NPR gen chance is 100%


Any tips?

[iceball3]

I decided I'm going to do a little thing I call a genocide run. I'm going to gen a game with simply massive resources and economy and industry, and I'm going to kill every single alien I come across. NPR gen chance is 100%


Any tips?

Set NPR difficulty to 500, and turn on all non NPR threats.
Dis gunna be gud.

[RedKing]

Aliens! We can communicate too - by missiles! 

"Are you friendly? Launch one missile for yes, 500 for no."

[Flying Dice]

I decided I'm going to do a little thing I call a genocide run. I'm going to gen a game with simply massive resources and economy and industry, and I'm going to kill every single alien I come across. NPR gen chance is 100%


Any tips?

Set NPR difficulty to 500, and turn on all non NPR threats.
Dis gunna be gud.

To 2000% you mean. 250% is for conventional start, 500% is for standard TN start, 1000% is for TL5-6 start. Make sure to add at least one at the start of the game.

[Azazass]

So, I been experimenting in creating some stealth ships, this is what I call my stealth scout, it's usually the first in to go and explore a new system at half of its maximum speed. I send them in fleets of 3, I currently have 2 fleets.

I'm planning to upgrade its engines, add some more power and cut down fuel to about ~300 days once I finish some refueling outposts, that high, given that it operates far from the supply lines. It takes about

Its been in combat a few times it hasn't disappointed me, with ~20 to 2 kill ratio so far, mostly hunting down single to small groups of enemies. My biggest fear was PD, but the cloaking device has alleviated some of those fears. Basically, it's an attack submarine in SPAAAACE without torpedoes.

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Desolation class Stealth Scout    18 000 tons     384 Crew     6231.9557 BP      TCS 25.2  TH 292.56  EM 6000
6772 km/s    JR 3-50     Armour 4-61     Shields 200-300     Sensors 64/64/0/0     Damage Control Rating 6     PPV 27.52
Maint Life 1.46 Years     MSP 1298    AFR 432%    IFR 6%    1YR 677    5YR 10157    Max Repair 675 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Spare Berths 0   

Chernov Cybernetics J18000(3-50) Military Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 18000 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 3
Sachse-Bachmann Technology 187.5 EP Magnetic Fusion Drive (13)    Power 187.5    Fuel Use 8.77%    Signature 22.5    Exp 7%
Fuel Capacity 2 500 000 Litres    Range 285.1 billion km   (487 days at full power)
Schmid Research Inc Xi R300/240 Shields (40)   Total Fuel Cost  400 Litres per hour  (9 600 per day)

Twin Kazakov Engineering Company 10cm C2 X-Ray Laser Turret (2x2)    Range 210 000km     TS: 12000 km/s     Power 6-4     RM 7    ROF 10        3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Bobrov & Kobrin Orbital Systems Particle Beam-12 (1)    Range 400 000km     TS: 10000 km/s     Power 30-5    ROF 30        12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Twin Martínez & Calvillo PD Gauss Gauss Cannon R5-25 Turret (2x10)    Range 50 000km     TS: 20000 km/s     Power 0-0     RM 5    ROF 5        1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gold & Umthun Incorporated Fire Control S01.5 200-15000 H50 (1)    Max Range: 400 000 km   TS: 15000 km/s     98 95 92 90 88 85 82 80 78 75
Hueber-Hyrtl Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactor Technology PB-1.2 (1)     Total Power Output 24    Armour 0    Exp 16%

Weissberg Corporation Active Search Sensor MR7-R1 (50%) (1)     GPS 24     Range 7.7m km    MCR 836k km    Resolution 1
Evitt-Corra Active Search Sensor MR76-R100 (50%) (1)     GPS 2400     Range 76.8m km    Resolution 100
Schraeder-Milhorn Thermal Sensor TH2-64 (50%) (1)     Sensitivity 64     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  64m km
Schraeder-Milhorn EM Detection Sensor EM2-64 (50%) (1)     Sensitivity 64     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  64m km
Cloaking Device: Class cross-section reduced to 7% of normal

ECCM-4 (1)         ECM 40

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes


[Micro102]

Is there any mathematical argument for building ships a certain size (Ex: Should I put 6 lasers on this ship, or 7?), either in relation to the function of part of the game, or in relation to your other ships?

[iceball3]

Is there any mathematical argument for building ships a certain size (Ex: Should I put 6 lasers on this ship, or 7?), either in relation to the function of part of the game, or in relation to your other ships?

It's hard to say, but there are economies of scale for bigger ships, but increased diversity (and small efficiency and threshold improvements) when you make smaller ships too.
For instance, large fast ships can mount maximum size engines, hugely improving it's range, but need shipyards of appropriate size, maintnence facilities of appropriate size, but are much bigger blips on most radars, and have less ship-based redundancy.
Fighters on the other hand, are extremely fuel inefficient for mission tonnage, but can have fire controls of truly extreme speeds, can be built and scrapped easily via fighter factories. Due to the fighter factory dynamic, it is very easy to build new fighters for specific and niche purposes (where applicable), or easily upgraded with new technology in the sense that you just scrap old ones, build new ones.
It's hard to pin down when it's best to do something, as it's all very situational. A good way to find your "choice efficiency" though is a rather interesting doctrine: mission tonnage ratios. Basically, design your purpose-made ships to have a specific percentage of engine, ordnance, fuel, defenses, etc, and adjust them when your selected percentages aren't putting out satisfying results for your tech level. It'll make ship design a bit less... Scattered, to say the least.