Birth of the Federation

The link provided for the 4shared download is titled as the E version, not F. Is it the proper file, it does say updated 6/3?

The bug I encountered with the type 5 fusion plants was with the Talarians, not the Caldonians (I haven't secured their allegiance in my current game) like the other poster reported. Also, the Acamarians had type 7 hydroponic famrs when I acquired them. Update: I just bribed the Andorians into the f...

I'm on my first try of this mod and so far I like it a lot. My favorite part is probably the not needing to upgrade buildings all the time. Where is the tech bonus located for editing? I couldn't find it anywhere with the UE, but it's a great idea. It would be even better if you could specify it for...

I'm not sure if it's just a fluke, but I started out on normal difficulty, tech 1, with the Feds in a large irregular galaxy. And by turn 80 I had around 30 systems and close to 1/3rd pf the galaxy under my control. I also only ran into my first major race around turn 75. Has the increase in stars r...

I haven't actually played as the Cards, but they don't usually become one of the dominant empires in solo games because they make poor Allies. I've tried teaming up with them, and even when I'm clearly the most powerful faction, they will terrorize me with sabotage if not outright declare war on me....

I though the new McCoy was awesome! Ok, so maybe he was a little over the top and comical, and maybe the guy acted like he watched every episode and movie with DeForest Kelley's McCoy and intensely worked on imitating everything from mannerisms to facial twitches. But I got a kick out of it.

Due to the text for OB's saying something to the effect of them being great at repelling raiders but not so good against warships due to their longer range, I'm guessing that originally, the OB's were meant to be used in the tactical combat where range would matter. I'm thinking that because there i...

What about the toughness of OB's? Do they take the same amount of damage to destroy as they deal or do they have a set threshold?

You need to be more specific as different race ships perform better vs other race ships. And what maneuver that works against one race ship may not work against another. Really? As in some sort of racial bonus (IE: Klingon ships get +10 acc vs Romulans)? Or just that the strengths of a particular r...

So what exactly is Anti-Ship defense (listed on orbital batteries) and can I use that information to extrapolate useful information like how much damage a battery will do to a ship or how much damage has to be done to destroy the battery? If it's a useless number, is there information readily availa...

Do some maneuvers actually work better against others via a game mechanic (ie, give a bonus to attack or defense against specific counter maneuvers)? Or do the maneuvers really only effect how the ship moves and thusly can provide better position if used properly. Example: Circle is supposed to be g...

I always like to see a new TBS, even if it sucks... though it's better if it doesn't because the encourages more of the same. I'm sad not see ship customization though. That's one of my absolute favorite things from MOOII; being able to make all sorts of ships for whatever purpose I deem necessary. ...

I can't tell what the difference is between the two hades patches and vanilla. I run BotF on a laptop with integrated graphics and an old desktop with a GF 6 series card and other than the laptop running a bit slower in large fleet battles I don't experience any noticeable difference between differe...

If everyone was a millionaire then wealth distribution would be more even than it is now... witch would be nice for me. IE: The wealthiest would have 999 mil, and the poorest (aka me) would have 1 mil. That would make the wealthiest a mere 999 times wealthier than the poorest of us. A much better sp...

I like the idea of less ship support. I always felt the whole "big fleet" thing didn't really fit a Star Trek themed game. Besides, I'm partial to having a smaller number of ships and getting attached to them. It always irks me when I have to maneuver a huge fleet to counter the amassed ho...