Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Agro stations under the new rules and not used for colony growth may
produce 2EP per turn.



Wed, 09 Jun 2004

Beginning this turn, freighters no longer need to actually transport EP from 
mining worlds.  If the system has a major planet, then one small freighter 
will handle all mining bases in the system.

If there's no major planet, every three mining bases in the system require one 
small freighter.  A large freighter counts as two small freighters for all 
purposes.  Freighters simply sit in the system they're handling.

> If the freighter is killed during the turn, are the EPs from those mines
> destroyed, delayed or what?

Delayed for one turn.  This production counts as extra for the next turn when 
calculating how many freighters are needed, and can carry over indefinitely.  
This means that if you have one station, you'll get all of the EP the next 
turn (assuming the freighter is replaced).  If you have two, you'll get the 
surplus EP over two turns unless you add another freighter.

1 mining station => 40EP (from previous turn) + 40EP (production) => 1 
freighter
2 mining stations => 80EP + 80EP => 2 freighters

Currently, all mining stations produce 40EP/turn.  If mining planets are upped 
to 60EP (or any amount not divisible by 40), you'll need one freighter for 
each 120EP.




Thu, 08 Apr 2004

The carcass of a space boar is encrusted with valuable minerals.  When you 
kill one, you will be told the EP value of these minerals and any dilithium 
present.

In order to harvest this EP and dilithium, you must use a Tug to tow the 
carcass to one of your Major Planets.  The resources are then collected 
immediately.  The boar counts as any Tug's maximum towing capacity, and incurs 
the speed penalty.

Alternately, you may "mine" the carcass using Prospecting Freighters (F-PS or 
F-PL).  Each small prospecting freighter can mine 10EP or 1 Dilithium Crystal 
per strategic impulse.  Multiple freighters may be used, and one F-PL counts 
as two F-PSs for this purpose.  The resulting EP must then be transferred back 
to a Major Planet, and the dilithium must be moved to where it will be used.