posted 02-13-99 05:10 AM ET        

It's got pretty much no factilties, so I order the Govener to 'build' it up. What does he build 1st?

Aircraft!?! EH what? Why not garriosn units? Or does he think Airpower is the way to go for defence over and above having ground units? If so, I say it's a terrible idea, and I'm getting tired of saying "no, not aircraft, infantry garrison units".

Same thing happens but it starts buidling convential and PLANET buster missles to! This can be with bases next to enemy bases and bases no where near them, with and without vendeattas with the closest factions.

Another thing where either the AI isn't working or it's working better than I can. If I'm on a contient with say a lot (5+) formers on "do what you think is right" orders, they just travel from base to base as a pack, but don't actually seem to do anything when they all get there. They just head to somewhere else and repeat the process. However, other formers on auto orders work fine.

This is all on Level 2 diffucalty so mabye it all changes at harder levels?

And finally last Question- if formers can build magtubes on single squares, and build them (in a very haphazed and well night usless way) on auto orders, why is the menu choice "build magtubes to <base>" and "build magtubes" still dark and you can't choose it?