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What about being able to sell excess colony ships to civilian interests, or refit civilian ships to more up to date tech?

I don't see the point in that since one of the best things about civilian built ships is that they don't cost resources.  The wealth that you would get seems a trifle compared to the irreplaceable resources that you spent to build it.

You might sell it if the cost to upgrade isn't worth it and you don't want older ships. I see your point as even an old slow ship can be useful but you might also sell it to civilians to save fuel.

Steve

What about being able to sell excess colony ships to civilian interests, or refit civilian ships to more up to date tech?

I don't see the point in that since one of the best things about civilian built ships is that they don't cost resources.  The wealth that you would get seems a trifle compared to the irreplaceable resources that you spent to build it.

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I haven't coded it yet but I intend to add an option to "nationalise" civilian shipping. This will add all civilian shipping to your Empire but there will be a lower chance of civilian shipping appearing in the future. Every time you nationalise the chance will decrease further (I am thinking of halving the chance for each nationalisation).

Is it possible to have a button to buy civilian shipping, not all of it but selected task groups and at a reasonable market cost? E.g. My empire is short of geo survey ships, the civs have built two or three which just hang around doing nothing and I would like to give them something constructive to do, but I am quite happy with the colony ships and don't want to interfere in their work. This would be much better than an all or nothing nationalisation button, which would reduce the chance of more free ships.

That's a very good idea. The only slight problem I can see is that a player would buy up all the civilian ships and remove the civilian element of the game. Therefore, how about if the only civilian ships offered for sale are those that cannot find anything to do, like the geo survey ships you mentioned? This is on the basis that if the civilian owner cannot find any thing for his ships to do, he is much more likely to try and sell them.

Steve

What about a sliding scale for costs - e.g. the cost to buy the last available ship is (prohibatively) higher than buying the first ship. I mean, it follows real life - the law of supply and demand and all....

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I haven't coded it yet but I intend to add an option to "nationalise" civilian shipping. This will add all civilian shipping to your Empire but there will be a lower chance of civilian shipping appearing in the future. Every time you nationalise the chance will decrease further (I am thinking of halving the chance for each nationalisation).

Is it possible to have a button to buy civilian shipping, not all of it but selected task groups and at a reasonable market cost? E.g. My empire is short of geo survey ships, the civs have built two or three which just hang around doing nothing and I would like to give them something constructive to do, but I am quite happy with the colony ships and don't want to interfere in their work. This would be much better than an all or nothing nationalisation button, which would reduce the chance of more free ships.

That's a very good idea. The only slight problem I can see is that a player would buy up all the civilian ships and remove the civilian element of the game. Therefore, how about if the only civilian ships offered for sale are those that cannot find anything to do, like the geo survey ships you mentioned? This is on the basis that if the civilian owner cannot find any thing for his ships to do, he is much more likely to try and sell them.

Steve

I haven't coded it yet but I intend to add an option to "nationalise" civilian shipping. This will add all civilian shipping to your Empire but there will be a lower chance of civilian shipping appearing in the future. Every time you nationalise the chance will decrease further (I am thinking of halving the chance for each nationalisation).

Is it possible to have a button to buy civilian shipping, not all of it but selected task groups and at a reasonable market cost? E.g. My empire is short of geo survey ships, the civs have built two or three which just hang around doing nothing and I would like to give them something constructive to do, but I am quite happy with the colony ships and don't want to interfere in their work. This would be much better than an all or nothing nationalisation button, which would reduce the chance of more free ships.

Regards

This one properly belongs under suggestions... But I'd like to see a better correlation between the TacIntel window contact designations and the Contacts listed in Fleet Moves.

But r possible,for a civilians routine program,coloniz some "bad politics" or "too far from Core" systems..r very real simulations.
Some Uthopic Leader send a "religious anarchist" at 1 jump only far from a vicious enemy:)..do u remember Space mobile Infantry film and book?
yeah..

Or some colonist vanguished on void space..lost in unknow systems,lack on fuel..and one century or another the "Central Governement" (you) found this wreckage in a space..

BUT..NOT build too much colony ships..i think r very expensive this ships..
..hard work and balanced..