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johndmuller
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Capitol Hill, Colony of DC
Feb 2001
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I've analyzed the tech tree a bit on the assumption that we are interested in Fusion, Air Power & Derestricting and it looks like we should be researching somewhat along these lines at the moment:
- Social Psych / Doc: Loyalty & Ethical Calc / Gene Splicing & Intel Integrity
- Applied Physics / PolyMorph SW & Hi Energy Chem & Doc Flex / Op Comps & Adaptive Doc & Econ
As you know, the tech tree is perilous and I wouldn't claim to be an expert, but it looks to me that Social Psych / Ethical Calc is important to a lot of paths, so I would suggest we treat that as high priority. Applied Physics and Doc Loyalty are also reasonably timely.
TMS, it looks like you should do Ethical Calc next as you are doing the prereq; that path continues with Intel Integrity (on the way to Fusion) and Gene Splicing on the way to Doc: Air Power and the restrictions).
Darius, Doc Loyalty is a bit more on the critical path is Doc Flex; if you can switch without losing accumulated techs or getting your tech cost recomputed, it might be worth it; if it looks like a bad idea, thats cool - think about doing Progen Psych next, then Adaptive Econ on the Doc: Air Power track.
I will be through with Intustrial Auto in a few turns and will probably research PolyMorphic S'Ware or Applied Physics (perhaps Doc Loyalty if Darius can't switch or Doc: Flex if he can); I could instead double TMS on Social Psych and then switch to Ethical Calculus when he is done and gives Soc Psy to me (leaving him to do Applied Phys, PolyM SW,or Doc Loyalty/Flex.
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Darius
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Connecticut, USA
Mar 2000
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quote:
Originally posted by johndmuller
Darius, Doc Loyalty is a bit more on the critical path is Doc Flex; if you can switch without losing accumulated techs or getting your tech cost recomputed, it might be worth it; if it looks like a bad idea, thats cool - think about doing Progen Psych next, then Adaptive Econ on the Doc: Air Power track.
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Maybe I'm cracking up, but on my chart, Progenitor Psych and Adaptive Economics are NOT on the path to Doc:Air Power, but Doc:Flexibility is one of the direct prerequisites to Doc:Air Power. I couldn't switch out of flex without losing 1-2 turns so I stayed with it, but again, I think that is the right thing to do to get to Air Power.
Turn to jdm.
Darius
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johndmuller
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Capitol Hill, Colony of DC
Feb 2001
time: 00:15
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MY 2125 to Tai Mai Shu - Peacekeepers
No Darius, you're not cracking up; I thought that looked a little strange too, but I persisted in misreading  the #$%&^! chart (I think that they skimped on the Graphic Artist budget when they converted the SMAC Chart to SMAX).
So, my current take on it is that in the short run, aside from what we are already working on, I've got 4 techs in the most critical category and 2 more in the next most critical batch, based on the various goals we've mentioned (Air Power, Fusion, Restrictions, BioEngineering/MMI); they are:
--Most Critical: Applied Physics, Doc: Loyalty, Ethical Calculus & Polymorphic Software;
--Next Most Critical: High Energy Chemistry & Secrets of the Human Brain.
If we toss in NonLinear along the way, we can also research SuperString (Chaos) after we get Cyberethics without needing any other prereqs. We do have a some work to do though; I think we need a bit over 20 more techs to get that stuff.
I'm thinking that we could specialize a little at this point and hold a few less techs (and associated Tech Cost penalty). There is a bunch of techs that are mostly free of interlocks with the others - Applied Physics, Hi Energy Chem, Polymorphic SW, Optical Computers &Superconductors, also Adaptive Doc, Advanced Military Algorithms and (optionally) NonLinear Math. Darius?
Pleased let me know of the latest flaws in my reading of the charts and any favorite paths you want to follow.
John
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johndmuller
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Capitol Hill, Colony of DC
Feb 2001
time: 00:15
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I'm thinking that Fusion is the most important one (for offense and defense too). Do we really want to bother with Fission Choppers and paying to upgrade stuff after only a dozen years or so or do you think that its worth it? I'll go along with the majority, but I would suggest the strategy in the paragraph below.
I attached a Word document which (if it doesn't get reformatted to badly) shows the research paths. You'll notice that there are several paths with no slack in them (2 in Fusion - (1)PolyM SW to Fusion via Present Alg, and (2)Soc Psych to Fusion diagonally from lower right; and 1 in Air Power/MMI - Soc Psych thru Gene Splicing to Air Power & MMI); I think that we should try to make sure we are researching the techs in those critical path elements whenever possible, otherwise we may find ourselves waiting on them later. Its not a great chart, but once you figure it out, it works pretty well for visualizing the critical paths.
The path to Bioengineering is largely independent and the restriction lifting tech fork off the path to Air Power - we already have their other prereqs.
The path I suggested for Darius in my previous post is taken from the left sides of the two charts; its main advantage is that if one person does them, they wouldn't have to have any of the techs on the right side or the center unless they needed them for some infrastructure or unit in their own faction. Thats why I thought of Darius since he may be able to operate without Social Psych whereas I definitely can't; that, and the fact that the Conquer stuff starts over there and Darius' industry suggests he build a lot of war stuff. Those aren't terriblly good reasons, as we will probably each want Soc Psych and at least some military techs, so that group would be fair game for anyone. I do think however, that it makes sense to isolate that set of techs for Tech Cost reasons.
I'm almost finished a Net Node, hope to build another 1 or 2 soon; hope you all do too.
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