Conventional start

[Five (OP)]

I was looking at doing a conventional start and remember reading that the NPRs can't handle a conventional start, thus making them useless in a space faring way. So how do you guys go about conventional starts? Do you start a normal game with no tech and then just SM in the conv industry, or is another preferred method i'm missing?

Thanks for the help

-Five

[Andrew]

Not sure what you are asking.
NPR's created during a conventional start will have full TN technology. You will have a large amount of conventional industry as will any player controlled race you create with conventional technology. If you start in the same system as an NPR you will have problems

[Five (OP)]

Ahh, i must have misunderstood then, i thought if i started a conventional game that myself and the NPRs both started conventional.

Thanks for clearing that up.

-Five

[metalax]

The NCR's only have a problem if they are the ones given a conventional start. They have no problems dealing with you having one though.

[user-unknown]

Yeah, I am currently invading a low tech NPR home planet in order to make use of their stupidly large mineral deposits - they have been sitting there for about 20 years doing absolutely nothing.