Congratulations, we're about to make planetfall...

[Geo]

... but we didn't thought on checking the cargo manifest, and it seems a little low on necessities.

That's essentially how Earth colonists arrived at Chiron.


Now, imagine YOU were smart enough to load up your landing pod to the rim with what you consider essentials for an upstart colony, and had time to ransack stuff onboard your starship before abandoning it, what would you have load in it?

From ingame info, we now the Unity carried several landing pods (doubling as colony pod), lots of small arms, lots of rovers, some slow foils, a few gun foils, and one or two choppers.
I recently found it weird there were no formers or crawlers onboard, so let's throw these on the list as well.

Now, you have a minimum of four 'units' besides your initial colony pod, and can choose three different items. Which of these (scout, rover, foil, gun foil, chopper, former and crawler), and in what amount, would you stow in your pod?


Not asking on a whim. I found a way to trick the game in giving you a mix of units at the beginning without adding them in the faction file, and like stats on what the people here would like to start with.

[ete]

How does the trick work?

And as for which additional units I'd pick.. I think free independent formers are likely the best choice, with crawlers and rovers second and third generally. 'copters can't pop pods, so they kind of suck right at the start except for finding out where things are.. which is handy but no big deal. If I was Cult or Gaia (or started near the nexus) and started on the coast I'd get a gun foil and go catch some IoDs though.

[JarlWolf]

I'd personally have 19 Planet Busters that are running on the Qauntum or better engines and be on a tiny map please, and thats all I need.

Win.

[Kilkakon]

19? If you need that many 6 should be enough.

[JarlWolf]

19? If you need that many 6 should be enough.

I want to be sure.

Plus if they make more then a few bases...

[Geo]

And as for which additional units I'd pick.. I think free independent formers are likely the best choice, with crawlers and rovers second and third generally. 'copters can't pop pods, so they kind of suck right at the start except for finding out where things are.. which is handy but no big deal. If I was Cult or Gaia (or started near the nexus) and started on the coast I'd get a gun foil and go catch some IoDs though.

So you'd go with the initial colony (landing pod), 2-3 formers, a supply crawler, and a scout rover if possible? Okay.

How does the trick work?

PM sent.

I'd personally have 19 Planet Busters that are running on the Qauntum or better engines and be on a tiny map please, and thats all I need.

Atrocities at the start of the game? 
But PB's are unfortunately not on the cargo manifest, so... 

[Buster's Uncle]

How does the trick work?

PM sent.

Why? 

Is it a secret from the Modding forum?

[Geo]

No, no secret. Just a private response because of the on topic feedback. 

[JarlWolf]

Atrocities at the start of the game? 
But PB's are unfortunately not on the cargo manifest, so... 

Neither was CEO Morgan on the crew member list, but he still got in didn't he?

There is always nuclear weapons...

[Geo]

Neither was CEO Morgan on the crew member list, but he still got in didn't he?

There is always nuclear weapons...

Point taken. Only problem is, if cpt. Garland would've made Planetfall (presumedly with a still united crew), Morgan probably never would've gotten so influential.

And a starship does indeed, by its very nature, have the necessities for nuclear weopons. 
Btw, PB's are quasi-nuclear...

[NewAgeOfPower]

Some endgame max-equipment skybases would be nice...

[Green1]

Some endgame max-equipment skybases would be nice...

I agree New Age. Some of the end game units are really cool. Wish the game was not already decided by then to actually make them relevant. But, Civ series games suffered with that all the way up to Civ 4/5.

[Green1]

I'd personally have 19 Planet Busters that are running on the Qauntum or better engines and be on a tiny map please, and thats all I need.

Win.

Someone on another forum a long time back mentioned a MP scenario where everyone started with planet busters. Object was to recreate a Armageddon/ aftermath scenario played from the start of it.

[JarlWolf]

That'd be an interesting social experiment. Total M.A.D situation...

[Vishniac]

There is always nuclear weapons...

Grammar and spelling are good but it lacks something...and I know what.

There is ALWAYS nuclear weapons!

Isn't it better like that? 
(says the guy who dreams of nuclear weapons when dancing at partys  )