20-11-2000 00:53									#1
	Unclear about... Increase Your PM Length

OK, I've been playing for a few days, and for the most part am loving CTP2.

However, there are a few things that I'm confused about, and haven't been able to clear up by reading the manual, readme file, the message boards here, etc.

First, what are "Crossover Technologies" as they are listed in the Tech Tree? For example, Geometry is listed with a +3 Ballistics. Does this mean that learning geometry will give a head start on learning ballistics? Usually ballistics will be learned before geometry, so I'm not sure if that makes sense.

Second, several questions about piracy. When an opponent pirates one of my trade routes, is the piracy only occurring while the enemy unit is parked on the trade route? Several times my trade route is marked as pirated, but the offending unit has already returned back to it's own territory.

Even more confusing, how do I tell when I've successfully pirated somebody elses trade route? There is no indication in any of the summary screens (that I could find) of extra income due to piracy. And again, is piracy done every turn, or do I only have to do it once and then it continues? The manual is very unclear about this.

Thanks!

--Doug--

	22-11-2000 05:38									#3
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So can anybody help me with my Piracy questions?

--Doug--

	22-11-2000 09:06									#4
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You have to pirate every turn. You will receive a pirate flag and animation on the trade route tile that you pirate. The amount of money gained is the amount that the trade route would normally give (the empire that owns the route) for that turn. You may have a difficult time finding this gold though. If you are losing money in any of your cities, it will be diverted there first.

Are you sure your route is not still being pirated? Another AI unit might be pirating it at a different spot.

Smooshies