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Offline Hyfrydle

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The AFA Are After Me
« on: April 13, 2014, 05:14:41 pm »
I just had a massive battle against the AFA destroying tons of ships it took 172 turns and I ended up with 33,068 credits quite a haul. Also I managed to improve my influence with the Peltians by +2  :)

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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2014, 05:15:34 pm »
See?  And now you can afford a ton of scientist goons easily, and get to newer tech levels. :)
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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2014, 05:19:24 pm »
Yeah true but the battle was hard at times, but also enjoyable. The other thing is I've gone and gifted my science outposts.

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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2014, 05:21:05 pm »
You don't technically have to have them.  They help boost stuff, but they aren't a prerequisite for the dispatches.  Another tip: if you research the general baseline science boost techs BEFORE you do any research on Mark II stuff, then those costs come way down.  Make sure you do the ones that are for you specifically, and not for "any outposts you have" or whatever the wording is, since you don't have any outposts now.
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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2014, 05:25:37 pm »
Will do, is it intended that research is this late into the game?

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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2014, 05:34:27 pm »
I now have 44 scientists and it's still going to take over 300 months of research. Meson computers will take 318 months which is still a long time and then all my scientists disappear.

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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2014, 06:29:07 pm »
Wait, it's possible to actually use outposts yourself rather than just outsourcing/gifting them?

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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2014, 09:24:00 pm »
Wait, it's possible to actually use outposts yourself rather than just outsourcing/gifting them?
This is a very interesting question.

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Re: The AFA Are After Me
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2014, 03:21:16 am »
I believe having outposts and science goons reduces the time it takes to research.