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== Instructions ==
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== Promotion ==
Hey, CSY - you've done a lot of edits to this wiki, I could use someone to help patrol for spammers and whatnot. Do you mind helping out with admin work? --rbos

Hello rbos, I've previously had experience with administrating another wiki. Therefore, I know how some of the '''sysop''' powers work, and would be glad to oversee the wiki's growth. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]]

Cool, thanks. Let me know if there's any policy decisions to discuss. --rbos

== E-mail requirement ==
hey, I set it to require a confirmed email address. Sucks, but maybe it'll help. Sorry I haven't been around much lately, Skyrim. :P --rbos

It may take a while before we get long-term effects. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 23:12, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Enabled FancyCaptcha instead of the broken one that wasn't even properly enabled. Not sure what I was smoking. Currently enabled for sysops too for testing. --rbos

So far, so good. Hopefully we'll see less spam. I just tested a link to Planets 4 in the [[Sandbox]], with minor troubles. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 09:15, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Also. Is it necessary to use the CAPTCHA on every edit? I normally see this tactic used when new external links are made. --[[User:ChallengeSpaceYard|CSY]] 09:20, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the signing tip. Also, I've set it to require captcha on create page, edits that add URL, createaccount, and badlogin. --[[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 18:12, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

If this doesn't work, I'll put in some extra effort and implement Question captcha, which lets me define custom questions, like "What is the solution to two plus two?", or "Type the word 'four'." --[[User:Rbos|Rbos]] 18:14, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Definite improvement so far. -[[Special:Contributions/173.180.198.152|173.180.198.152]] 00:50, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

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The Solar Federation

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{{Player Race
|raceicon=Feds_Race_Icon_Nu.png
|racename=The Solar Federation
|RaceDescription='''The Solar Federation''' better known as ‘The Feds’, are based on the United Federation of Planets as found in the Star Trek series and movies. The Federation can loosely be considered the stereotypical utopian "good guys": on the side of order, morality, and government, the Feds are the slightly creepy father figure who knows what is good for you, and by damn, will force you to accept it whether you want it or not. Other, similar races in Science Fiction are the "Alliance" in Firefly, Ian M. Banks' "Culture", and the US Government in nearly everything it shows up in. They have a very nice all-round fleet of ships, ready to fulfill any purpose you might think of. In the division which is often made between 'fighter-races' and 'torpedo-races' the Feds are definitely a torpedo-race, and a good one too.
|RaceCharacteristics=The Federation have the widest array of torpedo ships ranging from the small two-tube [[Nocturne Class Destroyer]] to the massive [[Nova Class Super Dreadnought]]. This race is relatively easy to play (no dirty tricks you need to master first) and is fairly newbie friendly (super refit allows you to build tech 10-everything ships provided you find the right natives, and they have quite some useful ships below hull tech 7). The Feds’ special abilities are a 200% tax rate, the ability to Super Refit ships with better parts, some very nice crew bonuses in battle, three bonus fighter bays on any carrier and a good amount of special ships.
|StrategyGuides=
These strategy guides helped inform and in some cases word much of what is contained in this article:

*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/fgmain.htm The Federation: a guide] by Donovan
*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/lsfeds.htm The Solar Federation] by Conrad Lesnewski
*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/feds.htm The Imperial Federation] by WarriorSol
*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/fedsbyed.htm Ed's guide to the Federation] by Ed Robinson
*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/fedsmax.htm The Federation player in VGA Planets] by Mike Haslam
*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/fedrufus.htm Feds] by Rufus Aurand
*[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/fedsarend.htm Playing the Federation in VGA Planets] by Arend Wellmann
|RacialAbilities=
The Feds main abilities revolve around their ability to maximize the economic efficiency of any native race they work worth, their Engineers that are able to come through in the clutch, and their modular ship design. However, the bureaucratic oversight that gives them so many economic advantages holds them back from being able to exploit the mineral deposits on planets they colonize, causing a reduction in mining efficiency.

The main race characteristics that distinguish the Feds from other races are:
* [[Super Refit]]
* 200% [[tax rate]]: The Federation encourages the economic development of their Colonies, effectively doubling their tax base. Because of this the Feds have about as strong of a money Economy as the [[Lizards]] and the [[Cyborg]]
* [[Scotty Bonus]]: Federation Engineers are among the most knowledgeable, crafty, and some may say downright lucky of all Engineers and they are able to increase the performance of their ships in the following ways.
**+50kt [[hull mass]]
**[[Carriers]] get +3 [[fighter bays]]
**[[Shields]] regenerate 25% between battles
**All [[Beams|beam weapons]], [[Torpedo|torpedo tubes]], and [[Fighter|fighter bays]] remain available regardless of starting combat damage
* [[Terraform Ship|Terraforming]]:
Of the three different Terraforming Hull types the Federation have two of them and they are highly useful for their purposes. The [[Eros Class Research Vessel]], and the [[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]] can create a hospitable planet out of any planet.

Disadvantages:
* Reduced [[Mining]] Efficiency:
Due to Federation environmental protection laws, they mine at 70% the efficiency of all other races, except the [[Lizards]]. If a player is not careful this can cause serious problems with development.
|ShipList=

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<tr bgcolor=#CFECEC valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="350">Name</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Beams|Bm]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Engines|En]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Megacredits|MC]]</td>
<td bgcolor=#FDD017 align="right" width="32">[[Duranium|Dur]]</td>
<td bgcolor=#2B60DE align="right" width="32">[[Tritanium|Tri]]</td>
<td bgcolor=#4CC552 align="right" width="32">[[Molybdenum|Mol]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Mass]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Cargo|Car]]</td>
<td bgcolor=#C11B17 align="right" width="32">[[Neutronium|Fuel]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">[[Crew]]</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Outrider Class Scout]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">50</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">40</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">5</td>
<td align="right" width="32">75</td>
<td align="right" width="32">40</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">260</td>
<td align="right" width="32">180</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Nocturne Class Destroyer]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">70</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">25</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">50</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">7</td>
<td align="right" width="32">90</td>
<td align="right" width="32">50</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">190</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]] ([[Terraform Ship|heats]] to 50)</td>
<td align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">40</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">32</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">70</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">65</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">60</td>
<td align="right" width="32">200</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">250</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Eros Class Research Vessel]] ([[Terraform Ship|cools]] down to 50)</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">13</td>
<td align="right" width="32">35</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">110</td>
<td align="right" width="32">78</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Vendetta Class Frigate]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">5</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">12</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">23</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">57</td>
<td align="right" width="32">100</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">140</td>
<td align="right" width="32">79</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Nebula Class Cruiser]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">390</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">42</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">61</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">73</td>
<td align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td align="right" width="32">350</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">470</td>
<td align="right" width="32">430</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Banshee Class Destroyer]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">110</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">22</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">47</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">53</td>
<td align="right" width="32">120</td>
<td align="right" width="32">80</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">140</td>
<td align="right" width="32">336</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Large Deep Space Freighter]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">160</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">85</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">7</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">130</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1200</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">600</td>
<td align="right" width="32">102</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Brynhild Class Escort]] ([[Bioscanner]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">7</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">100</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">5</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">45</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">35</td>
<td align="right" width="32">90</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">140</td>
<td align="right" width="32">162</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Loki Class Destroyer]] ([[Tachyon Device]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">43</td>
<td align="right" width="32">101</td>
<td align="right" width="32">80</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">140</td>
<td align="right" width="32">265</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Arkham Class Frigate]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">3/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">70</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">12</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">43</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">67</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>
<td align="right" width="32">90</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">120</td>
<td align="right" width="32">328</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Missouri Class Battleship]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">510</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">140</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">143</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">150</td>
<td align="right" width="32">395</td>
<td align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">260</td>
<td align="right" width="32">810</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Thor Class Frigate]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">9</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">130</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">35</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">55</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">89</td>
<td align="right" width="32">173</td>
<td align="right" width="32">95</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">160</td>
<td align="right" width="32">370</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Diplomacy Class Cruiser]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">9</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">410</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">35</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">53</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">79</td>
<td align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">95</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">350</td>
<td align="right" width="32">328</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Kittyhawk Class Carrier]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">9</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">195</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">25</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">45</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">49</td>
<td align="right" width="32">173</td>
<td align="right" width="32">65</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">280</td>
<td align="right" width="32">370</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Neutronic Refinery Ship]] ([[Alchemy]] [[Neutronium]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">9</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">970</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">125</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">150</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">527</td>
<td align="right" width="32">712</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1050</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">800</td>
<td align="right" width="32">190</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Super Transport Freighter]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">220</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">125</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">13</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">18</td>
<td align="right" width="32">160</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2600</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">1200</td>
<td align="right" width="32">202</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]] ([[Alchemy]] [[Minerals]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">840</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">625</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">250</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">134</td>
<td align="right" width="32">920</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2700</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">450</td>
<td align="right" width="32">120</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Nova Class Super-dreadnought]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">810</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">240</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">343</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">350</td>
<td align="right" width="32">650</td>
<td align="right" width="32">320</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">560</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1810</td>
</tr>
</table>
|ImportantShips=
Only the most useful ships will be mentioned here.

* [[Nocturne Class Destroyer]]: This is a small and cheap torpedo ship. It is useful as a minelayer for laying [[small overlapping minefields]] to thwart cloakers. Useful for the early game, but since it only has one engine its utility diminishes.

* [[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]]: Warms planets up to 50 degrees.

* [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]: Cools planets down to 50 degrees.

* [[Nebula Class Cruiser]]: The small/medium warship and primary minelayer of your fleet. Decent mass, large cargo hold, large crew, large tank, four beams and four torptubes.

* [[Brynhild Class Escort]]: The Federation [[Bioscanner]], which has a 20% chance of scanning planets within 200 LYs for natives and temperature when it's mission is set to 'sensor sweep'.

* [[Missouri Class Battleship]]: The best tech 8 ship around. 8 Beams, 6 tubes, high mass and a large crew.

* [[Loki Class Destroyer]]: This ship should never do any fighting for you. It's far too valuable. It will decloak those sneaky cloakers, after which one of your other ships can kill them. Beware of Lizards and Birdmen: their cloakers are immune to the Loki's tachyon field.

* [[Diplomacy Class Cruiser]]: Six torp tubes and six beams. Holds 95 torps, weighs 180 KT and has a nice big 350 KT fueltank.

* [[Kittyhawk Class Carrier]]: The Kitty is the Federation's only carrier. It has six fighterbays, holds 65 fighters and has four beams. With the three bonus fighterbays it puts fighters in the battle at the rate of a ship with 9 bays, only one bay less than the large carriers. It's main drawback is it's limited cargohold.

* [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought]]: The biggest ship in your list. Pretty good, but on it's own it still won't win from any of the large carriers or the [[Annihilation Class Battleship]].
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