Posted by: Haji
« on: May 22, 2014, 12:05:39 PM »
1) It's 30% chance of a NPR appearing on a planet where a NPR can appear, which means the planet in question has to satisfy certain conditions, such as having either nitrogen-oxygen (or nitrogen methane) atmosphere of certain density and composition and so on. I'm not exactly sure what conditions (and in what way) have to be satisfied, but generally less than one system in ten has an NPR race. In fact, considering some of my games, less than one in fifty has a NPR that can built starships.
2) I'm assuming you mean jump drive (not gate) efficiency. And yes, the higher the efficiency, the smaller the engine needed for a given jump tonnage.
3) You need to assign an officer with 'fleet training' trait as a staff officer - commander for a task force (not task group). You can do that via the "officer corps" screen. (note: other positions on staff, like intelligence officer, will be filled automathically, but the commander must be selected manually)