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== VGA Planets Wiki ==

This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game '''VGA Planets''', by Tim Wisseman: a turn-based strategy game designed to be played by up to 11 players. VGA Planets (or VGAP, or Planets) was released in 1992 as a BBS "door game", and is now played over the Internet via email or via Web interface.

This wiki is largely intended to serve as a supplement for [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu], but should more or less apply to all VGA Planets 3 implementations.

* [[Where To Play]]

* Races:
** [[The Solar Federation]]
** [[Lizards]]
** [[The Empire of Birds]]
** [[Fascists]]
** [[Privateers]]
** [[Cyborg]]
** [[Crystals]]
** [[Empire]]
** [[Robots]]
** [[Rebels]]
** [[The Lost Colonies of Man]]

* Ships:
** [[Ship List]]
** [[Ship Components]]
** [[Ship Movement]]

* Planets & Economics:
** [[Native Race Advantages]]
** [[Taxes, Happiness, and Population Growth]]
** [[Defenses]]
** [[Hostile Planets]]
** [[Priority Build Points]]

* Tactics:
** [[Cloak Intercept]]
** [[Disguising Ship Movement]]
** [[Warp Wells]]
** [[Combat Order]]
** [[Mine Laying]]
** [[Ship vs Ship]]

* Strategies:
** [[Alliances]]
** [[Enemies]]

* Game Mechanics
** [[Friendly Codes]]
** [[Host Order]]
** [[Host Configuration]]

== Proposed article templates ==

[[Race Template]]
[[Ship Template]]

Alchemy

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Dacilndak: Added links to "Friendly Codes" page.

=Overview=

Alchemy ships do just that - perform alchemy by converting one resource to another.

=Alchemy Ships=

* [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]] - converts 1 supply and 1 mineral to 1 fuel
** Can be disabled by the [[Friendly Codes|friendly code]] "NAL" or by having a full fuel tank
* [[Aries Class Transport]] ([[Colonies]] only) - converts 1 mineral to 1 fuel
** Can only be disabled by having a full fuel tank
* [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]] - converts 3 supplies to 1 mineral
** One can specify what minerals to be produced in the Merlin's [[Friendly Codes|friendly code]]. "ald" signifies all duranium, "alt" signifies all tritanium, and "alm" signifies all molybdenum. Any other friendly code will cause the ship to produce equal amount of all minerals.
** Can also be disabled by the [[Friendly Codes|friendly code]] "NAL"

[[Category:Hull Functions]]

Main Page

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Dacilndak: Added links to Alliances and (future) Enemies pages.

== VGA Planets Wiki ==

This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game '''VGA Planets''', by Tim Wisseman: a turn-based strategy game designed to be played by up to 11 players. VGA Planets (or VGAP, or Planets) was released in 1992 as a BBS "door game", and is now played over the Internet via email or via Web interface.

This wiki is largely intended to serve as a supplement for [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu], but should more or less apply to all VGA Planets 3 implementations.

* [[Where To Play]]

* Races:
** [[The Solar Federation]]
** [[Lizards]]
** [[The Empire of Birds]]
** [[Fascists]]
** [[Privateers]]
** [[Cyborg]]
** [[Crystals]]
** [[Empire]]
** [[Robots]]
** [[Rebels]]
** [[The Lost Colonies of Man]]

* Ships:
** [[Ship List]]
** [[Ship Components]]
** [[Ship Movement]]

* Planets & Economics:
** [[Native Race Advantages]]
** [[Taxes, Happiness, and Population Growth]]
** [[Defenses]]
** [[Hostile Planets]]
** [[Priority Build Points]]

* Tactics:
** [[Cloak Intercept]]
** [[Disguising Ship Movement]]
** [[Warp Wells]]
** [[Combat Order]]
** [[Mine Laying]]
** [[Ship vs Ship]]

* Strategies:
** [[Alliances]]
** [[Enemies]]

* Game Mechanics
** [[Friendly Codes]]
** [[Host Order]]

== Proposed article templates ==

[[Race Template]]
[[Ship Template]]

Ship vs Ship

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== Overview ==

This page will discuss various tactical considerations when pitting two or more ships against each other.

Usually ships with 3 or fewer fighter bays are not considered combat vessels. The [[Evil Empire]]'s [[Super Star Destroyer]] for instance is better used in conjunction with a beefier ship (its [[Imperial Assault]] ability is much more valuable than the ship per se), and can only effectively fight ships with a few beams. Additionally, 1- or 2-bay carriers like the [[Iron Slave Class Baseship]] are seldom built, simply because they are not powerful at all.

The outcome of combat between two ships depends on the abilities of the ships involved, and the combination used. A cheap combination of ships can take out an expensive ship, and a race that trades cheap ships to kill expensive ships can often lose almost every battle, and win the war in the end by bleeding dry their opponent.

== Most Powerful Ships ==

By consensus, the most powerful ships in the game, all things considered, are the following:

# [[Gorbie Class Battlecarrier|Gorbie]] ([[Empire|Evil Empire]], Carrier)
# [[Biocide Class Carrier|Biocide]] ([[Cyborg]], Carrier) [[Biocide Class Carrier|Biocide]] 67.3% vs [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Virgo]] 27.3%
# [[Golem Class Baseship|Golem]] ([[Robots]], Carrier)
# [[Rush Class Heavy Carrier|Rush]] ([[Rebels]], Carrier)
# [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Virgo]] ([[Colonies]], Carrier)
# [[Automa Class Baseship|Automa]] ([[Robots]], Carrier)/ [[Crystal Thunder Class Carrier|Crystal Thunder]] ([[Crystals]], Carrier)
# [[Annihilation Class Battleship|Annihilation]] ([[Cyborg]], Torp)
# [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought|Nova]] ([[The_Solar_Federation|Feds]], Torp)
# [[Dark Wing Class Battleship|Darkwing]] ([[The_Empire_of_Birds|Birdmen]], Torp)
# [[Instrumentality Class Baseship|Instrumentality]] ([[Robots]], Carrier)
# [[Victorious Class Battleship|Victorious]] ([[Fascists]], Torp)/ [[Diamond Flame Class Battleship|Diamond Flame]] ([[Crystals]], Torp)
# [[T-Rex Class Battleship|T-Rex]] ([[Lizards]], Torp; with Liz crew is better then a Vict/Diamond Fl)
# [[Missouri Class Battleship|Missouri]] ([[The_Solar_Federation|Feds]], Torp)

However, don't underestimate ship combinations. The [[The Solar Federation|Feds]], [[Lizards]] and [[Crystals]] in particular have reasonably strong, cheap ships, that while unable to go toe-to-toe against the heavy hitters can still win an economic war against the far more expensive, larger ships. A [[Diplomacy Class Cruiser|Diplomacy]] or a [[Missouri Class Battleship|Missouri]] followed by a [[Kittyhawk Class Carrier|Kittyhawk]] is most of the time much stronger then 2 of the same kind. Mixing [[T-Rex Class Battleship|T-Rexes]] and [[Madonnzilla Class Carrier|Madonnzilas]] works better than either individually. A [[Diamond Flame Class Battleship|Diamond Flame]] followed by a [[Crystal Thunder Class Carrier|Crystal Thunder]] is really strong.

== Notes ==

* That why this is awesome strategy game, with diplomacy and luck.
* Most races don't have more than few battleships that they need to build, and freighters as needed.
* Small ships can be good scouts or money runners.
* While [[Colonies]] don't need medium or smaller freighters at all because they have the [[Cobol Class Research Cruiser|Cobol]].

See [http://vgaplanets.nu/ships The VGA Planets Nu ship list].

Good medium-sized ships are (in no particular order):
[[Ill Wind Class Battlecruiser]], [[Super Star Carrier]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser]], [[Emerald Class Cruiser]], [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]].
The [[Empire]]'s [[Super Star Cruiser]] is bad, if it has high-level beams agaist torp race.
But it's a tech 9 hull.

But like the [[Fascists|Fascist]] coldpain 4 beam and 2 tube should not be ignored. Cos they come in cloak, and pillage. Same goes [[The Empire of Birds|Birdmen]] ships, and they steal your fuel and beam up all money.

The [[Empire|Evil Empire's]] [[Super Star Destroyer]] is widely overrated. Though it's [[Imperial Assault]] ability it incredibly powerful, it is difficult to use, as the [[Super Star Destroyer|SSD]] is a relatively weak carrier with only 3 bays. Though it cannot be attacked by planets, it is easily destroyed by enemy ships, and most enemy planets worth taking will have defending ships in orbit that will destroy the [[Super Star Destroyer|SSD]]. Therefore, it is most easily used in attacking frontier planets, though they would usually be captured just as easily by a direct battle. The [[Super Star Destroyer|SSD]] really shines toward the end of a game when most of an enemy's ships were either destroyed or occupied in space battles; an [[Empire|Evil Empire]] player could then safely move their [[Super Star Destroyer|SSD]]s into orbit for [[Imperial Assault]]. It would also be possible to perform an [[Imperial Assault]] early or in the middle of a game if you are allied with a cloaking race; your ally could [[Cloaked Tow|cloak-tow]] all of your enemy's ships away from his planet so you could safely perform an [[Imperials Assault]] next turn (assuming your enemy doesn't build another warship).

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Official Privateer race icon from http://vgaplanets.nu

Ship Components

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Tables taken from Infolist v3.1 created by Eden Tan.

== [[Engines]] ==
<pre>
Engine Tech Cost Dur Tri Mol
------------------- ---- ---- --- --- ---
StarDrive 1 1 1 1 5 0
StarDrive 2 2 2 2 5 1
StarDrive 3 3 3 2 3 5
SuperStarDrive 4 4 10 3 3 7
Nova Drive 5 5 25 3 3 7
HeavyNova Drive 6 6 53 3 3 15
Quantam Drive 7 7 170 3 3 15
Hyper Drive 8 9 200 13 3 25
Transwarp Drive 10 300 16 3 35
</pre>

<pre>
Fuel Usage (%) Warp 1 Warp 2 Warp 3 Warp 4 Warp 5 Warp 6 Warp 7 Warp 8 Warp 9
--------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
StarDrive 1 100.00 200.00 300.00 400.00 500.00 600.00 700.00 800.00 900.00
StarDrive 2 100.00 107.50 300.00 400.00 500.00 600.00 700.00 800.00 900.00
StarDrive 3 100.00 106.25 107.78 337.50 500.00 600.00 700.00 800.00 900.00
SuperStarDrv 4 100.00 103.75 104.44 106.25 300.00 322.22 495.92 487.50 900.00
Nova Drive 5 100.00 103.75 104.44 106.25 104.00 291.67 291.84 366.41 900.00
HeavyNova Drv 6 100.00 103.75 104.44 106.25 104.00 103.69 251.02 335.16 900.00
Quantam Drive 7 100.00 103.75 104.44 106.25 104.00 103.69 108.16 303.91 529.63
Hyper Drive 8 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 102.04 109.38 529.63
Transwarp Drive 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
</pre>

Notes:
*Fuel usage formula is approximate with about a +/-5KT error
*The units are per 1/100,000 of a KT per LY, i.e. 100 corresponds to .001 KT-fuel/KT-mass/LY
*A 200 KT ship going 20 LY at Warp 8 with Nova Drive 5 engines would take about 15 KT of fuel (.0036641*200*20)

== Beam Weapons ==
<pre>
Beam Weapon Tech Cost Dur Tri Mol Mass Kill Expl
------------------- ---- ---- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
Laser 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 3
X-Ray Laser 1 2 0 1 0 1 15 1
Plasma Bolt 2 5 2 1 0 2 3 10
Blaster 3 10 12 1 1 4 10 25
Positron Beam 4 12 12 1 5 3 9 29
Disruptor 5 13 12 1 1 4 30 20
Heavy Blaster 6 31 12 1 14 7 20 40
Phaser 7 35 12 1 30 5 30 35
Heavy Disruptor 8 36 17 1 37 7 50 35
Heavy Phaser 10 54 12 1 55 6 35 45
</pre>

== Launchers/Torpedoes ==
<pre>
Launcher/Torpedo Tech Cost Dur Tri Mol Mass Kill Expl
------------------- ---- ---- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
Mark 1 Photon 1 1 1 1 0 2 -- --
1 1 1 1 1 4 5
Proton Torpedo 2 4 0 1 0 2 -- --
2 1 1 1 1 6 8
Mark 2 Photon 3 4 4 1 0 2 -- --
5 1 1 1 1 3 10
Gamma Bomb 3 6 3 1 1 4 -- --
10 1 1 1 1 15 2
Mark 3 Photon 4 5 1 1 5 2 -- --
12 1 1 1 1 9 15
Mark 4 Photon 5 20 4 1 1 2 -- --
13 1 1 1 1 13 30
Mark 5 Photon 6 57 7 1 14 3 -- --
31 1 1 1 1 17 35
Mark 6 Photon 7 100 2 1 7 2 -- --
35 1 1 1 1 23 40
Mark 7 Photon 8 120 3 1 8 3 -- --
36 1 1 1 1 25 48
Mark 8 Photon 10 190 1 1 9 3 -- --
54 1 1 1 1 35 55
</pre>

Priority Build Points

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== Overview ==

VGA Planets caps the number of ships in a game at 500.

Priority Points are a system that by default kicks in once 450 ships have been built in a game, and allows the player to prioritize which starbases, and which players, build ships once they are destroyed in-game at the total ship limit. PBPs are intended to motivate players to go out and destroy enemy ships, in order to be permitted to build your own.

== Earning priority points ==
* destroying a ship gets you 1 point per 100kt of ship hull (rounded up) destroyed.
* 1 PBP if you set off a [[Glory Device]].
* 1 PBP per 100kt of hull destroyed by [[Glory Device]]s
* 1 PBP for recycling a ship

A ship destroyed by a planet does not earn any PBPs.

== Spending priority build points ==

* Every ship built or cloned will cost you 1 PBP per 50KT of hull (rounded up).

== The Build Queue ==

Priority build points only come into play if one player has more than 20 PBP. If a player does, then their starbases will be allowed to build in order of the priority specified by their friendly code (PB1, PB2, PB3 ...) until their points drop below 20, at which point the normal build queue starts. If no PBn is specified, the lowest starbase ID will build.

If no players are over 20 PBPs, then starbases will build in order of planet ID.

== Strategies ==

* Some people dedicate starbases early-game to manufacture PBPs and/or fill the ship list by churning out cheap ships and recycling them.
* If you have more than 20 PBPs you may be able to both clone and do a normal build at the same starbase at the same time.

Fascists

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Dacilndak: Fixed broken link.

[[File:Fascists_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|left|Fascist race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]

=Overview=
The Fascist Empire is a race inspired by the Klingons from the Star Trek universe. They are primarily a [[torpedo]] based race although their largest warship (the [[Victorious Class Battleship]]) is one of the least powerful capital ships in the game. Their lack of raw fire power is offset by several sinister racial advantages including two ships armed with [[Glory Device]]s (self destruction by command).

=Race Characteristics=
* Fascist ships cannot be attacked by enemy planets or starbases. They can however attack planets or starbases.
* ''15:1 Attack Ratio and 5:1 Defense Ratio during ground assault.''
* The Fascists fleet includes two ships fitted with [[Glory Device]]s: The [[D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer]] and the [[Saber Class Frigate]]. This device enables the ship to self destruct causing significant damage to all ships in the immediate vicinity (your own ships get just 10%/20% damage). It can also be set to trigger in the presence of cloaked ships.
* The Fascists are the only race who can execute the [[Fascists#The_Pillage_Mission|Pillage]] mission. This mission allows any armed Fascist ship to plunder enemy, or friendly, planets for money and supplies.
* The Fascist fleet has 3 ships which can cloak and a number of ships with 10 beam weapons, providing some small defense against fighter carriers.

=Ships=

<div style="text-align: left;">
{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" style="border: 1px dashed darkgray;"
|- border="1"
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1 || [[Small Deep Space Freighter]] || 30 || 200 || 70 || 2 || 1 || || || || 10 || 2 || 2 || 3 ||
|-
| 2 || [[D7a Painmaker Class Cruiser]] || 170 || 230 || 120 || 352 || 2 || 4 || || || 90 || 42 || 81 || 43 ||
|-
| 2 || [[Little Pest Class Escort]] || 75 || 180 || 20 || 175 || 2 || 6 || || || 60 || 12 || 27 || 45 ||
|-
| 3 || [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]] || 10 || 900 || 2 || 2 || 2 || || || || 20 || 10 || 2 || 20 ||
|-
| 3 || [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]] || 60 || 250 || 200 || 6 || 1 || || || || 65 || 4 || 4 || 6 ||
|-
| 4 || [[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]] || 175 || 430 || 100 || 373 || 2 || 4 || 2 || || 120 || 42 || 71 || 63 || [[Cloaking|Cloaking Device]]
|-
| 4 || [[Small Transport]] || 30 || 180 || 50 || 15 || 1 || 2 || || || 25 || 2 || 2 || 20 ||
|-
| 5 || [[Ill Wind Class Battlecruiser]] || 275 || 480 || 260 || 525 || 2 || 10 || 2 || || 320 || 82 || 91 || 93 ||
|-
| 5 || [[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]] || 90 || 120 || 40 || 222 || 2 || 2 || 4 || || 110 || 32 || 43 || 25 || [[Cloaking|Cloaking Device]]
|-
| 6 || [[Large Deep Space Freighter]] || 130 || 600 || 1200 || 102 || 2 || || || || 160 || 85 || 7 || 8 ||
|-
| 6 || [[Valiant Wind Class Carrier]] || 180 || 190 || 80 || 322 || 2 || 7 || || 3 || 380 || 52 || 61 || 123 ||
|-
| 6 || [[Deth Specula Class Frigate]] || 113 || 140 || 35 || 240 || 2 || 6 || 4 || || 280 || 25 || 45 || 89 || [[Cloaking|Cloaking Device]]
|-
| 6 || [[D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer]] || 96 || 160 || 40 || 265 || 2 || 7 || || || 180 || 32 || 53 || 65 || [[Glory Device]]
|-
| 8 || [[Saber Class Frigate]] || 153 || 150 || 25 || 420 || 2 || 10 || || || 280 || 25 || 35 || 95 || [[Glory Device]]
|-
| 9 || [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]] || 712 || 800 || 1050 || 190 || 10 || 6 || || || 970 || 125 || 150 || 527 || [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]]
|-
| 10 || [[Super Transport Freighter]] || 160 || 1200 || 2600 || 202 || 4 || || || || 220 || 125 || 13 || 18 ||
|-
| 10 || [[Victorious Class Battleship]] || 451 || 290 || 130 || 810 || 2 || 10 || 6 || || 410 || 170 || 193 || 90 ||
|-
| 10 || [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]] || 920 || 450 || 2700 || 120 || 10 || 8 || || || 840 || 625 || 250 || 134 || [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=== Most useful ships ===

* [[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]: This is the most useful ship in your fleet. It has a mass of 175 kt, 100 Cargo room, 4 beams 2 torpedo bays and it has a [[Cloaking Device]].

* [[Ill Wind Class Battlecruiser]]: Level 5 battleship with a mass of 275 kt, 480 fuel tanks, 260 cargo space, 10 beams and 2 torpedo bays! This ship is amazing.

* [[Valiant Wind Class Carrier]]: 7 Beams and just 3 bays. Only build this ship if you get free fighters from your allied race. Remember: Fascists are a [[torpedo]] based race.

* [[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]: 6 beams 4 torpedo bays - but a small fuel tank (140) and just 35 cargo space. Use this ship together with the D7. This ship has a [[Cloaking Device]].

* [[D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer]]: This ship has a [[Glory device]]. If this ship explodes, your ships at the same location will receive 20% of a mine hit of damage. At your second base build this ship or the Saber. Build them with X-rays or lasers and low tech engines.

* [[Saber Class Frigate]]: This ship has a [[Glory device]]. If this ship explodes, your ships at the same location will receive 10% of a mine hit of damage. Build them with X-rays or lasers and low tech engines (they will explode some day).

* [[Victorious Class Battleship]]: 10 beams 6 torpedo bays and a strong hull with 451 mass. This ship is cheap to build both in minerals and in cash.

=Alliances=

== Allied with a fighter race ==

===The Robots===

===The Missing Colonies of Man===

===The Rebels===

== Allied with cloaking race==

===Lizard===

===Birdmen===

===Privateer===

== Allied with others ==

===The Feds===

===The Borg===

===The Crystal People===

===Evil Empire===

=Strategies=

=== Build bases everywhere ===
Build up my home base with Engines 10 (Warp 9), Hull 5, Beams 1 and Torpedoes 5 (Mark 4). Raise up the factories to maximum and mines to at least 200.
Save your money in the beginning at your home base to send out a D7 in every direction first.

''The costs are: 1 [[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]: 768 MC, 82 Du, 83 Tr, 135 Mo - Hull + 2 x Transwarp Drives, 4 x X-Rays + 2 x Mark4 torpedo launcher.''

Watch your next planets to decide where you should build your next base as soon as possible. Why? There you start building a fleet of Glory device ships (Hull 6 with Engine 1, X-Rays)! This is your main weapon. Be sure to have a couple of them before turn 20. Later you'll tow them with your Vics into war, and to safeguard your ships from robbing Priv cloakers.

''You will go out of Duranium soon.'' Thats why I prefer building no Disruptors on my first D7-Scouts...but try to built Disruptors + Mark7 as soon as possible.

You have to build some freighters to bring back minerals to your home base. Don't fly through the open space with them, don't show your neighbors where your home base is.

The Fascists are the only race other than the Empire who should build a base on any planet with good temperature and some minerals. You don't need the native race advantage, because you just have to raise the hulls up to 6 and that costs 1500 megacredits. Believe me, you will have enough money...and build a D19 every turn.
''The costs for a [[D19b Nefarious Destroyer]] are: 189 MC, 34 Du, 70 Tr, 65 Mo - Hull + 2 x Stardrive1 + 7 x Lasers or X-Rays.''

=== Expand cloaked with the D7===

Use your fantastic D7 (100 Cargo + 175 Mass) to expand (never build anything else on it other than X-Rays or Disruptors). Your tubes can be Mark 4 - that depends on your tactics.
Use this ship to cross over distances above 81 LY.
I usually send this ship out without torpedoes, just put 100 clans on board. Set down 3 clans on every planet until you reach a good one with a lot of natives. Drop down 30 clans and pillage in the same turn. Next turn the planet is yours, and you have about 30 supplies and money on board. Next turn beam down supplies and some money and beam up some minerals. Then you fly on cloaked while building torpedoes on board using the Friendly Code "mkt".

You will have 2 logistic problems: bringing home the money and bringing a lot of clans to the front to take over bases:
''Send out some Deth Speculas to bring home money soon.''

Send out some Illwinds behind them, to bring clans and build torpedoes.
An ideal little fleet: D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser, a Deth Specula and an Illwind.

=== Fly behind the lines ===

Don't attack too early. Fly behind the lines and wait with your D7 and stay cloaked on a planet until a Freighter arrives. Tow him out with Warp 1 (into the warp wells), set Primary Enemy to his race and Friendly Code: NTP so you don't destroy the freighter with your torpedos - you'll capture it. Maybe you'll get some clans to drop down ont the next planet.

=== Pillage & don't fight planets ===

Remember: You are a Warrior race, so don't wait too long to attack. Choose your Ally soon. Build some Illwinds in the early stages with X-Rays and Mark 4's and make trouble (remember: planets do not attack your ships!). Later in the game, this is your armed transport. If this ship is damaged after a fight or by a mine hit, you just have to pillage. With this big cargo room, you'll repair 52% damage from pillaging in 1 turn! This ship shots down about 40 fighters in a fight, but why fight a planet. Pillage it.

Take over planets by beaming down clans. 100 clans will be as strong as 1000 clans, because of your ground attack ratio being 10:1.
In the early stages, you'll take over every planet by dropping clans from your D7 - and if there are too many enemy clans, pillage a few turns and you'll see, there will be less.

There are two ways to fight: Never go to a planet with Primary enemy set, first have a look at what's going on.
You can tow out carriers with your D7 to a couple of Vics with Glory Device ships. Try to fight carriers with 2 Glory Devices and 2 Vics with Mark 7 torpedoes (have at least 40 Supplies on board!).

=== Application is the trick! ===

Do you know "Juniper's Guide to Fascists" (By Juniper - Revised 5/29/1998)? He used this headline in his guide to explain in a fabulous way, how to get priority points using the Glory device:

"The Fascist, in order to be successful needs information. If he has enough Victorious Battleships and enough Glory devices and enough information he can both defend his territory fiercely and invade enemies successfully. Utilize Glory Ships to the max. They are your main weapons. Used in packs they are devastating.

Now, let's talk about trading lots of ships for few ships. Most races cannot get away with this. Why? Well, most races do not get priority points for the ships that it loses. If you go into battle with 2 Victorious Battleships and 2 glory devices against a Virgo, and you pop two ships you will usually lose a Victorious and the enemy loses 1 Virgo. How can this possibly be good for you? Well, first it is obvious that the Virgo would take out several Victorious without the help of the glory device and the Virgo would still live against 2 Victorious so that is clearly worse. However, with the glory devices, what happens after the battle? The enemy gets 5 priority build points from the Vicki, you get 7 from the Virgo, plus 2 for the two pop ships. This means you get 9 priority build points and he only gets 5. These are used to build ships after the ship limit is reached.

Before the ship limit is reached you can outbuild him because of the inexpensive nature of your ships and because you are building stripped down glory ships that cost about 300 MCR and almost no minerals.

After the 500 ship limit you should be able to keep up with your opponents because you have more priority build points and because your ships cost you less priority build points to build them. In order to maximize your builds you will have to make judicious use of the ship queue and the planetary PBx friendly codes."

= The Glory Device mission =

What is a Glory Device? It is a device that is installed on two of the Fascist ships the [[D19b Nefarious Destroyer]] and the [[Saber Class Frigate]]. The device is a ship feature and NOT a race advantage. Anyone owning one of these ships can use the device.
When one of these ships set off the Glory Device it does 1 minehit (1 minehit = 10000/ (hullmass+1) ) of damage to all ships at the same point in space and destroys itself.

=== Controlling the Glory Device ===

By using different friendly codes the glory device can be used in different ways:

A) By using the "pop" friendly code the D19 or Saber class starships will automatically explode after the movement phase of the hostrun.

B ) With a friendly code of "trg" the D19 or Saber class starships will explode after the movement phase of the hostrun, if:

The D19 or Saber has a primary enemy set and a cloaked ship belonging to that primary is at the same location as the D19 or Saber. Cloakers owned by the same race that owns the Glory Device and cloakers owned by official allies of the Glory Device's owner will never set off the Glory Device.
The D19 or Saber has a KILL mission, and a cloaked ship not belonging to the same owner or one of his allies is at the same location as the D19 or Saber. Cloakers owned by the same race that owns the Glory Device and cloakers owned by official allies of the Glory Device's owner will never set off the Glory Device.

===Glory Devices and fuel===

To explode, a D19 or Saber does not need fuel. More precisely:

A friendly code of "pop" will cause the ship to explode, even if it has no fuel
A friendly code of "trg" together with a primary enemy setting will make the ship function as a cloaker-detector against ships belonging to that primary enemy, even if it has no fuel.
A friendly code of "trg" together with a KILL mission does require fuel, because having a mission set (in this case: KILL) requires fuel.

=== Exploding Glory Devices===

When a Glory Device explodes the ship's owner is informed by a message.
When exploding, the glory device does less damage to Fascist ships than other races' ships. The D19 will do 20% of normal damage and the Saber will do 10% of normal damage to ships that the Fascists own. If a glory device that is owned by someone other than the Fascists is set off, ships of that race that are in the same place will also only suffer a partial minehit of damage. Official allies of the Fascists still suffer a full minehit of damage from glory devices if they are in the same place as an exploding glory device. Fascists will always suffer only a partial minehit, no matter who owns and sets off the glory device and no matter if it is set off by an ally or enemy.

Ships that are hit by an exploding Glory Device send a message to their owner, and a copy is also sent to the owner of the exploded Glory Device ship.

=== Glory Devices and planets ===

If the explosion takes place over a planet, a number of things happen.
First, 25% of all planetary structures are destroyed.
Secondly, 40% of a planet's colonist population is killed. If there are natives living on the planet, 40% of their population is also killed.

''Siliconoid, Reptile and Bovinoid natives as well as Lizard and Crystalline colonists are immune to Glory Devices' effects. Starbases do not suffer any damage from exploding Glory Devices. Exploding a Glory Device over one of your own planets does not cause any damage to the planet.''

The Berthold rays that result from a Glory Device explosion will kill ALL Amorphous life on a planet that occupies the same point in space as the exploding starship. This will cause all of the Amorphous natives to be converted directly into supplies. They will be converted at a rate of 1 supply unit per 1000 natives. That's a lot of money!

=The Pillage Mission =

This mission is a useful addition to the Fascists arsenal. Pillage is a race advantage. It allows a ship to kill natives and clans on a planet and also provides income from the attack. The attack will kill 20% of the natives and 20 percent of the colonists and create 100 supplies and 100 MCR from every million natives.

Any Fascist starship with beams can plunder a planet for money and supplies. A Fascist ship with it’s mission set to “Pillage Planet” will pillage the planet it is orbiting after movement, if that planet is owned by anyone. The Fascist can pillage enemy planets, as well as allied or even their own planets if they desire to do so. The Fascist Pillage mission is not cumulative: a planet can only be pillage by one ship at a time. If multiple Fascist ships are set to pillage a planet only the one with the lowest ID will actually Pillage.

===Effects on the planet ===

As a result of the pillaging, one megacredit is generated for every 100 native clans (10,000 natives) and one megacredit is generated for every 100 colonist clans (10,000 colonists). Additionally, 1 supply-unit is made for every 100 native clans and another supply-unit for every 100 colonist clans. After this has been done, 20% of the natives plus an additional 120 clans are killed. Also 20% of the colonists plus an additional 20 clans are killed. Pillaging will also reduce the happiness of both colonists and natives by 10 points. This results in the following formulas:
*Money added = (native clans + colonist clans) / 100
*Supplies added = (native clans + colonist clans) / 100
*Natives killed = (native clans * 0.2) + 120
*Colonists killed = (colonist clans * 0.2) + 20
*Native happiness change = -10
*Colonist happiness change = -10

The planetary population sends out a distress message to it’s central command, informing them of the planet’s troubled situation. The message includes the planet’s ID number, a short version of the effects of the pillage mission, and the number of clans left after the pillaging. The Fascists automatically receive a copy of this message because they scan broad-range communications during pillaging. They just love to hear about the terror they’ve struck among their enemies.

[[Category:Player Races]]

Robots

2011-06-03T23:54:57Z

Dacilndak: Added some links to clarify abbreviations.

[[File:Robots_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|left|Robotic race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
==Notes==

* Q-Tankers are handy for running cash and fuel back and forth. It's usually worth putting T6-T7 drives on them, even if you only expect to sit them in one spot indefinitely. Early-game, build at least one transwarp QT.
* A QT carries enough (100 clans, 20 supplies, 300 money) to give a reasonably-temped planet its start.
* The Automa looks like a poor bargain compared to the Instru, but it holds many more fighters and can more effectively build fighters in the field. Instrus are good strike ships, but you need to keep a fighter reserve to refill them nearby, and the Automa fits this bill well.
* Golems are powerful but they are fuel pigs; they are excellent starbase defence with T1 engines.
* A forward Siliconoid starbase near your front lines is cheap, and can instantly produce resupply for your [[Cat's Paw Class Destroyer|CP]]s. A [[Engines|TW]] CP with mk4 torps can tow a warp 1 CP with mk7 [[Torpedos|torps]]!
* Use mk4 torps if you have too much minerals, use mk7 if you have too much money.

[[Category:Player Races]]

Bohemian Class Survey Ship

2011-06-03T23:51:51Z

Dacilndak: /* Comments */ Changed "desert" to "ice", since the Bohemian raises temperature.

[[File:Bohemian_Class_Survey_Ship.png|thumb|left|Eros Class Research Vessel image from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
== Comments ==
The [[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]] is a dual-engine [[Terraform Ship|terraforming]] craft. This ship is capable of heating cold planets whose temperature is below 50.

This ship can be used to support otherwise [[Hostile Planets|inhospitable ice planets]].

== Built By ==

[[Feds|The Solar Federation]]

== Material requirements and specifications ==

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300"><b>Name</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Beams|Bm]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Engines|En]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Megacredits|MC]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Duranium|Dur]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tritanium|Tri]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Molybdenum|Mol]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Mass]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Cargo|Car]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Neutronium|Fuel]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Crew]]</b></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]]</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 align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">32</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>

<td align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">70</td>
</tr>
</table>

Pillage

2011-06-02T22:56:24Z

Dacilndak: Created to redirect to Pillage Mission section of Fascists main page.

#REDIRECT:[[Fascists#The_Pillage_Mission]]

Lizards

2011-06-02T21:34:23Z

Dacilndak: Added a strategy guides section and a few links.

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|right|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - [[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]], and [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]]
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Strategy Guides=

From [http://www.donovansvgap.com/ Donovan's VGA Planets] site:<br>
[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/lslizards.htm It Ain't Easy Being Green]<br>
[http://www.donovansvgap.com/guides/lizards.htm The Lizards Guide to the Echo Cluster]

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Strategies=

==[[Alliances]]==

===With the [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* [[Madonnzila Class Carrier|Madonzilla]] benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===With the [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===With the [[Fascists]]===

===With the [[Privateers]]===

===With the [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!
* Cool any hot planets they may have (above 50) using [[Eros Class Research Vessel|Eros Researchers]]. This increases not only the rate at which their colonists grow, but also increases the maximum colonist population. Essential when combined with assimilation.
* Borg colonists are deadly when given to [[Lizard Class Cruiser|LCC]]s. Capture enemy planets (and even starbases) with those clans via ground combat.

===With the [[Crystals]]===

===With the [[Empire]]===

===With the [[Robots]]===

===With the [[Rebels]]===

===With the [[Colonies]]===

==[[Enemies]]==

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought|Nova]] can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

==Other==

=See Also=

[[Category:Player Races]]

Cloaking

2011-06-02T21:27:07Z

Dacilndak: Removed list of races that cannot build cloaking ships. It's just a waste of space.

=Overview=

Cloaking is a mission that allows a ship to be hidden from the enemy at the cost of extra fuel.<br>
Cloaked ships are also less likely to hit mines (25% of normal probability).

=Statistics=
* Cloaking will fail approximately 1% of the time; in [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu], this gives this message: <br>
<pre>We've had a problem in our engine room. Our cloaking device has failed!</pre>
* Cloaking burns Max (5, Floor((hull mass / 100) * 5))kt of fuel per turn.
* The [[The Empire of Birds]] has two ships with an [[Advanced Cloak|advanced cloaking device]].

=Counter Strategies=
Being attacked by ships with a cloaking device can be tough.

There are mainly three more-or-less effective counter-measures:
* Lay many minefields where you suspect cloaked enemies (preferably overlapping minefields). [[Web mines]] are even better, if available.
* A [[Loki Class Destroyer]] will decloak any cloaked ships with in 10 ly around it (doesn't work versus ships owned by [[The Solar Federation|Feds]], [[The Lizard Alliance|Lizards]] and [[The Empire of Birds|Birds]]).
* Ships with a [[glory device]] can also be used to decloak (and possibly disable or destroy) a cloaked ship at the same location.

=Cloak-Capable Ships=

===The Lizards===

[[Reptile Class Destroyer]]

[[Lizard Class Cruiser]]

[[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]

===The Empire of the Birds===

[[Swift Heart Class Scout]]

[[White Falcon Class Cruiser]]

[[Bright Heart Class Destroyer]]

[[Fearless Wing Cruiser]]

[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]

[[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] - [[Advanced Cloak]]

[[Red Wind Class Carrier]]

[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] - [[Advanced Cloak]]

===The Fascists===

[[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]

[[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]]

[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]

===The Privateers===

[[Br4 Class Gunship]]

[[Dwarfstar Class Transport]]

[[Br5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat]]

[[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]]

[[Meteor Class Blockade Runner]]

[[Red Wind Class Carrier]]

===Other Races===

Other races cannot build cloaking ships. However, they can capture and use cloaking ships from other races, and can (for some races) [[Ship Cloning|clone]] them.

=See Also=

*[[Cloak Intercept]]
*[[Advanced Cloak]]

[[Category:Hull Functions]]

Lizards

2011-06-02T21:18:29Z

Dacilndak: Removed link to "Lizards and..", since everything is already in the main page (this one).

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|right|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - Reptile, Saurian, and Lizard
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Strategies=

==[[Alliances]]==

===With the [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* [[Madonnzila Class Carrier|Madonzilla]] benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===With the [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===With the [[Fascists]]===

===With the [[Privateers]]===

===With the [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!
* Cool any hot planets they may have (above 50) using [[Eros Class Research Vessel|Eros Researchers]]. This increases not only the rate at which their colonists grow, but also increases the maximum colonist population. Essential when combined with assimilation.
* Borg colonists are deadly when given to [[Lizard Class Cruiser|LCC]]s. Capture enemy planets (and even starbases) with those clans via ground combat.

===With the [[Crystals]]===

===With the [[Empire]]===

===With the [[Robots]]===

===With the [[Rebels]]===

===With the [[Colonies]]===

==[[Enemies]]==

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought|Nova]] can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

==Other==

=See Also=

[[Category:Player Races]]

Main Page

2011-06-01T18:12:30Z

Dacilndak: Redirected link to VGA Planets main site instead of nonexistent wiki page.

== VGA Planets Wiki ==

This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game '''VGA Planets''', by Tim Wisseman: a turn-based strategy game designed to be played by up to 11 players. VGA Planets (or VGAP, or Planets) was released in 1992 as a BBS "door game", and is now played over the Internet via email or via Web interface.

This wiki is largely intended to serve as a supplement for [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu], but should more or less apply to all VGA Planets 3 implementations.

* [[Where To Play]]

* Races:
** [[Feds]]
** [[Lizards]]
** [[The Empire of Birds]]
** [[Fascists]]
** [[Privateers]]
** [[Cyborg]]
** [[Crystals]]
** [[Empire]]
** [[Robots]]
** [[Rebels]]
** [[The Lost Colonies of Man]]

* Ships:

* Tactics:
** [[Cloak Intercept]]
** [[Disguising Ship Movement]]
** [[Warp Wells]]
** [[Combat Order]]

* Economics:
** [[Hostile Planets]]

* Strategies:
**

== Proposed article templates ==

[[Race Template]]
[[Ship Template]]

Super Transport Freighter

2011-06-01T18:10:10Z

Dacilndak: /* Comments */ This thing is a gas guzzler.

[[File:Super_Transport_Freighter.png|thumb|left|Super Transport Freighter image from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]

== Comments ==
The [[Super Transport Freighter]] has the highest cargo capacity of any ship in the universe. However, it also has a very large hull mass, and therefore consumes a great deal of fuel.

== Built By ==

All races

== Material requirements and specifications ==

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300"><b>Name</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Beams|Bm]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Engines|En]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Megacredits|MC]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Duranium|Dur]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tritanium|Tri]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Molybdenum|Mol]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Mass]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Cargo|Car]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Neutronium|Fuel]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Crew]]</b></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>

</table>

File:Hide movements.png

2011-06-01T00:12:19Z

Dacilndak: uploaded a new version of "File:Hide movements.png"

Example of unhidden movement from the VGA Planets UI.

Alliances

2011-05-31T23:56:46Z

Dacilndak: Added Birds links.

=Overview=

This table contains (or, rather, will contain) links to strategies for alliances between two empires.<br>
Links will go to the race page of the race on the left.

<div style="text-align: center;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="1000">


<tr>

<td></td>
<td>[[Feds|The Solar Federation]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards|The Lizards]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds|The Empire of the Birds]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists|The Fascists]]</td>
<td>[[Privateers|The Privateers]]</td>
<td>[[Cyborg|The Cyborg]]</td>
<td>[[Crystals|The Crystals]]</td>
<td>[[Empire|The Empire]]</td>
<td>[[Robots|The Robots]]</td>
<td>[[Rebels|The Rebels]]</td>
<td>[[Colonies|The Colonies]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Solar_Federation|X]]</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Empire_of_the_Birds|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Fascists|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Privateers|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Cyborg|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Crystals|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Empire|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Robots|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Rebels|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Colonies|X]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Federation|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Lizard|X]]</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Fascists|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Privateers|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Cyborgs|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Crystals|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Empire|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Robots|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Rebels|X]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds#Colonials|X]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Fascists</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Feds|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Lizard|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Birdmen|X]]</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Privateer|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Borg|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Crystal_People|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Evil_Empire|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Robots|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Rebels|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Missing_Colonies_of_Man|X]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Privateers</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Cyborg</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Crystals</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Robotic Imperium</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>

The Empire of Birds

2011-05-31T23:52:13Z

Dacilndak: Added links to "Cloaking" and "Advanced Cloak" pages.

[[File:Birds_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|left|Empire of the Birds race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
= History =

[[The Empire of Birds]] also known as Birdmen are based on the Romulan Empire, from the "Star Trek" universe.

== Good Players ==
There are some players who played the Birds pretty well. Timo Kreike and Merlyn were pretty strong, so if you find guides from those two, you should read them.

= Racial Abilities =

* [[Super Spy]]
* [[Cloaking|cloaking device]] on most ships
* 2 Ships with [[Advanced Cloak|[advanced cloaking device]]

= Ship List =
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="700" bgcolor="Light Steel Blue4">
<tr bgcolor=#CFECEC valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="350"><b>Name</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Beams|Bm]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Engines|En]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Megacredits|MC]]</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#FDD017 align="right" width="32"><b>[[Minerals#Duranium|Dur]]</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#2B60FE align="right" width="32"><b>[[Minerals#Tritanium|Tri]]</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#4CC552 align="right" width="32"><b>[[Minerals#Molybdenum|Mol]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Mass]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Cargo|Car]]</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#CC0033 align="right" width="32"><b>[[Minerals#Neutronium|Fuel]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Crew]]</b></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Small Deep Space Freighter]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</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">10</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td align="right" width="32">70</td>

<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">200</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Swift Heart Class Scout]] ([[Cloaking|cloaks]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">0/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">60</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">5</td>

<td align="right" width="32">45</td>
<td align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td align="right" width="32">126</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">[[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]</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">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">10</td>

<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">900</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[White Falcon Class Cruiser]] ([[Cloaking|cloaks]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">110</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">32</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">61</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">33</td>
<td align="right" width="32">120</td>
<td align="right" width="32">140</td>

<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">430</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Bright Heart Class Destroyer]] ([[Cloaking|cloaks]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">3</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">140</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">22</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">43</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">15</td>

<td align="right" width="32">80</td>
<td align="right" width="32">40</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">90</td>
<td align="right" width="32">122</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Small Transport]]</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">1</td>
<td align="right" width="32">25</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">20</td>
<td align="right" width="32">30</td>
<td align="right" width="32">50</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">15</td>

</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Fearless Wing Cruiser]] ([[Cloaking|cloaks]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">5</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">1/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">52</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">81</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">63</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>
<td align="right" width="32">240</td>

<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">360</td>
<td align="right" width="32">300</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Skyfire Class Cruiser]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">5</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">250</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">52</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">61</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">83</td>

<td align="right" width="32">150</td>
<td align="right" width="32">250</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">370</td>
<td align="right" width="32">270</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">[[Valiant Wind Class Carrier]]</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">7</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/3</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">380</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">52</td>

<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">61</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">123</td>
<td align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">80</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">190</td>
<td align="right" width="32">322</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]] ([[Cloaking|cloaks]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">280</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">89</td>
<td align="right" width="32">113</td>
<td align="right" width="32">35</td>

<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">140</td>
<td align="right" width="32">240</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] ([[Advanced Cloak|adv. cloaking]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">7</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>

<td align="right" width="32">3/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">380</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">52</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">71</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">93</td>

<td align="right" width="32">180</td>
<td align="right" width="32">280</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">480</td>
<td align="right" width="32">348</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Red Wind Class Carrier]] ([[Cloaking|cloaks]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">0/2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">22</td>

<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">37</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">15</td>
<td align="right" width="32">70</td>
<td align="right" width="32">60</td>
<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">85</td>
<td align="right" width="32">40</td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]</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]]</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">[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] ([[Advanced Cloak|adv. cloaking]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">450</td>
<td bgcolor=#EDDA74 align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td bgcolor=#3BB9FF align="right" width="32">183</td>
<td bgcolor=#B5EAAA align="right" width="32">110</td>
<td align="right" width="32">491</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>

<td bgcolor=#E77471 align="right" width="32">290</td>
<td align="right" width="32">910</td>
</tr>
</table>

=== Noticeable Ships ===

[[Swift Heart Class Scout]]:
This ship will be your primary scout. Quite a large fuel tank and really lightweighted.
Perfect for changing [[friendly code]]s with [[Super Spy]] and for capturing freighter.
Build them with Transwarp drives and X-Rays/Disruptor.

[[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]:
Useful for transporting Neutronium and as MC transport. With Transwarp drives it can move its max range without consuming any Neutronium.

[[Large Deep Space Freighter]]:
Best hullmass/cargo ratio of all ships. So, if you wanna save up Neutronium, this is the best ship. Usefull for colonizing and moving minerals. Always use Transwarp drives on this ship.

[[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]]:
Really good mid class ship. Its cargo is enough to use it as freighter, if you running short on freighters, or lay large minefields. Its fuel tank is large enough, so you can refill your battleships, which have a really small tank. Minesweeping with 8 beams works pretty good, too. And its one of the strongest mid class ships. Best of all, it has an advanced cloaking device, so cloaking won't consume any Neutronium. Decloaking doesn't work on this ship aswell.
Transwarp drives are a must here aswell. For beams you should choose between Disruptor, Heavy Blaster, Heavy Disruptor and Heavy Phaser (both Disruptors would be the best choice, cause you can capture ships with them easilier). Mark4 or Mark7 as torpedos is a must aswell.

[[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]:
Later on you will run short on Neutronium, so its good to have those ships aswell.
Don't use any expensive engines on this ship, you won't move it much. For defense you should use some better beams, cause of its hullmass, it can take some ships down.

[[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]:
With a Merlin over Bovinoid worlds, you won't run short on minerals.
Don't use any expensive engines on this ship, you won't move it much. For defense you should use some better beams, cause of its hullmass, it can take some ships down.

[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]]:
Your big ship. It has the best strength/cost ratio of all ships. It also has an advanced cloaking device.
Its stronger then the main battleships of the Federation (only few players use Novas), Lizards, Fascists, Privateers and Crystals.
Versus Cyborg, Empire, Robotic, Rebel and Colonial you need 2-3 to destroy their capital ship, but your ship is significantly more favourable and after the 500 shiplimit, it needs much less Priority Build Points.
Transwarps, X-Rays(just if you wanna throw it at a carrier and it won't survive)/Disruptor/Heavy Blaster/Heavy Disruptor/Heavy Phaser and Mark4(only in the very beginning)/Mark7/Mark8 should be used.

= Alliances =

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

A Bird is a really good ally. It's easy for them to locate starbases, enemy planets and to distinguish bad planets from good ones. And best of all, nobody will know what informations he has. Birds are more like a support in a war. Destroying minefields, laying minefields and attacking unprotected planets/ships will help every race and no other race is as good in it, as the Birds.
They offer some pretty interesting ships for other races. Nearly everyone should be interested in your Resolute and Dark Wing.

== Federation ==
== Lizard ==
== Fascists ==
== Privateers ==
[[Privateers]] would love your [[White Falcon Class Cruiser]] and especially your [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]]. On the other side, a [[Meteor Class Blockade Runner]] is a ship, everyone wanna have.<br>
They are pretty good allies. [[Privateers]] together with Birds should know almost everything about their opponents. Birds take out [[planets]], [[starbases]] and every ship besides big hitter ([[Virgo Class Battlestar|Virgo]], [[Rush Class Heavy Carrier|Rush]], [[Biocide Class Carrier|Biocide]], ...) and the Privateer captures those big ships (together they should know, where every big hitter of a single opponent is).<br>
Birds are able to take out Privateers biggest threat: [[minefields]].
They are pretty fast in it through [[Super Spy]] or with their cloakable [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]]s or [[Dark Wing Class Battleship]]s.<br>
'''Summarized: <font color="#00FF00">Very good Alliance</font>'''

== Cyborgs ==
== Crystals ==
The chance to get a [[White Falcon Class Cruiser]], [[Fearless Wing Cruiser]] or [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] should be enough, so that every [[Crystals|Crystal]] player wants an alliance with the Bird. The only ship thats interesting for the Bird is the [[Onyx Class Frigate]].<br>
Birds are master of attack. Sneak in, destroy unprotected small/midsized ships, planets, starbases or even homeworlds and get out without loosing any ships. But if a Carrier race decides to rush into Birds empire, it gets really difficult. [[Crystals]] are masters of defending, so they can help Birds and neutralise their weaknesses.<br>
Knowing where your enemy is and the possibility to sneak cloaked into someones empire and lay big webminefields is really powerful aswell.<br>
On the other side, [[Crystals]] are a really tough opponent, especially for Birds. So why fight against them, if you can have a strong alliance partner.<br>
'''Summarized: <font color="#00FF00">Very good Alliance</font>'''

== Empire ==
== Robots ==
The chance to get a [[White Falcon Class Cruiser]], [[Fearless Wing Cruiser]] or [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] should be enough, so that every [[Robotics|Robot]] player wants an alliance with the Bird, too.<br>
[[Pawn Class Baseship]], [[Automa Class Baseship]] and a [[Golem Class Baseship]] are really interesting for Birds aswell.<br>

Birds get informations about planets and fleet movement. They could destroy small/midsized ships, planets and starbases. The Robot is good at destroying big ships. Since Birds have their weakness in defense, [[Robots]] can help them with large minefields.<br>
Birds get a big carrier, [[Robots]] one of the best cloakable minefield layers.<br>
'''Summarized: <font color="#00BB00">Good Alliance</font>'''

== Rebels ==
== Colonials ==

= Other races as enemies =

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

= Advanced combat tactics =

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

[[Category:Player Races]]

Cloaking device

2011-05-31T23:50:04Z

Dacilndak: All stuff already on "Cloaking" page. How does one redirect?

See [[Cloaking]].

Cloaking

2011-05-31T23:46:47Z

Dacilndak: Merge stuff on "Cloaking Device" page.

=Overview=

Cloaking is a mission that allows a ship to be hidden from the enemy at the cost of extra fuel.<br>
Cloaked ships are also less likely to hit mines (25% of normal probability).

=Statistics=
* Cloaking will fail approximately 1% of the time; in [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu], this gives this message: <br>
<pre>We've had a problem in our engine room. Our cloaking device has failed!</pre>
* Cloaking burns Max (5, Floor((hull mass / 100) * 5))kt of fuel per turn.
* The [[The Empire of Birds]] has two ships with an [[Advanced Cloak|advanced cloaking device]].

=Counter Strategies=
Being attacked by ships with a cloaking device can be tough.

There are mainly two more or less effective counter measures:
* lay many minefields where you suspect cloaked enemies (preferably overlapping minefields)
* get in hold of [[Loki Class Destroyer | Lokis]] which will decloak any cloaked ships with in 10 ly around it (doesn't work versus ships owned by [[Feds]], [[Lizards]] and [[The Empire of Birds|Birds]]).

=Cloak-Capable Ships=

===The Feds===
None

===The Lizards===

[[Reptile Class Destroyer]]

[[Lizard Class Cruiser]]

[[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]

===The Empire of the Birds===

[[Swift Heart Class Scout]]

[[White Falcon Class Cruiser]]

[[Bright Heart Class Destroyer]]

[[Fearless Wing Cruiser]]

[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]

[[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] - [[Advanced Cloak]]

[[Red Wind Class Carrier]]

[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] - [[Advanced Cloak]]

===The Fascists===

[[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]

[[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]]

[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]

===The Privateers===

[[Br4 Class Gunship]]

[[Dwarfstar Class Transport]]

[[Br5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat]]

[[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]]

[[Meteor Class Blockade Runner]]

[[Red Wind Class Carrier]]

===The Cyborg===

None

===The Crystals===

None

===The Evil Empire===

None

===The Robotic Imperium===

None

===The Rebel Confederation===

None

===The Missing Colonies of Man===

None

=See Also=

[[Cloak Intercept]]

[[Advanced Cloak]]

File:Hide movements.png

2011-05-31T23:41:47Z

Dacilndak: uploaded a new version of "File:Hide movements.png"

Example of unhidden movement from the VGA Planets UI.

Talk:Disguising Ship Movement

2011-05-31T23:40:36Z

Dacilndak:

<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">That's not the best image for obvious ship movement; I'm playing a blitz game with a friend and this showed up, so I thought I'd put it up. If anyone could find a better image that'd be great!</span>
Never mind, I found a better one.

Priority Intercept

2011-05-31T23:38:56Z

Dacilndak: Added some links to "See Also" section.

A cloaking ship on the intercept mission will ignore regular combat order and attack its intercept target first.

=See Also=
[[Cloaking]]<br>
[[Combat Order]]

Dark Wing Class Battleship

2011-05-31T23:36:54Z

Dacilndak: ...Ooops. Fixed a second broken link to "Advanced Cloak".

[[File:Darkwing Orig.png|thumb|left|Original VGA Planets 3.x Picture]]
[[File:Warbird.jpg|thumb|right|Romulan Warbird]]
== Origin ==
The Dark Wing is a well known ship out of the Star Trek universe. In Star Trek its called Warbird type A or D´deridex-class and is the backbone of the romulan warfleet.

== Comments ==
The [[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] is the main warship of the [[The Empire of Birds|Birds]]. It is the 3rd most powerful Torpedo ship in the game and by far the most powerful cloaker.<br>
Like the [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] it has an [[Advanced Cloak|advanced cloaking device]].<br>
It has the best strength/cost/PBP ratio of all ships.<br>
Because of its small fuel tank, [[Dark Wing Class Battleship]]s need a ship which transports [[Neutronium]] for it. Most of the time, [[The Empire of Birds|Birdmen]] use [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]]s for this.

== Built By ==

[[The Empire of Birds]]

== Material requirements and specifications ==

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr bgcolor=#CFECEC valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300"><b>Name</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Beams|Bm]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Engines|En]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Megacredits|MC]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Duranium|Dur]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tritanium|Tri]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Molybdenum|Mol]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Mass]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Cargo|Car]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Neutronium|Fuel]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Crew]]</b></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] ([[Advanced Cloak|adv. cloaking]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">450</td>
<td align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td align="right" width="32">183</td>
<td align="right" width="32">110</td>
<td align="right" width="32">491</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>

<td align="right" width="32">290</td>
<td align="right" width="32">910</td>
</tr>
</table>

Dark Wing Class Battleship

2011-05-31T23:36:01Z

Dacilndak: Fixed link to "Advanced Cloak" page.

[[File:Darkwing Orig.png|thumb|left|Original VGA Planets 3.x Picture]]
[[File:Warbird.jpg|thumb|right|Romulan Warbird]]
== Origin ==
The Dark Wing is a well known ship out of the Star Trek universe. In Star Trek its called Warbird type A or D´deridex-class and is the backbone of the romulan warfleet.

== Comments ==
The [[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] is the main warship of the [[The Empire of Birds|Birds]]. It is the 3rd most powerful Torpedo ship in the game and by far the most powerful cloaker.<br>
Like the [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] it has an [[advanced cloaking device]].<br>
It has the best strength/cost/PBP ratio of all ships.<br>
Because of its small fuel tank, [[Dark Wing Class Battleship]]s need a ship which transports [[Neutronium]] for it. Most of the time, [[The Empire of Birds|Birdmen]] use [[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]]s for this.

== Built By ==

[[The Empire of Birds]]

== Material requirements and specifications ==

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr bgcolor=#CFECEC valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300"><b>Name</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Beams|Bm]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Engines|En]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Megacredits|MC]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Duranium|Dur]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tritanium|Tri]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Molybdenum|Mol]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Mass]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Cargo|Car]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Neutronium|Fuel]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Crew]]</b></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300">[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] ([[Advanced Cloak|adv. cloaking]])</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">10</td>
<td align="right" width="32">8/0</td>
<td align="right" width="32">2</td>

<td align="right" width="32">450</td>
<td align="right" width="32">170</td>
<td align="right" width="32">183</td>
<td align="right" width="32">110</td>
<td align="right" width="32">491</td>
<td align="right" width="32">150</td>

<td align="right" width="32">290</td>
<td align="right" width="32">910</td>
</tr>
</table>

Alliances

2011-05-31T23:31:30Z

Dacilndak: Added Fascists links.

=Overview=

This table contains (or, rather, will contain) links to strategies for alliances between two empires.<br>
Links will go to the race page of the race on the left.

<div style="text-align: center;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="1000">


<tr>

<td></td>
<td>[[Feds|The Solar Federation]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards|The Lizards]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds|The Empire of the Birds]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists|The Fascists]]</td>
<td>[[Privateers|The Privateers]]</td>
<td>[[Cyborg|The Cyborg]]</td>
<td>[[Crystals|The Crystals]]</td>
<td>[[Empire|The Empire]]</td>
<td>[[Robots|The Robots]]</td>
<td>[[Rebels|The Rebels]]</td>
<td>[[Colonies|The Colonies]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Solar_Federation|X]]</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Empire_of_the_Birds|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Fascists|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Privateers|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Cyborg|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Crystals|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Empire|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Robots|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Rebels|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Colonies|X]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Fascists</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Feds|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Lizard|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Birdmen|X]]</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Privateer|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Borg|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Crystal_People|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#Evil_Empire|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Robots|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Rebels|X]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists#The_Missing_Colonies_of_Man|X]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Privateers</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Cyborg</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Crystals</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Robotic Imperium</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>

Fascists

2011-05-31T23:26:07Z

Dacilndak: Reformatted alliances section to work with "Alliances" page.

[[File:Fascists_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|left|Fascist race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]

=Overview=
The Fascist Empire is a race inspired by the Klingons from the Star Trek universe. They are primarily a [[torpedo]] based race although their largest warship (the [[Victory Class Battleship]]) is one of the least powerful capital ships in the game. Their lack of raw fire power is offset by several sinister racial advantages including two ships armed with [[Glory Device]]s (self destruction by command).

=Race Characteristics=
* Fascist ships cannot be attacked by enemy planets or starbases. They can however attack planets or starbases.
* ''15:1 Attack Ratio and 5:1 Defense Ratio during ground assault.''
* The Fascists fleet includes two ships fitted with [[Glory Device]]s: The [[D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer]] and the [[Saber Class Frigate]]. This device enables the ship to self destruct causing significant damage to all ships in the immediate vicinity (own ships get just 10%/20% damage). It can also be set to trigger in the presence of cloaked ships.
* The Fascists are the only race who can execute the [[Pillage Mission]]. This mission allows any armed Fascist ship to plunder enemy (or friendly) planets for money and supplies.
* The Fascist fleet has 3 ships which can cloak and a number of ships with 10 beam weapons (providing some small defense against fighter carriers).

=Ships=

<div style="text-align: left;">
{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" style="border: 1px dashed darkgray;"
|- border="1"
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1 || [[Small Deep Space Freighter]] || 30 || 200 || 70 || 2 || 1 || || || || 10 || 2 || 2 || 3 ||
|-
| 2 || [[D7a Painmaker Class Cruiser]] || 170 || 230 || 120 || 352 || 2 || 4 || || || 90 || 42 || 81 || 43 ||
|-
| 2 || [[Little Pest Class Escort]] || 75 || 180 || 20 || 175 || 2 || 6 || || || 60 || 12 || 27 || 45 ||
|-
| 3 || [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]] || 10 || 900 || 2 || 2 || 2 || || || || 20 || 10 || 2 || 20 ||
|-
| 3 || [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]] || 60 || 250 || 200 || 6 || 1 || || || || 65 || 4 || 4 || 6 ||
|-
| 4 || [[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]] || 175 || 430 || 100 || 373 || 2 || 4 || 2 || || 120 || 42 || 71 || 63 || [[Cloaking Device]]
|-
| 4 || [[Small Transport]] || 30 || 180 || 50 || 15 || 1 || 2 || || || 25 || 2 || 2 || 20 ||
|-
| 5 || [[Ill Wind Class Battlecruiser]] || 275 || 480 || 260 || 525 || 2 || 10 || 2 || || 320 || 82 || 91 || 93 ||
|-
| 5 || [[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]] || 90 || 120 || 40 || 222 || 2 || 2 || 4 || || 110 || 32 || 43 || 25 || [[Cloaking Device]]
|-
| 6 || [[Large Deep Space Freighter]] || 130 || 600 || 1200 || 102 || 2 || || || || 160 || 85 || 7 || 8 ||
|-
| 6 || [[Valiant Wind Class Carrier]] || 180 || 190 || 80 || 322 || 2 || 7 || || 3 || 380 || 52 || 61 || 123 ||
|-
| 6 || [[Deth Specula Class Frigate]] || 113 || 140 || 35 || 240 || 2 || 6 || 4 || || 280 || 25 || 45 || 89 || [[Cloaking Device]]
|-
| 6 || [[D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer]] || 96 || 160 || 40 || 265 || 2 || 7 || || || 180 || 32 || 53 || 65 || [[Glory Device]]
|-
| 8 || [[Saber Class Frigate]] || 153 || 150 || 25 || 420 || 2 || 10 || || || 280 || 25 || 35 || 95 || [[Glory Device]]
|-
| 9 || [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]] || 712 || 800 || 1050 || 190 || 10 || 6 || || || 970 || 125 || 150 || 527 || [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]]
|-
| 10 || [[Super Transport Freighter]] || 160 || 1200 || 2600 || 202 || 4 || || || || 220 || 125 || 13 || 18 ||
|-
| 10 || [[Victorious Class Battleship]] || 451 || 290 || 130 || 810 || 2 || 10 || 6 || || 410 || 170 || 193 || 90 ||
|-
| 10 || [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]] || 920 || 450 || 2700 || 120 || 10 || 8 || || || 840 || 625 || 250 || 134 || [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=== Most useful ships ===

* [[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]: This is the most useful ship in your fleet. It has a mass of 175 kt, 100 Cargo room, 4 beams 2 torpedo bays and it has a [[Cloaking Device]].

* [[Ill Wind Class Battlecruiser]]: Level 5! battleship with a mass of 275 kt, 480 fuel tanks, 260 cargo space, 10 beams and 2 torpedo bays! This ship is amazing.

* [[Valiant Wind Class Carrier]]: 7 Beams and just 3 bays. Only build this ship if you get free fighters from your allied race. Remember: Fascists are a [[torpedo]] based race.

* [[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]: 6 beams 4 torpedo bays - but a small fuel tank (140) and just 35 cargo space. Use this ship together with the D7. This ship has a [[Cloaking Device]].

* [[D19b Nefarious Class Destroyer]]: This ship has [[Glory device]]. If that ship explodes your ships will receive 20% of a mine hit of damage. At your second base build this ship or the Saber. Build them with X-rays or lasers and low tech engines.

* [[Saber Class Frigate]]: This ship has [[Glory device]]. If that ship explodes your ships will receive 10% of a mine hit of damage. Build them with X-rays or lasers and low tech engines (they will explode some day).

* [[Victorious Class Battleship]]: 10 beams 6 torpedo bays and a strong hull with 451 mass. This ship is cheap to build both in minerals and in cash.

=Alliances=

== Allied with a fighter race ==

===The Robots===

===The Missing Colonies of Man===

===The Rebels===

== Allied with cloaking race==

===Lizard===

===Birdmen===

===Privateer===

== Allied with others ==

===The Feds===

===The Borg===

===The Crystal People===

===Evil Empire===

=Strategies=

=== Built bases everywhere ===
Build up my home base with Engines 10 (Warp9), Hull 5, Beams 1 and Torpedoes 5 (Mark4). Raise up the factories to maximum and mines to (at least) 200.
Save your money in the beginning at your home base to send out a D7 in every direction first:

''The costs are: 1 [[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]: 768 MC, 82 Du, 83 Tr, 135 Mo - Hull + 2 x Transwarp Drives, 4 x X-Rays + 2 x Mark4 torpedo launcher.''

Watch your next planets to decide where you should build your next base as soon as possible. Why? There you start building a fleet of Glory device ships (Hull 6 with Engine 1, X-Rays)! This is your main weapon. Be sure to have a couple of them before turn 20. Later you'll tow them with your Vics into war, and to safeguard your ships from robbing Priv cloakers.

''You will go out of Duranium soon.'' Thats why I prefer building no Disruptors on my first D7-Scouts...but try to built Disruptors + Mark7 as soon as possible.

So you have to build some freighters to bring back minerals to your home base. Don't fly through the open space with them, don't show your neighbours where your home base is.

The Fascists are the only race other than the Empire you should build a base on any planet with good temperature and some minerals. You don't need the race-advantage, because you just have to raise the hulls up to 6 - that costs 1500 MC (believe me: you will have much money)...and built?

A D19 every turn.
''The costs for a [[D19b Nefarious Destroyer]] are: 189 MC, 34 Du, 70 Tr, 65 Mo - Hull + 2 x Stardrive1 + 7 x Lasers or X-Rays.''

=== Expand cloaked with the D7===

Use your fantastic D7 (100 Cargo + 175 Mass) to expand (never build anything else on it other than X-Rays or Disruptors). Your tubes can be Mark 4 - that depends on your tactics.
Use this ship to cross over distances above 81 LY.
I usually send this ship out without torpedoes, just put 100 clans on board. Set down 3 clans on every planet until you reach a good one with a lot of natives. Drop down 30 clans and pillage in the same turn. Next turn the planet is yours, and you have about 30 supplies and money on board. Next turn beam down supplies and some money and beam up some minerals. Then you fly on cloaked while building torpedoes on board using the Friendly Code "mkt".

You will have 2 logistic problems: bringing home the money and bringing a lot of clans to the front to take over bases:
''Send out some Death Speculas to bring home money soon.''

Send out some Illwinds behind them, to bring clans and build torpedoes.
An ideal little fleet: D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser, a Death Specula and an Illwind.

=== Fly behind the lines ===

Don't attack too early. Fly behind the lines and wait with your D7 and stay cloaked on a planet until a Freighter arrives. Tow him out with Warp 1 (into the warp wells), set Primary Enemy to his race and Friendly Code: NTP so you don't destroy the freighter with your torpedos - you'll capture it. Maybe you'll get some clans to drop down ont the next planet.

=== Pillage & don't fight planets ===

Remember: You are a Warrior race, so don't wait too long to attack. Choose your Ally soon. Build some Illwinds in the early stages with X-Rays and Mark 4's and make trouble (remember: planets do not attack your ships!). Later in the game, this is your armed transport. If this ship is damaged after a fight or by a mine hit, you just have to pillage. With this big cargo room, you'll repair 52% damage from pillaging in 1 turn! This ship shots down about 40 fighters in a fight, but why fight a planet. Pillage it.

Take over planets by beaming down clans. 100 clans will be as strong as 1000 clans, because of your ground attack ratio being 10:1.
In the early stages, you'll take over every planet by dropping clans from your D7 - and if there are too many enemy clans, pillage a few turns and you'll see, there will be less.

There are two ways to fight: Never go to a planet with Primary enemy set, first have a look at what's going on.
You can tow out carriers with your D7 to a couple of Vics with Glory Device ships. Try to fight carriers with 2 Glory Devices and 2 Vics with Mark 7 torpedoes (have at least 40 Supplies on board!).

=== Application is the trick! ===

Do you know "Juniper's Guide to Fascists" (By Juniper - Revised 5/29/1998)? He used this headline in his guide to explain in a fabulous way, how to get priority points using the Glory device:

"The Fascist, in order to be successful needs information. If he has enough Victorious Battleships and enough Glory devices and enough information he can both defend his territory fiercely and invade enemies successfully. Utilize Glory Ships to the max. They are your main weapons. Used in packs they are devastating.

Now, let's talk about trading lots of ships for few ships. Most races cannot get away with this. Why? Well, most races do not get priority points for the ships that it loses. If you go into battle with 2 Victorious Battleships and 2 glory devices against a Virgo, and you pop two ships you will usually lose a Victorious and the enemy loses 1 Virgo. How can this possibly be good for you? Well, first it is obvious that the Virgo would take out several Victorious without the help of the glory device and the Virgo would still live against 2 Victorious so that is clearly worse. However, with the glory devices, what happens after the battle? The enemy gets 5 priority build points from the Vicki, you get 7 from the Virgo, plus 2 for the two pop ships. This means you get 9 priority build points and he only gets 5. These are used to build ships after the ship limit is reached.

Before the ship limit is reached you can outbuild him because of the inexpensive nature of your ships and because you are building stripped down glory ships that cost about 300 MCR and almost no minerals.

After the 500 ship limit you should be able to keep up with your opponents because you have more priority build points and because your ships cost you less priority build points to build them. In order to maximize your builds you will have to make judicious use of the ship queue and the planetary PBx friendly codes."

= The Glory Device mission =

What is a Glory Device? It is a device that is installed on two of the Fascist ships the [[D19b Nefarious Destroyer]] and the [[Saber Class Frigate]]. The device is a ship feature and NOT a race advantage. Anyone owning one of these ships can use the device.
When one of these ships set off the Glory Device it does 1 minehit (1 minehit = 10000/ (hullmass+1) ) of damage to all ships at the same point in space and destroys itself.

=== Controlling the Glory Device ===

By using different friendly codes the glory device can be used in different ways:

A) By using the "pop" friendly code the D19 or Saber class starships will automatically explode after the movement phase of the hostrun.

B ) With a friendly code of "trg" the D19 or Saber class starships will explode after the movement phase (*) of the hostrun, if:

The D19 or Saber has a primary enemy set and a cloaked ship belonging to that primary is at the same location as the D19 or Saber. Cloakers owned by the same race that owns the Glory Device and cloakers owned by official allies of the Glory Device's owner will never set off the Glory Device.
The D19 or Saber has a KILL mission, and a cloaked ship not belonging to the same owner or one of his allies is at the same location as the D19 or Saber. Cloakers owned by the same race that owns the Glory Device and cloakers owned by official allies of the Glory Device's owner will never set off the Glory Device.

===Glory Devices and fuel===

To explode, a D19 or Saber does not need fuel. More precisely:

A friendly code of "pop" will cause the ship to explode, even if it has no fuel
A friendly code of "trg" together with a primary enemy setting will make the ship function as a cloaker-detector against ships belonging to that primary enemy, even if it has no fuel.
A friendly code of "trg" together with a KILL mission does require fuel, because having a mission set (in this case: KILL) requires fuel.

=== Exploding Glory Devices===

When a Glory Device explodes the ship's owner is neatly informed by an ingame message.
When exploding, the glory device does less damage to Fascist ships than other races' ships. The D19 will do 20% normal damage and the Saber will do 10% damage to ships that the Fascists own. If a glory device that is owned by any other race than the Fascists is set off, ships of that race that are in the same place will also only suffer a partial minehit of damage. Official allies of the Fascists still suffer a full minehit of damage from glory devices if they are in the same place as an exploding glory device. Fascists will always suffer only a partial minehit, no matter who owns and sets off the glory device and no matter if it is set off by an ally or enemy.

Ships that are hit by an exploding Glory Device send a message to their owner, and a copy is also sent to the owner of the exploded Glory Device ship.

=== Glory Devices and planets ===

If the explosion takes place over a planet, a number of things happen.
First, 25% of all planetary structures are destroyed.
Secondly, 40% of a planet's colonist population is killed. If there are natives living on the planet, 40% of their population is also killed.

''Siliconoid, Reptile and Bovinoid natives as well as Lizard and Crystalline colonists are immune to Glory Devices' effects. Starbases do not suffer any damage from exploding Glory Devices. Exploding a Glory Device over one of your own planets does not cause any damage to the planet.''

The Berthold rays that result from a Glory Device explosion will kill ALL Amorphous life on a planet that occupies the same point in space as the exploding starship. This will cause all of the Amorphous natives to be converted directly into supplies. They will be converted at a rate of 1 supply unit per 1000 natives. Thats a lot of money!

=The Pillage Mission =

This mission is a useful addition to the Fascists arsenal. Pillage is a race advantage. It allows a ship to kill natives and clans on a planet and also provides income from the attack. The attack will kill 20% of the natives and 20 percent of the colonists and create 100 supplies and 100 MCR from every million natives.

Any Fascist starship with beams can plunder a planet for money and supplies. A Fascist ship with it’s mission set to “Pillage Planet” will pillage the planet it is orbiting after movement, if that planet is owned by anyone. The Fascist can pillage enemy planets, as well as allied or even their own planets if they desire to do so. The Fascist Pillage mission is not cumulative: a planet can only be pillage by one ship at a time. If multiple Fascist ships are set to pillage a planet only the one with the lowest ID will actually Pillage.

===Effects on the planet ===

As a result of the pillaging, one megacredit is generated for every 100 native clans (10,000 natives) and one megacredit is generated for every 100 colonist clans (10,000 colonists). Additionally, 1 supply-unit is made for every 100 native clans and anoteher supply-unit for every 100 colonist clans. After this has been done, 20% of the natives plus an additional 120 clans are killed. Also 20% of the colonists plus an additional 20 clans are killed. Pillaging will also reduce the happiness of both colonists and natives by 10 points. This results in the following formulas:
*Money added = (native clans + colonist clans) / 100
*Supplies added = (native clans + colonist clans) / 100
*Natives killed = (native clans * 0.2) + 120
*Colonists killed = (colonist clans * 0.2) + 20
*Native happiness change = -10
*Colonist happiness change = -10

The planetery population sends out a distress message to it’s central command, informing them of the planet’s troubled situation. The message includes the planet’s ID number, a short version of the effects of the pillage mission, and the number of clans left after the pillaging. The Fascists automatically receive a copy of this message because they scan broad-range communications during pillaging. They just love to hear about the terror they’ve struck among their enemies.

[[Category:Player Races]]

Tachyon Device

2011-05-31T23:23:01Z

Dacilndak: Birds are immune only with Advanced Cloak.

=Overview=

The Tachyon Device is a special characteristic of the [[Loki Class Destroyer]] that [[Cloaking|decloaks]] all enemy ships within 10 lightyears.

However, all ships under the control of [[Feds]] and [[Lizards]] are immune to the Tachyon Device, and [[The_Empire_of_Birds|Birdmen]] ships that have [[Advanced Cloak]] are also immune.

Should a Loki take 20% or more damage, its Tachyon Device will be knocked offline.

Lizards

2011-05-31T23:19:59Z

Dacilndak:

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|right|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - Reptile, Saurian, and Lizard
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Strategies=

==[[Alliances]]==

===With the [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* [[Madonnzila Class Carrier|Madonzilla]] benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===With the [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===With the [[Fascists]]===

===With the [[Privateers]]===

===With the [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!

===With the [[Crystals]]===

===With the [[Empire]]===

===With the [[Robots]]===

===With the [[Rebels]]===

===With the [[Colonies]]===

==[[Enemies]]==

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought|Nova]] can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

==Other==

=See Also=

[[Lizards_and..|Combat and Alliance Strategies]]

[[Category:Player Races]]

Lizards

2011-05-31T23:19:28Z

Dacilndak: Reformatted alliances section to work with "Alliances" page.

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|right|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - Reptile, Saurian, and Lizard
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Strategies=

==Alliances==

===With the [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* [[Madonnzila Class Carrier|Madonzilla]] benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===With the [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===With the [[Fascists]]===

===With the [[Privateers]]===

===With the [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!

===With the [[Crystals]]===

===With the [[Empire]]===

===With the [[Robots]]===

===With the [[Rebels]]===

===With the [[Colonies]]===

==Enemies==

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought|Nova]] can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

==Other==

=See Also=

[[Lizards_and..|Combat and Alliance Strategies]]

[[Category:Player Races]]

Alliances

2011-05-31T23:17:36Z

Dacilndak: Added some links.

=Overview=

This table contains (or, rather, will contain) links to strategies for alliances between two empires.<br>
Links will go to the race page of the race on the left.

<div style="text-align: center;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="1000">


<tr>

<td></td>
<td>[[Feds|The Solar Federation]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards|The Lizards]]</td>
<td>[[The_Empire_of_Birds|The Empire of the Birds]]</td>
<td>[[Fascists|The Fascists]]</td>
<td>[[Privateers|The Privateers]]</td>
<td>[[Cyborg|The Cyborg]]</td>
<td>[[Crystals|The Crystals]]</td>
<td>[[Empire|The Empire]]</td>
<td>[[Robots|The Robots]]</td>
<td>[[Rebels|The Rebels]]</td>
<td>[[Colonies|The Colonies]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Solar_Federation|X]]</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Empire_of_the_Birds|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Fascists|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Privateers|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Cyborg|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Crystals|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Empire|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Robots|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Rebels|X]]</td>
<td>[[Lizards#With_the_Colonies|X]]</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Fascists</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Privateers</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Cyborg</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Crystals</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Robotic Imperium</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>

Alliances

2011-05-31T23:06:21Z

Dacilndak: More done.

=Overview=

This table contains (or, rather, will contain) links to strategies for alliances between two empires, as well as that alliance's primary focus (military, economy, etc.).

<div style="text-align: center;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="1000">


<tr>

<td></td>
<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>The Fascists</td>
<td>The Privateers</td>
<td>The Cyborg</td>
<td>The Crystals</td>
<td>The Empire</td>
<td>The Robots</td>
<td>The Rebels</td>
<td>The Colonies</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Fascists</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Privateers</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Cyborg</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Crystals</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Robotic Imperium</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>

Alliances

2011-05-31T23:02:17Z

Dacilndak: Submitting what's done. Nowhere near done yet.

=Overview=

This table contains (or, rather, will contain) links to strategies for alliances between two empires, as well as that alliance's primary focus (military, economy, etc.).

<div style="text-align: center;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="1000">


<tr>

<td></td>
<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>The Fascists</td>
<td>The Privateers</td>
<td>The Cyborg</td>
<td>The Crystals</td>
<td>The Empire</td>
<td>The Robots</td>
<td>The Rebels</td>
<td>The Colonies</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Lizards</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Empire of the Birds</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>


<tr>

<td>The Solar Federation</td>
<td>n/a</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>
<td>TODO</td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>

Talk:Race Template

2011-05-31T22:51:30Z

Dacilndak:

Should we remove the "RACE_and.." pages and integrate them into the individual race pages in the Alliances and Enemies sections?

Perhaps we should make an own section for alliances.<br>
One table, x/y axis all races and in the cells a link to the advantages, which are on the same page, just below the table.
We could make those cells from green->yellow->red for good/ok/bad alliances.
Advantages in list form like Dacilndak did it on the [[Lizards]] page or with a text, like i did it in the [[The Empire of Birds|Birds]] section.
:[[User:Sirius113|Sirius113]] 22:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I like this idea. Every cell could link to the "Alliances" or "Enemies" section of the appropriate race page. I'll start on an "Alliance" page. [[User:Dacilndak|Dacilndak]] 22:52, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Talk:The Lost Colonies of Man

2011-05-31T22:42:46Z

Dacilndak:

I would like to put a quick fact box on the right side of this article... anyone know how to do that? [[User:Veldan|Veldan]] 13:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Here's one way to do it --->

{| class="Infobox" style="float: right; border: solid #000000 1px;"
|-
| INFO GOES HERE
|}

You have to put it inline with the text, though.

[[User:Dacilndak|Dacilndak]] 10:42, 31 May 2011 (GMT)

Talk:The Lost Colonies of Man

2011-05-31T22:42:22Z

Dacilndak:

I would like to put a quick fact box on the right side of this article... anyone know how to do that? [[User:Veldan|Veldan]] 13:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Here's one way to do it --->

[[User:Dacilndak|Dacilndak]] 10:42, 31 May 2011 (GMT)

{| class="Infobox" style="float: right; border: solid #000000 1px;"
|-
| INFO GOES HERE
|}

Talk:The Lost Colonies of Man

2011-05-31T22:42:11Z

Dacilndak:

I would like to put a quick fact box on the right side of this article... anyone know how to do that? [[User:Veldan|Veldan]] 13:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Here's one way to do it --->
[[User:Dacilndak|Dacilndak]] 10:42, 31 May 2011 (GMT)

{| class="Infobox" style="float: right; border: solid #000000 1px;"
|-
| INFO GOES HERE
|}

Lizards

2011-05-31T22:33:19Z

Dacilndak: Reformatted strategies

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|right|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - Reptile, Saurian, and Lizard
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Strategies=

==Alliances==

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* [[Madonnzila Class Carrier|Madonzilla]] benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

==Enemies==

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their [[Nova Class Super-Dreadnought|Nova]] can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

==Other==

=See Also=

[[Lizards_and..|Combat and Alliance Strategies]]

[[Category:Player Races]]

Lizards

2011-05-31T22:25:59Z

Dacilndak:

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|right|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - Reptile, Saurian, and Lizard
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Alliances=

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* Madonzilla benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

=Enemies=

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their Nova can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

=See Also=

[[Lizards_and..|Combat and Alliance Strategies]]

[[Category:Player Races]]

Lizards

2011-05-31T22:23:55Z

Dacilndak: Added all data from the "Lizards and.." page.

[[File:Lizards_Race_Icon_Nu.png|thumb|left|Lizard Alliance race icon from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
=Race abilities=
* Ground Combat: 30:1 (offensive); 15:1 (defensive) - strongest in the game
* 2x faster mining
* "Hiss" mission - ships with beam weapons can threaten colonists and natives on a planet to increase happiness by 5 points per ship per turn
* Cloaking device on some ships - Reptile, Saurian, and Lizard
* can take 150% damage on their ships (ships will explode after combat if damage is above 100% and if they are in orbit of a planet)

=Ship List=
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Tech
! Name
! Mass
! Fuel
! Cargo
! Crew
! Engines
! Beams
! Torps
! Bays
! MC
! Dur
! Trit
! Moly
! Special
|-
| 1
| [[Small Deep Space Freighter]]
| 30
| 200
| 70
| 2
| 1
|
|
|
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| 1
| [[Serpent Class Escort]]
| 55
| 160
| 20
| 35
| 1
| 2
|
|
| 40
| 15
| 33
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Neutronic Fuel Carrier]]
| 10
| 900
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
| 20
| 10
| 2
| 20
|-
| 3
| [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]]
| 60
| 250
| 200
| 6
| 1
|
|
|
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 6
|-
| 3
| [[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
| 60
| 120
| 50
| 45
| 2
| 4
|
|
| 50
| 22
| 33
| 15
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 4
| [[Eros Class Research Vessel]]
| 35
| 110
| 30
| 78
| 2
| 2
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 13
| [[Terraform Ship]] (lowers temp)
|-
| 4
| [[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
| 160
| 330
| 290
| 430
| 2
| 4
| 3
|
| 190
| 42
| 81
| 30
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 5
| [[Vendetta Class Frigate]]
| 100
| 140
| 30
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 4
|
| 170
| 12
| 23
| 57
|-
| 6
| [[Large Deep Space Freighter]]
| 130
| 600
| 1200
| 102
| 2
|
|
|
| 160
| 85
| 7
| 8
|-
| 7
| [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
| 120
| 260
| 150
| 336
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 85
| 32
| 67
| 23
| [[Cloaking|Cloak]]
|-
| 8
| [[Loki Class Destroyer]]
| 101
| 140
| 80
| 265
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 170
| 10
| 20
| 43
| [[Tachyon Device]]
|-
| 9
| [[Madonnzila Class Carrier]]
| 331
| 290
| 150
| 910
| 2
| 4
|
| 5
| 420
| 110
| 123
| 90
|-
| 9
| [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]]
| 712
| 800
| 1050
| 190
| 10
| 6
|
|
| 970
| 125
| 150
| 527
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 1 Supply + 1 Mineral -> 1 Fuel
|-
| 10
| [[Super Transport Freighter]]
| 160
| 1200
| 2600
| 202
| 4
|
|
|
| 220
| 125
| 13
| 18
|-
| 10
| [[T-Rex Class Battleship]]
| 421
| 490
| 190
| 810
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 350
| 140
| 153
| 100
|-
| 10
| [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]]
| 920
| 450
| 2700
| 120
| 10
| 8
|
|
| 840
| 625
| 250
| 134
| [[Alchemy|Alchemy Ship]] - 3 Supplies -> 1 Mineral
|}
</div>

=Notes=

* Build an Eros starbase early on to pump out HISS-er ships. Every large cluster of planets should have one HISS starbase. Eros ships are 100mc each (ish) even if you outfit them with t5 engines (nice but not necessary).
* Some players build tons of small deep space freighters late in the game to fill up the build queue, then recycle them for priority build points. The Lizards can do one better - build Serpents with tech-1 engines and beams and use them to HISSS! until you want to recycle them.
* starbase-inna-can ships are extremely valuable for getting starbases up and running fast. Null-tech starbases can still pump out HISS ships, and you may not get the chance to make them later.
* The T-Rex is a midrange attack ship, and is extremely cheap for its armament. Don't treat it like a heavy warship - it's in fact the least powerful tech-10 ship in the game. (Nevertheless it is superior to Fascists/Crystals (Diamond Flame)/Privateer and Fed (Missouri) main warship if you have a Lizard crew on board)
* LCCs are awesome but they're heavy and they suck up fuel. Make lots, but be aware that scavenging for fuel in enemy territory is hard, particularly if you're gravid with troops.
* Lizard players can win alliances by offering to HISSSS! other players' planets - have them tow a Serpent with tech-1 engines and beams to the planet of their choice. Note that you can't give your ships to them - you must be in control of them in order to HISSSS!

=Alliances=

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Refitting of ships
* You can provide cloakers, which they can make pretty good use of (immune to Lokis)
* can HISS his planets
* Madonzilla benefits highly from Fed ship bonus (extra bays)
* Economies: they have double taxes, you have double mining - trade-off

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* HISSSS! their planets! The Borg need fighters for their deadly Biocides, and for those they need a TON of cash.
* An amazing strategy to try:
** Put a cloaker ([[Reptile Class Destroyer|Reptile]], [[Lizard Class Cruiser|Lizard]], or [[Saurian Class Light Cruiser|Saurian]]) on an enemy planet where there is also in orbit a very strong enemy ship (say, a [[Virgo Class Battlestar|Colonial Virgo]]). Make sure the ship is cloaked.
** Have the Cyborg player move a [[Firecloud Class Cruiser|Firecloud]] about 80 lightyears away from the planet - enough to reach in one turn.
** When you are both ready, have your cloaker tow the enemy ship to the Firecloud.
** The same turn, the Cyborg should [[Warp Chunnel|chunnel]] that Firecloud (and, by extension, the enemy ship) to one of his worlds, where he has a low-[[Ship ID|ID]] Biocide waiting, mission set to "Kill!".
** When the enemy ship comes through the chunnel, its shields will be down. Because the Biocide has the lowest ship ID, it will attack the enemy ship first, easily destroying it.
** If the friendly code of your cloaker is different from that of the Firecloud, you can stay around and do it again!

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

=Enemies=

===The [[Feds|Solar Federation]]===

* Feds have a rough time getting minerals; hit their laden freighters.
* Their Nova can easily take out two T-Rexes in a row. Be careful.

===The [[The Empire of Birds|Empire of the Birds]]===

===The [[Fascists]]===

===The [[Privateers]]===

===The [[Cyborg]]===

* Kill them early if you can! The Cyborg are at their strongest later in the game, while the Lizards are strongest earliest in the game. If you are playing as the Lizards and you come across a fledgling Cyborg player, don't hesitate to destroy them - you probably won't get another chance.
* Don't make the mistake of building only T-Rexes. A single Biocide well-stocked with fighters can destroy four, maybe five T-rexes depending on their torpedo tech. A Rex-Mad-Rex or Rex-Mad-Mad combo will usually do the trick. Annihilations are somewhat easier to destroy (as they are torp ships), but they can still destroy several of your ships, so be careful.

===The [[Crystals]]===

===The [[Empire|Evil Empire]]===

===The [[Robots]]===

===The [[Rebels]]===

===The [[Colonies|Missing Colonies of Man]]===

=See Also=

[[Lizards_and..|Combat and Alliance Strategies]]

[[Category:Player Races]]

File:Medium Deep Space Freighter.png

2011-05-31T22:15:51Z

Dacilndak: Official Medium Deep Space Freighter image from http://vgaplanets.nu

Official Medium Deep Space Freighter image from http://vgaplanets.nu

Medium Deep Space Freighter

2011-05-31T22:15:06Z

Dacilndak: Added image.

[[File:Medium_Deep_Space_Freighter.png|thumb|left|Medium Deep Space Freighter image from [http://vgaplanets.nu VGA Planets Nu]]]
== Comments ==
The [[Medium Deep Space Freighter]] is a single-engine craft that should rarely be built. Recommended early in the game if starting population is very limited.

== Built By ==

All races

== Material requirements and specifications ==

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" width="300"><b>Name</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tech Levels|Tc]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Beams|Bm]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Torpedo|T]]/[[Fighter|F]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Engines|En]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Megacredits|MC]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Duranium|Dur]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Tritanium|Tri]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Molybdenum|Mol]]</b></td>

<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Mass]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Cargo|Car]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Neutronium|Fuel]]</b></td>
<td align="right" width="32"><b>[[Crew]]</b></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 align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">4</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
<td align="right" width="32">60</td>
<td align="right" width="32">200</td>

<td align="right" width="32">250</td>
<td align="right" width="32">6</td>
</tr>
</table>

File:Cyborg Race Icon Nu.png

2011-05-31T22:13:18Z

Dacilndak: Official Cyborg race icon from http://vgaplanets.nu

Official Cyborg race icon from http://vgaplanets.nu

Talk:Race Template

2011-05-31T22:10:05Z

Dacilndak: Created page with "Should we remove the "RACE_and.." pages and integrate them into the individual race pages in the Alliances and Enemies sections?"

Should we remove the "RACE_and.." pages and integrate them into the individual race pages in the Alliances and Enemies sections?

User:Dacilndak

2011-05-31T05:12:03Z

Dacilndak: Created page with "[http://vgaplanets.nu/user/dacilndak My VGA Planets Nu user profile]."

[http://vgaplanets.nu/user/dacilndak My VGA Planets Nu user profile].

Lizards

2011-05-31T05:09:00Z

Dacilndak:

Terraform Ship

2011-05-31T05:07:01Z

Dacilndak:

=Overview=

Terraforming ships change a planet's temperature to make it more habitable.

=Terraforming Ships=

* [[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]] - will raise a planet's temperature by 1 degree each turn until it reaches 50 degrees. If the planet is already warmer that 50 degrees, nothing will happen.
** Built by: [[Feds]]
* [[Eros Class Research Vessel]] - will lower a planet's temperature by 1 degree each turn until it reaches 50 degrees. If the planet is already cooler than 50 degrees, nothing will happen.
** Built by: [[Feds]], [[Lizards]]
* [[Onyx Class Frigate]] - will raise a planet's temperature by 1 degree each turn until it reaches 100 degrees. The Crystals and Siliconoid natives thrive on desert worlds.
** Built by: [[Crystals]]

Terraform Ship

2011-05-31T05:06:50Z

Dacilndak: Created page with "=Overview= Terraforming ships change a planet's temperature to make it more inhabitable. =Terraforming Ships= * Bohemian Class Survey Ship - will raise a planet's temperat…"

=Overview=

Terraforming ships change a planet's temperature to make it more inhabitable.

=Terraforming Ships=

* [[Bohemian Class Survey Ship]] - will raise a planet's temperature by 1 degree each turn until it reaches 50 degrees. If the planet is already warmer that 50 degrees, nothing will happen.
** Built by: [[Feds]]
* [[Eros Class Research Vessel]] - will lower a planet's temperature by 1 degree each turn until it reaches 50 degrees. If the planet is already cooler than 50 degrees, nothing will happen.
** Built by: [[Feds]], [[Lizards]]
* [[Onyx Class Frigate]] - will raise a planet's temperature by 1 degree each turn until it reaches 100 degrees. The Crystals and Siliconoid natives thrive on desert worlds.
** Built by: [[Crystals]]

Alchemy

2011-05-31T05:02:36Z

Dacilndak: Created page with "=Overview= Alchemy ships do just that - perform alchemy by converting one resource to another. =Alchemy Ships= * Neutronic Refinery Ship - converts 1 supply and 1 mineral …"

=Overview=

Alchemy ships do just that - perform alchemy by converting one resource to another.

=Alchemy Ships=

* [[Neutronic Refinery Ship]] - converts 1 supply and 1 mineral to 1 fuel
* [[Aries Class Transport]] ([[Colonies]] only) - converts 1 mineral to 1 fuel
* [[Merlin Class Alchemy Ship]] - converts 3 supplies to 1 mineral
** One can specify what minerals to be produced in the Merlin's [[Friendly Codes|friendly code]]. "ald" signifies all duranium, "alt" signifies all tritanium, and "alm" signifies all molybdenum. Any other friendly code will cause the ship to produce equal amount of all minerals.