Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

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407 days, 16 hours, 53 minutes ago

sbor

Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

Horwasp colonist transfer question:
Between "normal" races it is easy to beam colonists from ship to ship which magically modifies the race of those clans. Is the same possible with Horwasp ships?

407 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes ago

RE: Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

According to information provided by Admins, not entirely.

1. "Horwasp fleet ships can no longer carry minerals as cargo. Only clans (or natives in a farm). Minerals/supplies must be moved via Rock launches."

Source; http://planets.nu/#/post/horwasp-alpha-2-release

Now if this has been bug tested is another thing.

407 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes ago

RE: Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

Now a year and a half ago, I swear I tested transferring Clans to a 'pod' and 'fleet' ship but can't remember if there was issues or not.

Just checked if I had the test Sector for it, but I deleted it, which I was pretty sure was the case but thought I'd double check.
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I have questions if it does work for pods. Already pods aimed at an Accelerator that launch towards it but then an Ion Storm moves it or an enemy destroys it... and the pod goes to the original Accelerator location, changes direction and keeps going, but without the speed bonus.... but with the fuel savings!

So imagine launching a clan-less pod and having a Hive at its next Turn location transfer Clans to it, saving loads of fuel launching the pod. Can't remember test results.

Hindsight should have made a thread for tracking Horwasp discoveries.

407 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes ago

sbor

RE: Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

I know I can only put fuel and clans on a ship.
I also know that I can transfer clans between two of my Broods. What I don't know is if I can transfer to/from a ship of another race. The implication would be that a Horwasp ally is equally good for colonist production as a Borg ally. Give them some tasty Amorphous and they give you colonists.
That ship-to-pod transfer abuse sounds like it really should not work and be reported as bug if it does work. Stinger in flight does not have a jettison-menu, Soldier does.

407 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes ago

RE: Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

@Glyn a long time ago you could send an empty pod with minimal clans on and have a ship in mid space one turn out fill it to the brim and the fuel cost did not change. So that's why the clan transfer was changed to stop that abuse.

407 days, 12 hours, 17 minutes ago

RE: Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

@Sbor: I thought a bit more about the tests I ran... I did attempt to transfer clans from Birdmen to Horwasp ships!

I used 'gsX' to gift Horwasp a Resolute, then used it to attack a freighter and then saw the beams were xrays instead of what it was built with. So I put Clans on it and it raised the Horwasp owned Resolute beam tech up!

What I can't remember exactly, is if I put Horwasp Clans or Birdmen Clans using a cloaked Birdman ship (this was before Safe Passage worked between Horwasp and non-Horwasp).

Either way this is year and a half old info assuming I'm recalling correctly anyhow.

Sorry I couldn't be more help Sbor.

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@Martinr: Thanks!

395 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes ago

RE: Horwasp colonist transfer question: Between "normal" races...

@Sbor: You can transfer clans from a Horwasp "Powered" ship to a ship of another race. You can not transfer clans from a planet directly to a ship of another race. It is the same with fuel.

"The implication would be that a Horwasp ally is equally good for colonist production as a Borg ally."

They are better in some ways than a Borg ally. They can generate fuel for essentially "free" -- I don't consider the population to be a cost as it is so easy to get -- and they can transfer natives around for major benefits -- like helping your ally mine those pesky cold or hot worlds by sending a few reptiles there, or upgrading that pre-tribal government with 9,000,000 native to a more useful participatory or unity.