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Hey all,
Recently, I built a Terror Star to teach the Altairans a lesson for their arrogance in attacking me. They lost about 5 systems, but, more importantly, my terror star acquired a movement rate of 6 during its assault.
Perhaps it was movement bonuses from my techs, maybe it was all the military upgrades to the terror star, but I was under the impression that the star was forever stuck at a movement of 1...any similar experiences/thoughts on this?
Also: found a sweet "culture bomb" strategy. 1)Build terror star. 2) Max it with culture mods. 3)Move it into enemy sector, assimilate star system. 4)Repeat step 3 ad nauseum, just escort the star with some fine ships.
On Intelligent level, I have currently assimilated 3 large star systems (@30 billion each) in the largest enemy civ. Since the darned thing moves 6 parsecs/turn, it performs as an easily transportable culture bomb (with star annhilation as a significant perk).
Somewhat distressing, however, is the fact that the Torian civilization, my rival, has yet to complain of my sure and steady cultural invasion. They are ranked slightly above me in military, and our economies depend on each other for our mutual wealth. Waiting for the Torians to assert their authority...
Wow, this got long
. Anyway, just curious if anyone has duplicated this "turbo movement" terror star/culture bomb combo.
Thanks for reading my rant,
JD
Recently, I built a Terror Star to teach the Altairans a lesson for their arrogance in attacking me. They lost about 5 systems, but, more importantly, my terror star acquired a movement rate of 6 during its assault.
Perhaps it was movement bonuses from my techs, maybe it was all the military upgrades to the terror star, but I was under the impression that the star was forever stuck at a movement of 1...any similar experiences/thoughts on this?
Also: found a sweet "culture bomb" strategy. 1)Build terror star. 2) Max it with culture mods. 3)Move it into enemy sector, assimilate star system. 4)Repeat step 3 ad nauseum, just escort the star with some fine ships.
On Intelligent level, I have currently assimilated 3 large star systems (@30 billion each) in the largest enemy civ. Since the darned thing moves 6 parsecs/turn, it performs as an easily transportable culture bomb (with star annhilation as a significant perk).
Somewhat distressing, however, is the fact that the Torian civilization, my rival, has yet to complain of my sure and steady cultural invasion. They are ranked slightly above me in military, and our economies depend on each other for our mutual wealth. Waiting for the Torians to assert their authority...
Wow, this got long
. Anyway, just curious if anyone has duplicated this "turbo movement" terror star/culture bomb combo.Thanks for reading my rant,
JD
