Birth of the Federation

I just started a new game of BoTF, and was creating a new colony. I wanted to upgrade the tech on the food, but then I got stupid and forgot what game I was playing. I was thinking that I had to let it build using only the industry for one turn before buying the upgrade or I'd get charged double. Th...

well, it could also be a subtle sort of "screw you, we thought of it first". Star Trek had PADDs long before Steve Jobs managed to build the first iPad. According to somebody I know who worked for Apple at the time, the iPAD is entirely a rip-off of PADDs, and the idea to make them came f...

I've thought that TNG was communistic since they first talked about not having money back when the show was airing.
TOS had "credits" mentioned in several episodes, mostly the ones with Mudd. TNG apparently didn't use credits anymore, and seemed like communism to me.

I kind of give the diplomacy system a pass given that it isn't much worse than that in Civilization I-III. Granted III was slightly better, but the diplomacy with minors is about the same as diplomacy in Civilization II. The diplomacy with majors on the other hand seems messed up to the point that I...

It's amazing how much the Gorn get used, considering they only appear in one episode of TOS. I know Starfleet Battles and by extension the Stafleet Command games make use of them, but we never hear about them again after "The Arena". If anything, they seem to be a minor power with slightly...

I would have also not have made the federation request tributes, seems counter the UFOP Have you ever actually gotten more than a 1-time tribute from the AI of any major regardless of which major you are playing as? That said, back on the OT, I know this has to do with licensing, but I'd have inclu...

I'd have had a way to find any given system on the map, or at least display the coordinates for the system you are viewing on the build screen. Too often I'm left wondering where is that planet again?

32 here, and I've been playing 10 years also- and I was lucky to get the game for $0.01 due to a bad tag (and yes, I pointed it out to them, but since I was buying other stuff they let me have it). I got it around seven years ago and you got me beat for price while still paying for it. I found the ...

Is that different from UPN?

Even if it were doable, wouldn't that risk it being possible to take over a heavily defended enemy planet without a fight by colonizing it? Think about this, you can steal an uncolonized enemy system from a power you are at war with by colonizing it. If you remove the restriction from double-colonia...

I have to ask, why is this called "Shades of Grey"? Whenever I hear that in the context of something related to ST:TNG, I think of the episode of TNG where Riker gets that infection and Dr. Pulaski has to make him relive the highs and then the lows of the previous seasons to fight off the ...

I'm not sure about building multiple objects, but having the game give you credits for excess industry as if you had chosen "trade goods" might be a better choice. the Game already does this. problem is this can also be taken advantage of by using the early buy of ships to get credits bac...

I'm not sure about building multiple objects, but having the game give you credits for excess industry as if you had chosen "capitalization" might be a better choice. If for game balance if nothing else. I'm thinking of say the Benzites with their industrial output being able to build mult...

Reading thru some of the discussion I noticed there is unfinished code to allow the combat drone to spawn on MULTIPLE systems! That plus your improved respawn would be a fun challenge together! How about if the Combat drone spawned as a minor and you had to eliminate/ diplomacy the "minor"...

I just took a look at the vanilla game, and was struck by something. The Romulan Strike Cruisers are short ranged. The description says they are for bombardment of enemy planets. Shouldn't they be long range so they can reach the enemy? Was this a bug or by design? I thought I asked this years ago, ...