Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

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482 days, 1 hours, 49 minutes ago

sosusu

Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy mission?

Can I safely get things from a planet?

Can I match the planet FC without risking the planet has Force Surrender and takes my ship?

Etc...

And some small examples of SAFE use of the Superspy Mission please.

:)

sosusu

482 days, 1 hours, 23 minutes ago

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

@Sosusu,

> Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy mission?

The Super Spy mission is used to activate the following advantages:
Super Spy
Super Spy Deluxe
Super Spy Advanced (Standard and Campaign)
Super Spy Command (Campaign)

The details of what each of these does is described in the page for the Super Spy mission.

http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/mis-super-spy

> Can I safely get things from a planet?

You can if the planer doesn't have a starbase, and if you move away from the planet on the turn you take stuff.

> Can I match the planet FC without risking the planet has Force Surrender and takes my ship?

Planets can't Force Surrender, only starbases can do that.

482 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes ago

the wolf

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Superspy gives you the planet's info and you have a 20% chance to change the planet's FC to the ship's for every ship with the same FC. If the planet's FC is changed and it has 30+ defense posts, then it has a 20% chance to consume 10 defense posts and declock all your ships in orbit, but if its Friendly Code is changed to mfX , where X represents any character, then it will always trigger the pulse as long as the required number of defense posts are present. There is no way for the planet owner to cause this to happen or turn it off.

You can set the FC to bum and steal all his money or another code to allow your ships to pass through his minefields.

If you want to "safely" use superspy, have the ship doing the mission start its FC with an 'x'. i.e. xcv, x23, xds, etc. When you do this, you cannot change the FC of the planet, but the planet cannot declock your ships and you still get all the planet info as normal.

Also, if the Birdmen ship switches its mission to something other than Super Spy it will surrender to a planets starbase if it has a matching friendly code and the starbase mission is set to force surrender. So don't do that.

481 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes ago

sosusu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Hm complicated but ty.

How can I know which of the 3-4 types of Superspy mission I have?

I read the Information to say that Superspy prevent the effect of Force Surrender.

And oh yes missions are mutually exclusive, so I can generally speaking not use Beam up stuff :/

481 days, 21 hours, 11 minutes ago

sosusu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

I take the mfX information to mean, that it is intended to prevent one form building fighters with the planets materials.

But I have in past been told, that matching LFM only works for Full Allies(?!)

481 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes ago

mursu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Friendly code 'mfX' is a special planetary friendly code that makes all the minefields of the player to have that friendly code. So you can move through minefields the turn friendly code is changed. This is one use for the Super Spy mission, but pretty much requires you to have 5 ships performing so that it won't accidentally fail and your moving fleet getting stuck in minefield.

The main weakness Super Spy mission has is that while you can change the friendly code and/or scout the friendly code, it will only stay in place for one turn. Or at least your opponent can change it if the want (there are add-ons doing it automatically). So even if you scout that the FC of a planet is 'xyz', you cannot be sure that it will remain the same next turn when you change to Beam up minerals mission (and if there is a starbase you certainly do not want to have a matching friendly code and use any other mission except Super Spy).

So apart from 'mfX' manouvres you will want to change the friendly code to 'bum' to steal money as that happens right away. Also it is very useful to know how many fighters/defence posts a starbase/planet has so you can attack it. Again the enemy has one turn to build more after you see the report, but you'll also see if he has money to do it.

481 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes ago

commander koski

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

You can get really creative with super spy, for example, you can change an enemy starbase FC to pb1. :D

481 days, 19 hours, 50 minutes ago

sonic hedgehog

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Work in packs. 5 Swifts will 100% change the planets Fcode, add a Resolute to beam up whatever you want. 2 lots of 5 Swifts allows you to have 1 pack move off the planet into the Grav Well while the other pack moves to the planet so you avoid the planets Ion Pulse.

481 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes ago

sirad

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

'You can get really creative with super spy, for example, you can change an enemy starbase FC to pb1. :D'

This is what i consider one of the most powerful Uses of SS

481 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes ago

sosusu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Thank you very much all, this is indeed food for thought :)

I presume that that the Resolute too in the 5 (or 5+5) Swifts example would NEED to move off off that planet, after beaming up something!

sosusu

481 days, 17 hours, 15 minutes ago

sonic hedgehog

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

@Sosusu
"I presume that that the Resolute too in the 5 (or 5+5) Swifts example would NEED to move off off that planet, after beaming up something!"

for sure, The Ion pulse will decloak all ships at the planet, so any incoming enemy ships will get you. moving off the planet you will be uncloaked, but if you're using a beam up mission then you're not cloaked anyway.

480 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes ago

sosusu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Thank you :)

sosusu

431 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes ago

sosusu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Btw is it possible in a normal game to somehow Disable the enemy planet Starbase preventing it from fighting?

And IF so, then can one attack the planet without having to fight its Starbase?

sosusu

431 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes ago

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

> is it possible in a normal game to somehow Disable the enemy planet Starbase preventing it from fighting?

Only in a Campaign game.

Have the Superspy Command ability enabled and set the planet's FC to NTP.

431 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes ago

sosusu

RE: Can someone please explain to me how to use the Superspy...

Thank you again whisperer :)

I sort of feared so from reading the rather general article referred to by your original link

http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/mis-super-spy

:/

sosusu