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1452 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes ago

I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may compromise my crumbling empire... what do new minefields laid in a dead race (no planets) have for a Friendly Code?

1451 days, 13 hours, 29 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

Wait one second! That IS mighty suspicious....?

1451 days, 12 hours, 36 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

It's a secret... at least until my current Sector ends.

1434 days, 13 hours, 50 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

Sept 2nd Edit: I had a question, figured it out. Nothing to see here folks.

Sept 20th Edit: Alright, my question was, what do dead Races minefields/Webs have for a Friendly Code, since they have no planets.

1434 days, 11 hours, 4 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

> what do dead Races minefields/Webs have for a Friendly Code, since they have no planets?

This is a WAG.

I expect that they would have the FC of the last planet to be taken from the dead race. If multiple planets are taken in the last turn, they should have the FC of the closest of those planets.

The above is based on the fact that there would be no remaining planet to trigger a change in the FC.

1431 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

So, what are dead Races minefield and Webs Friendly Code? Without planets to base the Friendly Code off of, what happens?

'000'

1431 days, 17 hours, 5 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

That's new. It used to be the code of the last planet lost, and a MF code when lost would also persist.

Interesting.

1431 days, 16 hours, 58 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

@Gnerphk: I looked at finished games to figure that out... but didn't consider possibility of a change at some point... I'll have to check a more recently finished game in that case.

1431 days, 16 hours, 28 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

I didn't test this personally. This was a long time ago that I got this info.

I've got a situation we can test in a current game; it started about six months ago. I'll post the result somewhere.

1431 days, 15 hours, 40 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

My current Sector where I've laid Webs in a dead Crystals name will be done in ~40 hours. I was going to do an in-game test but lost the ship and ran out of Turns left to get the result.

1423 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

I've run some tests, and I'm getting some odd results. I'm rechecking this turn and should have some better answers.

Preliminary finding is that standard minefields remain at the code of the last planet captured of that race which spawned them. New minefields laid in the name of that race are not bound by that code.

These are preliminary findings, as I've mentioned. I should be able to have definite results in a few days, since I'm presently testing this phenomenon in a live game.

1420 days, 4 hours, 37 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

Verification: Standard minefields retain their last posted friendly code. MF codes seem to have no special impact (which makes sense if you think about it, but it doesn't go without saying -- and requires exhaustive controlled testing).

Matching codes with another player while hostile doesn't preserve fields, as best as I can tell.

I'll be trying new fields soon.

1420 days, 4 hours, 33 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

PS: Matched codes generates a Mine Scan report specific to that field in at least some cases. Again, this is something that would require exhaustive testing for a definitive detailed answer, and I simply don't have the time.

1416 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes ago

RE: I have a question... which I am reluctant too ask as it may...

Found the time. :o)