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Ship Movement

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Quapla: /* Normal Movement Formula */

Ships can move only when loaded with sufficient [[Fuel]] and when outfitted with [[engines]] capable of making the journey. The high technology used for the engines results in better fuel efficiency, especially with regards to faster speeds.

The amount of fuel required is based upon the total mass of your ship and all its cargo.

There are three ships in the game that have [[Gravitonic Accelerator]]s.
These are the [[Meteor Class Blockade Runner]], the [[Br4_Class_Gunship]] and the [[Br5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat]]. These three ships travel at a rate of twice that of a normal ship. At warp factor 9 these ships will travel 162 light years in one turn.

There are also 3 ships that possess a [[Hyperdrive]]. The [[Pl21 Probe]] ([[The Evil Empire|Empire]]), [[B200 Class Probe]] ([[The Cyborg|Cyborg]]), and [[Falcon Class Escort]] ([[The Rebel Confederation|Rebel]]).

You can set multiple way points using Shift+Click, Multiple waypoints are visible only to yourself.

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

== Normal Movement Formula ==
<pre>
Normal_x = rnd(warp^2/(way_x^2 + way_y^2) * way_x) - .5
Normal_y = rnd(warp^2/(way_x^2 + way_y^2) * way_y) - .5

NOTE: These formulas are correct for approximately 90% of movements
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<pre>
THOST: Taken from Donovans:
fueluse = TRUNC [fuelfactor * ( TRUNC (mass/10) ) * ( (TRUNC(distance) / maxtravel) / 10000 ) ]
NU acts like PHost:
Taken from Phost-Helps
Fuel consumption = TRUNC(ERND((FuellessShipMass+ShipFuel)/10)* 10*FUEL_CONSUMPTION_RATE*TRUNC(DistanceToTravel))
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== Hyperjump Formula ==
<pre>
final_x = ERND(x+350*dx/ERND(sqrt(dx^2+dy^2)))
final_y = ERND(y+350*dy/ERND(sqrt(dx^2+dy^2)))

NOTE: ERND() is a rounding function which rounds normally to the nearest
integer, except when the the number to be rounded ends in exactly 0.5.
Then, it rounds to the nearest even number, e.g. 8.5 rounds to 8 and
9.5 rounds to 10. The innermost ERND() can be just a simple RND()
(round to nearest integer) since the square root of an integer will
never end in 0.5. Formula courtesy of Andrew Sterian.
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==See Also==
Ship [[Tow]]<br>
Ship [[Intercept]]<br>
[http://www.donovansvgap.com/help/movement.htm Donovans Movement]<br>

Planets

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== Overview ==
Planets are natural [[Space Objects]] strewn throughout the galactic map. Each planet is assigned an ID and a name to differentiate itself from other planets in the galaxy. Each planet is different in its minerals and fuel that may be mined, and the densities thereof.

Ones expand their empire by colonizing and [[Planetary Structures|developing]] these planets. Naturally, every empire is going to want to expand as much as they can.

Each planet has a [[climate]] in the range from 0-100 degrees that is used to determine the conditions of the planet.

== Natives ==
:Main Article: [[Natives]]
Some planets carry these non-playable lifeforms known as [[native]]s. Natives can carry special abilities that may be used to (usually) aid an empire in its growth.

All non-[[Amorphous]] natives can be [[Taxes|taxed]] to collect additional [[megacredits]], but enough [[colonists]] must be present to collect the taxes in question.

[[File:Warp Well.png|150px|thumb|right|Points in orange has different effects for ships using the [[Hyperdrive]] ability]]
== Gravity wells ==
Each planet has Gravity wells (or simply warp wells) that ships may use to reduce fuel consumption. There are exceptions towards the rule, such as when a player suspects there may be a cloaker at the planet.

== Economy ==
Taken from Donovans - Maximum structures:

Mines: one for every clan up to 200, above that it's 200+SQRT(clans-200)

Factories: one for every clan up to 100, above that it's 100+SQRT(clans-100)

Effectively this is one for every clan up to 101, due to SQRT(101-100) being 1

Defenseposts: one for every clan up to 50, above that it's 50+SQRT(clans-50)

NU: Uses the math.floor (truncate) function

THOST/PHOST: Uses the round function, so in some cases there can be one more item.

[[category:Space Objects]]

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