Posted by: Jetman123
« on: December 19, 2010, 10:53:47 AM »Thanks, it's appreciated. The galactic empire doesn't seem like the friendliest of folks, but they're slowly warming up.
Actually, not being able to communicate is not limited only to the three non-randomly generated NPRs. It can also happen with normal NPRs. I'm pretty sure one time I had a game where I had little to no military forces and I found an NPR right next to Sol and I couldn't communicate. I gave up on that game there and then. And I'm pretty darn sure they weren't precursors since they had a significant planet population with all their ships grouped up around their home planet and the planet was within the range for NPRs to be generated on and they didn't fire on sight.
Generally communication seems to be established fairly quickly. If you are told you will not be able to establish communications, you have met one of the three built-in hostile aliens.Actually, not being able to communicate is not limited only to the three non-randomly generated NPRs. It can also happen with normal NPRs. I'm pretty sure one time I had a game where I had little to no military forces and I found an NPR right next to Sol and I couldn't communicate. I gave up on that game there and then. And I'm pretty darn sure they weren't precursors since they had a significant planet population with all their ships grouped up around their home planet and the planet was within the range for NPRs to be generated on and they didn't fire on sight.