I've found a similar bug on the Human huge wedge-shaped hull. At the end of the stern, on the bottom (where I tried to stick some engines) one of the hard points sticks straight out, rather than backwards, resulting in an engine whose thrust would be... counter-productive. I haven't found a way to fix it with rotational attachments, so I just mount my engines elsewhere.
I got eight of them in under a year in my last game. Granted, I have the Lucky trait, but still. I tend to think however that the Rangers are somewhat mitigated in their effectiveness on a Gigantic map with Rare inhabitable planets: there wasn't a single enemy planet within their range in my game. I had to build floater starbases in the middle of nowhere to get them anyplace useful. And they're [i]slow[/i].
Dear minor races, When you steal all the technology of the most technologically advanced race, and the player is lagging badly, be careful. If the player offers you a juicy world in his home system for all that tech, think carefully. Especially if one of those techs is Planetary Invasion. Love, Swuboo P.S. So what if I'm good aligned? You can't make an omelette without sacrificing six billion of your o
Er... rina_inverse, because it's still the 20th in America.
Star Control II is available in very [i]very[/i] loyal remake form as The Ur-Quan Masters. Ironically enough, I've been playing it for the last week to distract me from lusting after Galciv2.
Well it's a beta so test it out. Some of us can't. I pre-ordered on the 25th after the cutoff, so I can't download the beta. Of course, I've been over the site, so I know the answers to most of my questions, but Vendelen might be in the same boat as me.
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