SB bonuses stacking for enemy ships speed - ??

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A question, the idea stuck me and I can't verify by playing right now (office ... :( ).
Normally SB bonuses stack...In the case of speed +/- to ships in sector, if it stacks it'll be awfully unbalanced ! Build 4-6 SBs with basic beams/-1 to speed each, and noone can ever move in your sectors - so couldn't either destroy the SBs (unless they are on the sector's edge, just avoid this ! ;) )!!
How does the game handle this ? :notsure:
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Bump, after 24 hrs it dropped on p 3, forum is very busy ! :)
But well, some answers ?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I haven't tested it, but supposedly it stacks, but will never reduce the speed of an enemy ship below 1.
Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Someone somewhere said they had made a blackhole sector for enemy ships - they just couldn't move once they entered the sector. Apparently the AI kept on sending more ships in too.

Haven't tried it myself, but I'd like to see it work like Popup suggests.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I'f anyone has a game where they can get enemy ships stopped in a sector, please send it to us. This is a pretty huge cheese tactic if it's possible, but as popup said, ships should never be stopped, simly slowed to no less than 1 move per turn.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Even better, invert their direction, speed of -1. So whatever direction they enter the sector from, they get pushed back... I bet that came up as a bug at some point...
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Thx for the clarifications !
However it still sounds cheesy to me to be able to have enemy reduced to -3 speed with 3 SBs having -1 enemy speed in each, which is possible with a pretty early tech, rather than have to wait for improved modules...
IMHO the effects shouldn't stack at all .. And what about positive bonuses ? Do they also stack without limit, allowing Battleaxes or Dreads to get 10 moves/turns ?

~SDC~
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I'll have to test this out myself. Right after I smack those Drengin ******* around some more.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes the positive effects stack- I've had a sector with 141 starbases in it and upgraded a few, was getting +13 speed through the sector.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
In fact anyone who wants that save to easilt test bajillions of SB's in a sector is welcome to it LOL, let me know, and I can post it to the web ZIPped up.