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Tgzo posted 03-16-99 07:19 PM ET
Hi, I'm currently in doubt of how to obliterate a city that you want to give up on? What keyboard command or action should I use?
Thanks

Pique posted 03-16-99 07:31 PM ET
'Obliterate Base' command is, if I remember correctly, on the ACTION menu, available to an active combat unit standing inside the base square.
This is considered an atrocity. A better option might be to just make colony pods until the base goes away. They will be free to support (since the supporting base is now gone).
Pique
CaptComal posted 03-17-99 05:32 AM ET
Except that in the game I am currently playing ... it doesn't work.
I have the population down to ONE ...
I set the city to building a COLONY POD ...
ALL the minerals needed were accomplished ... but it just kept building and building and building. After the white boxesin the build queue were done, it went and started making RED boxes turn after turn.
I even tried to HURRY it in case it had gotten mixed up, but it wouldn't let me.
So, I to would like to know how to get rid of that city without comitting an atrocity.
Thanks.
CaptComal
Dreadnought posted 03-17-99 06:32 AM ET
Capt, your problem is that you have you game set on a difficulty level that doesnt allow you to abondon a base by making lots of colony pods.
This is only applied on games that are the 3rd level of diffuculty or higher. But right now, there is no other way to get rid of that base besides-
A)Destroying it. Press the "b" key while an active military unit is in that city.
B)Give the base to another faction. This is accessible through the diplomacy selections. Offer a gift, the offer a base, then select the base.
Hope this helped.
Alexis posted 03-17-99 06:50 AM ET
Thanks guys, you just answered a question that I had asked in the strategy section.
Happy SMACing - SMACing the opposition that is.
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Author	Topic: How to obliterate one's city?
Tgzo	posted 03-16-99 07:19 PM ET Hi, I'm currently in doubt of how to obliterate a city that you want to give up on? What keyboard command or action should I use? Thanks
Pique	posted 03-16-99 07:31 PM ET 'Obliterate Base' command is, if I remember correctly, on the ACTION menu, available to an active combat unit standing inside the base square. This is considered an atrocity. A better option might be to just make colony pods until the base goes away. They will be free to support (since the supporting base is now gone). Pique
CaptComal	posted 03-17-99 05:32 AM ET Except that in the game I am currently playing ... it doesn't work. I have the population down to ONE ... I set the city to building a COLONY POD ... ALL the minerals needed were accomplished ... but it just kept building and building and building. After the white boxesin the build queue were done, it went and started making RED boxes turn after turn. I even tried to HURRY it in case it had gotten mixed up, but it wouldn't let me. So, I to would like to know how to get rid of that city without comitting an atrocity. Thanks. CaptComal
Dreadnought	posted 03-17-99 06:32 AM ET Capt, your problem is that you have you game set on a difficulty level that doesnt allow you to abondon a base by making lots of colony pods. This is only applied on games that are the 3rd level of diffuculty or higher. But right now, there is no other way to get rid of that base besides- A)Destroying it. Press the "b" key while an active military unit is in that city. B)Give the base to another faction. This is accessible through the diplomacy selections. Offer a gift, the offer a base, then select the base. Hope this helped.
Alexis	posted 03-17-99 06:50 AM ET Thanks guys, you just answered a question that I had asked in the strategy section. Happy SMACing - SMACing the opposition that is.