Defense posts and planetary defense

General:

Cost to build: 10MC, 1S

Sensor sweep and DP: Odds of detection by Sensor Sweep: 100%-DP*6.67% Sensor sweep unable to detect planet activity if DP>=15, Bioscan unable to detect life if DP>=20.

Planetary Defense

The following table was derived from the formulas on Donovan's site. The table indicates the defense and fire-power of a planet without a starbase. As a generalization there are as many fighter bays as fighters. If you wish to determine the fire-power of a planet with a starbase then add 5 additional fighter bays (number of fighters = number of fighter bays), number of beams will be equal to sqrt((DP+Base Defense)/3), and the beam tech level will be the greater of the starbase beam tech or the table.Note: Kill power has no value in Planetary defense! Attacking ships will continue to fight even if there is no crew onboard. This means XRay Lasers are a disadvantage!

General Player guides

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Native Race Advantages

Every native race has an advantage or behavior that in most cases can be used for your advantage.

Native Race Advantages

HUMANOID	Hull Tech: Any starbase that is built around a humanoid planet will have tech 10 hull technology automatically.
AMPHIBIAN	Weapon Tech: Any starbase that is built around an amphibian planet will have tech 10 beam weapon technology automatically.
GHIPSOLDAL	Engine Tech: Any starbase that is built around a ghipsoldal planet will have tech 10 engine technology automatically.
SILICONOID	Torpedo Tech: Any starbase that is built around a siliconoid planet will have tech 10 torpedo technology automatically.
BOVINOID	Supplies: Every 10000 Bovinoids will produce 1 supply unit per turn. To collect the supplies you must have 100 colonists (one clan) for every supply that you collect.
REPTILIAN	Mining: If there are 100 or more Reptilians living on a planet then your mining rate will be doubled. They will gladly help your colonists mine and move large boulders.
AVIAN	Over Taxing: Are quick to forgive you for overtaxing them. They will allow you to slightly overtax them without growing unhappy. ( They are some what dumb
INSECTOID	Double Taxes: Insectoids produce twice the normal amount of credits per turn per percentage as other native races.
AMORPHOUS	Eat Colonists: The Amorphous lifeforms eat 500 colonists ( 5 clans ) per turn. They will not pay taxes and will become upset if you try to tax them. The Cyborg cannot assimilate them. Only the Glory device can kill them. They can then be made into soup .