Alliances? Terror Stars? Artificial Planets?

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Am I missing something? I have had Alliances, Artificial Planets and Terror Star techs for decades, and can't seem to bring any of them into play in any way that I can discover. I must be missing some other tech to enable them? Baffled... :notsure:
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I have never had the alliance option come up in chat with the other races. Even when I was friendly with them, and a alliance would have helped us both. For terror stars you make a star base and then under one of the tabs for the upgrade of the base is a terror star module. As long as you got the tech, I never made one so I don't know what goes on after that point.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
For Terror Stars you have to build 4 Military Modules, Beginning with Terror Star Shell (with Terror Star Tech).
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I actually had the alliance option available late in my first game. It seems you have to almost max out you relations to the other race in order to propose an alliance. I think the game just doesn't let you propose it as long as there would be no chance of success. Remember that it is a very powerful instrument that's a necessity for a victory condition, so if it would be too easy to ally with other races, the diplomatic victory would be not so much of a task.

That's no moon.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Alliance require that both you and the AI have that technology.
AND the relationship must be CLOSE. Friendly is not enough.
If you have it and the AI does not, sell it or give it.
Giving it will make you closer, if not continue cultivating the relation by trading and giving tech, carefully!.


~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
The terror star options appear when you try to update an existing starbase. After 4 updates towards terror star it will be complete. This not only gives you a star killer but also a mobile starbase (quite useful but very slow).

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
The Terror star final update will also cost you 5000 so make sure you have plenty in the bank before upgrading with the last module.

~SDC~
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Aha. Good info, all - thanks. Anyone know how the heck to use the artificial planets tech? I am assuming that it allows you to build words where none exist, but that's just a guess, since the game info on it seems to be non-existent. Has anyone actually used the tech in any way, or is it just a stepping stone?
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
There will be additional events tied to some of these techs in the future. At the moment, they are stepping stones along the tech ladder.