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0016130The Last FederationGameplay IdeaMar 11, 2015 2:14 pm
ReporterWatashiwa Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Summary0016130: A Nomad Planet in TLF
DescriptionAn idea for a future expansion.

This Nomad Planet isn't much like the ones in Destroyer of Worlds. It intermittently appears on the solar map, but rather than act as a planet, it yields a random tech to the first race (Hydral included) to hold the planet for some amount of time (pirates can also go after it and get a bonus base instead). Allies won't fight one another for it, but everyone else will, meaning that the Planet can set off a war if enough ships get destroyed, or make a race very angry with you.

After the Planet is harvested a random number of times it turns hostile. It moves to the asteroid belt and starts producing armadas that attack everyone, with a special focus on whoever accessed it last. Should these defeat a planet's defensive armadas they glass the planet, eliminating the population, hurling environmental RCI to scarytown, and destroying all improvements.

Destroying the Nomad Planet requires a quest chain involving combating its armadas, reconnaissance, research, and a final assault to deliver a payload (unique special weapon) to a structural vulnerability (dropzone). Federation races and your allies contribute to the attack by launching artillery strikes, reducing enemies present one way or another, or sending a fleet of their own as appropriate.

I don't envision any specific rewards for destroying the planet, the rewards come in balancing risk/reward before it goes off, and not having death armadas everywhere after it does.
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Watashiwa

Feb 27, 2015 8:56 pm

reporter   ~0039916

Forum link is http://www.arcengames.com/forums/index.php?topic=17123.msg184990

steelwing

Feb 28, 2015 11:45 am

reporter   ~0039918

What about, after taking out the planet, each race gets randomized mineral bonuses and the player gets Hydral technologies unlocked?

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Feb 27, 2015 8:52 pm Watashiwa New Issue
Feb 27, 2015 8:56 pm Watashiwa Note Added: 0039916
Feb 28, 2015 11:45 am steelwing Note Added: 0039918
Mar 11, 2015 2:14 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => considering