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NotLikeTea posted 07-28-99 08:17 PM ET
From the press release:
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The addition of "Geosynchronous Survey Pods," for example, will improve a colony's ability to track nearby enemy forces. Or players can toss their dissidents into the new "Brood Pit" and watch them be devoured by hatchling
Mind Worms.
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Brood pit? My only guess for this would be a way of eliminating drones (and decreasing pop?) while improving the level of your native units (maybe a +1 morale boost for new native units?)
Of course, it may be an action, along the line of nervestapling, rather than a structure. Or, of course, a combination of the two.
OldWarrior_42 posted 07-29-99 01:48 AM ET
Thats what it sounds like to me or possibly even be considered an atrocity or along those lines with sanctions or such.
Zoetrope posted 07-29-99 04:57 AM ET
I don't see how killing dissidents is any better than starving your base, which you can do already without suffering any sanctions.
Geosynchronous Survey Pods: will they be Orbital Sensors? How do you specify the area they scan?
NotLikeTea posted 07-29-99 08:27 AM ET
"The addition of "Geosynchronous Survey Pods," for example, will improve a colony's ability to track nearby enemy forces."
Notice that they specify "A COLONY'S ABILITY"... I don't know for sure, butt his looks like it would be a base specific structure, instead of a faction wide effect, like the current orbital installations. Would also probably be limited to one per base, I would assume.
sandworm posted 07-29-99 08:45 AM ET
"Geosynchronous" implies that the survey satellite is stationary (relative to a point on the earths surface), probably directly over a city that builds it.
evil_conquerer posted 07-29-99 10:01 AM ET
Probably it will either:
1. Increase the base's sight range from 2 to 3
2. Let you specify a square to target. It will let you see everything within 2 or 3 squares of that spot.
If it is #1, then probably there will be a limit of 1 per base. If it is 2, then there will be no limit.
Mongoose posted 07-29-99 12:18 PM ET
Wonder if they modified satellite combat to allow attacking the Geosynchronous Survey Pods? Any idea what the requiisite tech is?
Shadow1188 posted 07-29-99 05:39 PM ET
Remember that thread asking a new feature in SMACX allowing you to choose a way to execute a faction leader after you conquer that faction? I think Firaxis saw that thread, and responded with the Brood Pit. A somewhat sadistic, but great idea!
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Author	Topic: new SMAC-X (alien crossfire) structures
NotLikeTea	posted 07-28-99 08:17 PM ET From the press release: ---- The addition of "Geosynchronous Survey Pods," for example, will improve a colony's ability to track nearby enemy forces. Or players can toss their dissidents into the new "Brood Pit" and watch them be devoured by hatchling Mind Worms. --- Brood pit? My only guess for this would be a way of eliminating drones (and decreasing pop?) while improving the level of your native units (maybe a +1 morale boost for new native units?) Of course, it may be an action, along the line of nervestapling, rather than a structure. Or, of course, a combination of the two.
OldWarrior_42	posted 07-29-99 01:48 AM ET Thats what it sounds like to me or possibly even be considered an atrocity or along those lines with sanctions or such.
Zoetrope	posted 07-29-99 04:57 AM ET I don't see how killing dissidents is any better than starving your base, which you can do already without suffering any sanctions. Geosynchronous Survey Pods: will they be Orbital Sensors? How do you specify the area they scan?
NotLikeTea	posted 07-29-99 08:27 AM ET "The addition of "Geosynchronous Survey Pods," for example, will improve a colony's ability to track nearby enemy forces." Notice that they specify "A COLONY'S ABILITY"... I don't know for sure, butt his looks like it would be a base specific structure, instead of a faction wide effect, like the current orbital installations. Would also probably be limited to one per base, I would assume.
sandworm	posted 07-29-99 08:45 AM ET "Geosynchronous" implies that the survey satellite is stationary (relative to a point on the earths surface), probably directly over a city that builds it.
evil_conquerer	posted 07-29-99 10:01 AM ET Probably it will either: 1. Increase the base's sight range from 2 to 3 2. Let you specify a square to target. It will let you see everything within 2 or 3 squares of that spot. If it is #1, then probably there will be a limit of 1 per base. If it is 2, then there will be no limit.
Mongoose	posted 07-29-99 12:18 PM ET Wonder if they modified satellite combat to allow attacking the Geosynchronous Survey Pods? Any idea what the requiisite tech is?
Shadow1188	posted 07-29-99 05:39 PM ET Remember that thread asking a new feature in SMACX allowing you to choose a way to execute a faction leader after you conquer that faction? I think Firaxis saw that thread, and responded with the Brood Pit. A somewhat sadistic, but great idea!