Post by: laz on July 28, 2010, 11:04:35 AM
Is this some kind of component for the star swarms that enable them to harvest asteriods or something?
Post by: Erik L on July 28, 2010, 12:00:55 PM
Quote from: "laz"
One of my NPR allies has recently sent me research on a technology described as a "Swarm Extraction Module"
Is this some kind of component for the star swarms that enable them to harvest asteriods or something?
Sounds like an alien probe.
Post by: welchbloke on July 28, 2010, 12:05:44 PM
Quote from: "laz"
One of my NPR allies has recently sent me research on a technology described as a "Swarm Extraction Module"I believe so; I also received this tech from an ally.
Is this some kind of component for the star swarms that enable them to harvest asteriods or something?
I like Erik's idea though
Post by: Steve Walmsley on July 28, 2010, 02:00:56 PM
Quote from: "laz"
One of my NPR allies has recently sent me research on a technology described as a "Swarm Extraction Module"[spoiler:1cdhbrep]Yes, this is the technology that allows swarm workers to extract minerals from planets and turn them into 'wrecks' that a Queen can use to create new workers. In essence they create the 'eggs' and she fertilises them. After a set period a new Soldier, Worker or Queen emerges. The swarm will decide what type its needs most and the workers produce an egg of the appropriate size.[/spoiler:1cdhbrep]
Is this some kind of component for the star swarms that enable them to harvest asteriods or something?
Steve
Post by: laz on July 28, 2010, 04:40:25 PM
What function would they serve if i mounted them on a ship? WOuld they act as a sorium harvester or an asteroid miner or both?
Post by: Steve Walmsley on August 02, 2010, 10:57:44 AM
Quote from: "laz"
I notice I can mount them on my designs.They would just create new wrecks for swarm queens. Probably not a good idea
What function would they serve if i mounted them on a ship? WOuld they act as a sorium harvester or an asteroid miner or both?
Steve
Post by: schroeam on August 02, 2010, 07:16:07 PM
Quote from: "Steve Walmsley"
Quote from: "laz"I notice I can mount them on my designs.They would just create new wrecks for swarm queens. Probably not a good idea :)
What function would they serve if i mounted them on a ship? WOuld they act as a sorium harvester or an asteroid miner or both?
Adam.
Post by: Steve Walmsley on August 03, 2010, 12:02:24 PM
Quote from: "adradjool"
Quote from: "Steve Walmsley"Ooh yes! good idea!Quote from: "laz"I notice I can mount them on my designs.They would just create new wrecks for swarm queens. Probably not a good idea :)
What function would they serve if i mounted them on a ship? WOuld they act as a sorium harvester or an asteroid miner or both?
Adam.
Steve
Post by: randal7 on August 03, 2010, 01:44:17 PM
Post by: welchbloke on August 04, 2010, 07:53:18 AM
Quote from: randal7
Is there a description of Swarm "ecology" around here somewhere? I've never seen one, but everyone else seems to understand how it works.There is no description as Steve likes people to discover for themselves. It also gives your fleet intelligence officers something to do <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" /> . For a brief explanation then read inside the spolier tags.There are 3 types of Swarm. Firstly there is the Queen (a 1000km/s 60000 tonne carrier that is armed with meson weapons. Secondly, there are 10000km/s 600 tonne Soldiers that are armed with meson weapons. They are the only real warships of the swarm. Finally there are Workers. Workers are 6000 tonnes (IIRC) and travel at 3000 km/s ish (I can't remember exactly and I'm at work). The workers mine asteroids/comets for minerals that are used by the Queen (I think) to create eggs that hatch to create new members of the swarm. The eggs appear on the map as wrecks of what they going to hatch into; this is the only time you will see a Swarm wreck. Destroyed Swarm ships do not leave wrecks. Once a Swarm is discovered it will continue to mine the resources of system and and the Queen will continue to create more soldiers and workers.
Post by: Steve Walmsley on August 04, 2010, 12:11:54 PM
Quote from: welchbloke
The Queen will also lay eggs in normal wrecks as well as those created by the workersQuote from: randal7Is there a description of Swarm "ecology" around here somewhere? I've never seen one, but everyone else seems to understand how it works.There is no description as Steve likes people to discover for themselves. It also gives your fleet intelligence officers something to do <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" /> . For a brief explanation then read inside the spolier tags.There are 3 types of Swarm. Firstly there is the Queen (a 1000km/s 60000 tonne carrier that is armed with meson weapons. Secondly, there are 10000km/s 600 tonne Soldiers that are armed with meson weapons. They are the only real warships of the swarm. Finally there are Workers. Workers are 6000 tonnes (IIRC) and travel at 3000 km/s ish (I can't remember exactly and I'm at work). The workers mine asteroids/comets for minerals that are used by the Queen (I think) to create eggs that hatch to create new members of the swarm. The eggs appear on the map as wrecks of what they going to hatch into; this is the only time you will see a Swarm wreck. Destroyed Swarm ships do not leave wrecks. Once a Swarm is discovered it will continue to mine the resources of system and and the Queen will continue to create more soldiers and workers.
Steve
Post by: Caesar on October 12, 2010, 01:44:27 PM
Post by: sloanjh on October 12, 2010, 10:02:57 PM
John
Post by: welchbloke on October 13, 2010, 07:03:30 PM
Fixed corrupt spoiler tags in Welchbloke's post - the marked text was visible.Thanks John
John
Post by: The Khan on October 15, 2010, 05:55:20 PM