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Offline TheVampire100

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[Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« on: April 30, 2015, 12:24:45 pm »
I have currently my furst game wit Nomad pklanets. And I had teh situation of having a mark IV Ion Cannon very close to my home planet. I could've destroyed it but Mark IVs are rare and useful, so after some painful raids and pressing to build a command station I got it.
And then I see it. There was still a guard post next to it that I didn't noticed or didn't bother. worse, it was under a force field. I tried to save the Ion cannon but it was too late.
Best part: As soon as I had the pkanet I saved because I was happy that i finally got it. Instead of saving BEFORE I capture it. Ugh, this was so DUMB!

Anyway, for people who want to have a good laugh at me, I added the save.
Next time I will clear everything before taking a Ion Cannon. I thought " I don't need to clean it, the Ion Cannon will take care of the frees ships" and that's exactly what it did. But that does not count for Guard Posts and having one right next to it is very bad.
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Offline Captain Jack

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Re: [Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2015, 12:38:15 pm »
I've done the same with Advanced Constructors and other capturables. The only Ion Cannons I've ever gotten my hands on is the odd Mk III though, I didn't know that IV's appeared in the wild.
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Offline TheVampire100

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Re: [Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2015, 12:41:53 pm »
They are rare, so I really waned to have it. And then I ruined it. The position was also very good on the map, 3 Wormholes, easy defendable. Perfect Whipping Boy material.

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Offline Pumpkin

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Re: [Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2015, 03:43:55 pm »
I feel bad four you, guy! I did that once and felt quite ashamed.
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Offline Arc-3N-4B

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Re: [Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2015, 06:22:12 pm »
I've done the same thing. Mk5.
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Offline Red.Queen

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Re: [Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2015, 05:32:04 am »
Almost just did the same thing with a Mk.III that was under an AI FF.  "That's going to take too long, I'll kill the FF once I break supply to the planet.  I just want to get this captured so I can slap down some Sniper turrets and let them eat away at that Fort on the far side of the planet, I CBA to do it myself." <zip off to go kill neighbor and get that ARS>

Oh right there was something else snuggled up under that FF too.  I was lucky and it was just a SF post so I was able to kill it before losing the Cannon.
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Offline TheVampire100

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Re: [Genius]Capturing planet with Mark IV Ion Cannon
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2015, 05:34:04 am »
I managed to save the savegame. I had still an autosave (all hail the saving god!) that was around the tieme I started my onslaugth on the Ion cannon planet. I will have to take the planet down again but at least I don't have to take the other planets anymore or leave the Ion cannon dead.
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