CLEernest Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 As unfortunate and pathtic as it may seem, sience I am still running a fairly small empire, I am constantly running out of things to spend my orders on. I paniced when I herd that the order limit had gone from 30 to 40! I have very ittle intention of expanding much anytime soon either, none of the planets like me. But I still don't like to waste my money. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowKitsune Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Items that tend to chew up a lot of orders for me are -- 1. Moving my fleets around doing EXPL, GEO, CSV, PMAP and SURV Orders. 2. Tweaking my Production queue. 3. Setting up convoy routes. You could always do an ANZ on anything you *can* research, which will tell you what it does. YMMV -SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldred Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Also you could... You could make a few army units then perform TAC orders on your armies to establish their effectiveness Perform FOB orders on each of your ship designs NAME and AC your legendary characters (if you haven't already done that!) Set up some empty Pop Groups on worlds you know of to aid furture exploring Build and deploy some of the new system beacons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bovine Hegemony Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 You could slowly tool assembly lines for every individual component you will be building. This would eventually give you a very flexible production scheme without needing to worry about accidentally screwing something else up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Elder 'Keen Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Fully map your home system, and any system within 2 jumps. Colonize any planet with good resources and moderate or less losses. Build JJS3 or 4 and map everything within 8-10 jumps. Set up system beacons and/or defense fleet perimeter. Build XEXPL fleets and XOC to colony on planet below. (The above tasks could take years to complete with single order turns.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha'thar of the Gosht Kohr Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Sha'thar hmmms. You might also consider how to best colonize through one-way warp points. I think everyone will come into contact with a few of those. There are certainly lots of opportunities for long-term projects. More fleets not connected to convoy routes will eat up orders. Or you could build more installations of one kind or another? You can always use more fuel, for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sssarass Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Other thoughtsss sssetup fleetsss that you will need, rename fleetsss to let you know what is them to expidite you turns. Asss below sssetup exploration fleetsss and/or diplomacy fleetsss, convoy routesss to the new frontier asss well. Sssend out sssome ssships and pmap, geo, orb (including your home world to check on findsss), do INSsst and ANZ orders. Experiment with Ssships can 4 pathfindersss bussst a C, how about 5, 6, 7 or 8... Map the cosssmosss, even a pathfinder with a lowly Mk I JSssSss can map A's and B's and with charters higher WP'sss, get your Mk II JSssSss out there. CTO, Sssarasss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurassier Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 You could always let me use those extra orders..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowKitsune Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 You could always let me use those extra orders..... Dream on Beer Boy, Dream On ... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurassier Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Let's see, CON 200 StarBars xxxxx CON 4000 McBovine's xxxxxx .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Build more fleets. These will then take up the extra orders. Besides, it is foolish to let your neighbors find you too close to your home system. Setting up warp point survey colonies take up lots of orders too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Don't forget to tool your production orders for StarBar and McBovine products! 10000 Processed Chicken 10000 Frozen Beef 10000 Savory Hops 10000 Little Chopped Onions 10000 Pickles On Sesame Seed Buns 5000 Barbeque Sauce 5000 StarBar Bar Napkins... etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLEernest Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Thanks for your suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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