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448 days, 9 hours, 1 minutes ago
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matrix3081
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Does anyone know how to get past x sector level 2 on the cyborgs?
448 days, 5 hours, 45 minutes ago
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xi scorpii
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Since the Fascist has a developed star base, you'd likely need at least one Annihilation or Biocide to take it out. And since the Fascist has 2x beams you'll need more fighters than normal on the Biocide if that's what you use.

That's a good level to practice on your economy. Build up your factories and mines on your homeworld. Set your taxes at the highest level where they're stable. (Not the optimum approach, but keep it simple at first.)

Spread out from your homeworld to find good native races with a high government for taxes, and move clans there. Also keep your eyes open for good mineral planets nearby. Generally a useful first ship build is a large freighter to bring up those good planets immediately.

Fireclouds are your best ship at the beginning and can lay mines so build some of those. You can equip them with X-rays for freighter capture and Mark 4 or Mark 7 tubes for small military targets and minelaying. (Just remember to use the NTP friendly code when capturing freighters so you don't accidentally blow them up with torpedoes. And to change the code right after.)

Then work on getting the necessary money and minerals to build a cube or two to go after the enemy base.

448 days, 5 hours, 41 minutes ago
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matrix3081
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Thank you
448 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
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matrix3081
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What do you mean build up economy?
448 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
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singularity
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@Matrix3081

He means
1) put clans on planets with good natives to generate Mcr. Aim to have enough clans so that you can tax the planet every turn with +0 happiness change. This is known as safetax 100. If you can get more clans there, then you can use Growth tax (see below).

2) Build factories everywere you can. They pay for themselves in 4 turns, and then turn you a profit. Plus supplies are more useful than Mcr.

3) Build mineral mines to extract the minerals you need. On mineral rich worlds you want 200+ mines. Or poor planets you want ~50 mines.

Maybe look over these guides: (Warning old info and may be out of date).
http://www.donovansvgap.com/economy/index.htm
448 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes ago
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matrix3081
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Is anyone ever going to produce new guides for the economy and all races?
448 days, 1 hours, 38 minutes ago
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whisperer
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@Matrix3081,

> Is anyone ever going to produce new guides for the economy and all races?

The Editors would be happy to work with anyone to assist in the creation of guides for publishing at Planets.nu.

I've written a Cyborg Tax guide (http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/g-Cyborg-Native-Taxes), but I don't have the time for anything else.
448 days, 0 hours, 35 minutes ago
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matrix3081
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How can I suggest stuff to the editors?

Plus thinking about buying a year later down the road!
448 days, 0 hours, 14 minutes ago
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whisperer
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@Matrix3081,

> How can I suggest stuff to the editors?

Send a PM to @Editors :)
447 days, 23 hours, 12 minutes ago
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decius
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One minor correction: Fascists don't have 2X beams in the single player levels (sadly). The single player levels appear to use Classic rules, not Standard rules, so you don't get some of the race balancing features.

Also, if you're interested in learning the Cyborg, there are some great articles about them on the Planets Magazine site:
http://www.planetsmagazine.com/category/races/borg/borgguides/

Just know that they are quite different from every other race, especially economically and strategically.