04-03-2003 06:04									#1
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How do you do it, I can find no info on this...

	04-03-2003 06:08									#2
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It was canned.

	04-03-2003 09:08									#3
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NO LaneBlocker tech.

	04-03-2003 14:06									#4
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This with a few other empire macro tools was scrapped. This is one place that the game fails IMHO. The stuff that I would consider emperor stuff was scrapped and the micro stuff was kept in but without the focus.

	04-03-2003 14:35									#5
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At the offical site someone said it was not in the cut list. It get upgrade behind the scence.

	04-03-2003 18:19									#6
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It's never upgraded for me. Still takes me twenty turns to navigate out of my sector into someone else's for a little a** kickin'.

	06-03-2003 08:01									#7
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These Techs upgrade your space port.
Transportation Infrastructure
Space Port
Honeycomb Warehousing
Asynchronous Docking System
MicroGrav Pallets
Local Transporters
Planetary Customs Office
Orbital Traffic Control Center
Matter Facilitators
Bulk Freight Module
Commuter Transport Docks
Hypersleep Nexus
Megaresort Facilities
Check out the spreadsheets they have all the info that should have gone into the encyclopedia, but some one was too busy writing back story...

	06-03-2003 19:25									#8
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I think he means Starlanes (the Connection between two stars) and not Spaceports

But there are two files within the Spreadsheets.mob which may cover this problem.
One of them "Starlanes.txt" describes the costs for upgrading or downgrading the Starlanes.
The other, "StarlanesAI.txt", describes how much emphasis the AI has on upgrading or dronwgrading the Starlanes, dependend on the Relationships between you and the other empire (if one exists) and the Military Policy (Peace through strengt, limited war and so on).

If those Textfiles are really implemented (and not just remnants of earlier Versions of the game) it seems to be the AI which is responsible for the management of the starlanes.

	07-03-2003 00:02									#9
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So, does this mean there is no "Stargate" like in MOO2 that allows you to move between any two gated systems in 3 turns regardless of distance? If so, that really bites.

	07-03-2003 03:25									#10
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I thought stargates were one turn, but no, there's no magic bullet like that. Probably to keep you junking your fleet in order to stay current with propulsion tech.