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PRIMA’S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE ™ Chris McCubbin with David Ladyman by Chris McCubbin with David Ladyman In association with IMGS, Inc. 2 CREDITS & LEGAL C REDITS Written by Chris W. McCubbin, with David Ladyman Additional Material by Chris Pine and Firaxis Games Edited by David Ladyman Design by Sharon Freilich Layout by Sharon Freilich and Jennifer Spohrer Copy Editing by William Hiles Art by Firaxis Games Michael Haire, Art Director Jerome Atherholt, Michael Bazzell, Gregory Foertsch, David Inscore, and Nicholas Rusko-Berger Incan Monkey Planetary Citation of Valor awarded to Tim Train, Brian Reynolds, Thomas Stobie and Martin Leuschen Special Thanks to Bryan Walker, Rhea Shelley, Jeff Morris, Matt Orlich, Greg Lary, Vernon Michael, George Politis, Ron Gretz, Mark Norton, Andrew Goldstein, Marty Bishop and all the Alpha Centauri beta testers A N I NCAN M ONKEY G OD S TUDIOS PRODUCTION © 1999 Electronic Arts. All rights reserved. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 HINTS, TIPS, FACTS & FORMULAS Basics ........................................................10 Eco-Tricks ..................................................12 Global Warming....................................12 How is My Starting Position Determined? .....13 Why Don’t the Computer Players Like Me? ...14 Random Events ..........................................15 Events List ...........................................15 Unity Pods .................................................17 Pod Contents .......................................17 DIFFICULTY LEVELS .......................18 AI Computer-Player Effects .........................18 Miscellaneous Difficulty Level Effects and Handicaps ...............................................19 IMPORTANT FORMULAS.................20 Unit Cost ..................................................20 Inefficiency.................................................21 Production .................................................21 Population Growth ......................................21 Commerce.................................................22 Technology Discovery Rate..........................23 Ecological Damage......................................24 Drones ......................................................25 Combat Effects ..........................................26 HOLOBOOK LIST ...........................27 STRATEGIES QUICK-KILL CONQUEST .................30 Pre-Game ..................................................30 Custom Rules ......................................31 Getting Started ..........................................32 Blitzkrieg ...................................................34 Green Conquest ..................................36 Pre-Game ..................................................36 The Basic Idea ...........................................37 Getting Started ..........................................38 THE DEVELOPMENT-BASED GAME ..40 Pre-Game ..................................................40 Custom Rules ......................................41 Getting Started ..........................................42 Holding Your Ground ..................................44 I’ve Got a Secret.........................................45 Getting Started ..........................................48 Blind Research, High Skill Levels ..................49 Alternate Production Strategies ...................50 Sherwood Forest ..................................50 Mountain Men......................................51 Endgames ..................................................52 Transcendence, Economic ....................52 Diplomatic ..........................................54 Conquest ............................................55 SCENARIOS ..................................56 Dogpile on the Hive ....................................56 Huckle Buckle Worm Stalk ..........................58 The Great Land Rush of 2150! ....................60 This Wheel’s On Fire ..................................62 Scientists in the Hands of an Angry God … ..64 Gaia’s Revenge ..........................................66 By Hook or by Crook …..............................68 THE MAP OF PLANET ....................70 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS TECHNOLOGIES Introduction ..............................................74 Advanced Ecological Engineering ................75 Advanced Military Algorithms ....................76 Advanced Spaceflight..................................77 Advanced Subatomic Theory ......................78 Applied Gravitonics ....................................79 Applied Physics ..........................................80 Applied Relativity ........................................81 Bio-Engineering ..........................................82 Biogenetics ................................................83 Biomachinery ............................................84 Centauri Ecology........................................85 Centauri Empathy ......................................86 Centauri Genetics ......................................87 Centauri Meditation....................................88 Centauri Psi ..............................................89 Controlled Singularity ................................90 Cyberethics ................................................91 Digital Sentience ........................................92 Doctrine: Air Power....................................93 Doctrine: Flexibility ....................................94 Doctrine: Initiative ......................................95 Doctrine: Loyalty ......................................96 Doctrine: Mobility ......................................97 Ecological Engineering ................................98 Environmental Economics ..........................99 Ethical Calculus ........................................100 Eudaimonia ..............................................101 Frictionless Surfaces ..................................102 Fusion Power............................................103 Gene Splicing ............................................104 Graviton Theory ......................................105 High Energy Chemistry ............................106 Homo Superior ........................................107 Industrial Automation ................................108 Industrial Base ..........................................109 Industrial Economics ..................................110 Industrial Nanorobotics ..............................111 Information Networks ................................112 Intellectual Integrity ..................................113 Matter Compression ..................................114 Matter Editation ........................................115 Matter Transmission ..................................116 Mind/Machine Interface ............................117 Monopole Magnets ....................................118 Nanometallurgy ........................................119 Nanominiaturization ..................................120 Neural Grafting ........................................121 Nonlinear Mathematics..............................122 Optical Computers ....................................123 Orbital Spaceflight ....................................124 Organic Superlubricant ..............................125 Photon/Wave Mechanics ..........................126 Planetary Economics ................................127 Planetary Networks ..................................128 Polymorphic Software ..............................129 Pre-Sentient Algorithms ............................130 Probability Mechanics ................................131 Quantum Machinery ................................132 Quantum Power ......................................133 Retroviral Engineering................................134 Secrets of Alpha Centauri ..........................135 Secrets of Creation ..................................136 Secrets of the Human Brain ......................137 Self-Aware Machines ................................138 Sentient Econometrics ..............................139 Silksteel Alloys ..........................................140 Singularity Mechanics ................................141 Social Psych..............................................142 Super Tensile Solids ..................................143 Superconductor ........................................144 Superstring Theory....................................145 Synthetic Fossil Fuels ................................146 Temporal Mechanics..................................147 The Will to Power ....................................148 Threshold of Transcendence ......................149 Transcendent Thought ..............................150 Unified Field Theory ..................................151 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |