04-26-2011, 06:08 PM
Quick update (without the narrative)
I missed my turn due to poor planning over the holiday weekend. RATS! I did learn one interesting thing about the game - if you don't submit a turn, a set of default orders will be run on your behalf. If you want "nothing" to happen on a turn, you had better send in a turn specifying exactly that.
I had my 2 surviving scout ships head off to new systems (which is probably good), and one of them found a colony of another player. But my home colony processed a default order that basically dumped all available energy into developing our in-system colony - a huge investment into a less-than-productive planet. So we now have a huge presence there, but because of the oppressive climate we are still producing only marginal output there.
That teaches me to wait til the last minute! What's that, you say? Today is Tuesday and I still have not submitted orders which are due in the morning? Aaaarrrgh!!!
Time management. A simple element of turn-based gaming that somehow eludes me. I will draft up a narrative later tonight...
I missed my turn due to poor planning over the holiday weekend. RATS! I did learn one interesting thing about the game - if you don't submit a turn, a set of default orders will be run on your behalf. If you want "nothing" to happen on a turn, you had better send in a turn specifying exactly that.
I had my 2 surviving scout ships head off to new systems (which is probably good), and one of them found a colony of another player. But my home colony processed a default order that basically dumped all available energy into developing our in-system colony - a huge investment into a less-than-productive planet. So we now have a huge presence there, but because of the oppressive climate we are still producing only marginal output there.
That teaches me to wait til the last minute! What's that, you say? Today is Tuesday and I still have not submitted orders which are due in the morning? Aaaarrrgh!!!
Time management. A simple element of turn-based gaming that somehow eludes me. I will draft up a narrative later tonight...