The edit below is designed for unlim or high turn play, and is MBBS for the setting. I believe the ships vs planet setting are fairly close and the red/blue balance is ok. This is not a mega ship edit in regard to fighters that can be carried and the red attack ship is a bit expensive - hopefully keep the reds from attacking for a while. ANSI ship and planet info is provided.

Anyway, the edit info and file are below:

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                        Server:     Extern:  Midnight
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                                Game: Z       Edit: Fusion       No Truce
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  Turns Per Day: Unlimited         Sectors: 20,000       Ports: 15,000
  Initial Fighters: 2,500          Credits: 100,000      Holds: 40 
  Inactive Player Deletion: 30 days.
  Max Planets / Sector    : 3
  Max Corp Members        : 4
  Clear Busts Every       : 1 Days
  Port Regeneration Rate  : 200% / Day
  Interactive Sub-Prompts : Yes
  Turn Accumulation Days  : N/A
  Display Stardock?       :Yes
  Photon Wave Duration    : 2 seconds
  Ship Delay Mode         : None
  Max Command/Cycle       : 50
  Radiation lifetime      : 1 days
  Rob Factor (% Std)      : 50%
  Steal Factor (% Std)    : 70%
  Max Terra Colonists     : 600,000
  Combat Penalty Mode     : MBBS
  Max Port Production     : 32760
  Rob/Steal Delay         : No 
  Fighter Lock Decay      : 1440 Min
  Death Delay             : Yes
  Multiple Photon Fire    : No 
  Show Who's Online       : Yes
  FedSpace Photons        : No 
  Minimum Login Time      : None
  Daily Game Time         : Unlimited
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  -=-= Ships =-=-        General Ship   Alien Ship
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  Ship: --=<Fusion Pod>=--        TPW: 1    Fed: No     Cost: 175,700     Figs:  250           Shld: 500
  Attack Wave: 10      Off: 2.0   Def: 4.0  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 10         xPort: 8   IG: No    gBonus: No
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  Ship: Standard Trader           TPW: 3    Fed: No     Cost: 135,000     Figs:  5,000         Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 1,000   Off: 1.0   Def: 4.5  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 150        xPort: 10  IG: No    gBonus: No
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  Ship: X-Grid                    TPW: 2    Fed: No     Cost: 1,002,750   Figs:  15,000        Shld: 5,000
  Attack Wave: 5,000   Off: 2.0   Def: 4.0  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 125        xPort: 15  IG: No    gBonus: No
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  Ship: Fusion Fed WarShip        TPW: 3    Fed: Yes    Cost: 38,525,600  Figs:  90,000        Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 25,000  Off: 2.8   Def: 2.4  Ptorps: 10  Holds: 255        xPort: 50  IG: Yes   gBonus: No
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  Ship: Fusion Red Warship        TPW: 3    Fed: No     Cost: 154,001,250 Figs:  90,000        Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 25,000  Off: 2.8   Def: 2.2  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 255        xPort: 40  IG: Yes   gBonus: No
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  Ship: Ultra Trader              TPW: 1    Fed: No     Cost: 2,675,200   Figs:  10,000        Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 1,000   Off: 1.5   Def: 5.5  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 255        xPort: 55  IG: No    gBonus: No
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  Ship: --={ Fusion Advanced Pod }=-- TPW: 4    Fed: No     Cost: 51,950      Figs:  1,000         Shld: 2,000
  Attack Wave: 125     Off: 2.0   Def: 4.0  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 100        xPort: 20  IG: No    gBonus: No
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  Ship: Fusion Sentinel           TPW: 4    Fed: No     Cost: 1,205,500   Figs:  50,000        Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 10,000  Off: 1.2   Def: 4.0  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 100        xPort: 10  IG: No    gBonus: Yes
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  Ship: Phydor Trader             TPW: 1    Fed: No     Cost: 1,750,000   Figs:  25,000        Shld: 5,000
  Attack Wave: 5,000   Off: 2.1   Def: 2.7  Ptorps: 1   Holds: 255        xPort: 30  IG: No    gBonus: No
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  Ship: Phydor WarShip            TPW: 1    Fed: No     Cost: 3,277,400   Figs:  80,000        Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 20,000  Off: 2.5   Def: 2.5  Ptorps: 10  Holds: 225        xPort: 15  IG: No    gBonus: No
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  -=-= Planets =-=-
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  Planet: Fusion Earth                                               Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   150,000 (1:1)     Organics:    30,000 (2:1)       Equipment:    30,000 (2:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  0    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  1    -Days L-6  1     
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  Planet: Fusion Wasteland                                           Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:    40,000 (2:1)     Organics:    40,000 (100:1)       Equipment:    40,000 (500:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  6    -Days L-2  5    -Days L-3  8    -Days L-4  5    -Days L-5  4    -Days L-6  8     
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  Planet: Fusion Oceanic                                             Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:    75,000 (1:1)     Organics:    50,000 (1:1)       Equipment:    50,000 (1:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  0    -Days L-4  0    -Days L-5  2    -Days L-6  1     
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  Planet: Fusion Mountain                                            Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   150,000 (1:1)     Organics:    75,000 (3:1)       Equipment:    75,000 (3:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  1    -Days L-3  1    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  0    -Days L-6  1     
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  Planet: Fusion Glacier                                             Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   100,000 (50:1)     Organics:   100,000 (100:1)       Equipment:   100,000 (500:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  5    -Days L-2  5    -Days L-3  7    -Days L-4  5    -Days L-5  4    -Days L-6  8     
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  Planet: Fusion Volcanic                                            Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   125,000 (1:1)     Organics:    55,000 (3:1)       Equipment:   100,000 (1:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  1    -Days L-4  0    -Days L-5  1    -Days L-6  1     
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  Planet: Fusion GJ                                                  Cit Level: Planetary Thrusters    
  Collies: Fuel:    10,000 (1:1)     Organics:    15,000 (1:1)       Equipment:    25,000 (1:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  0    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  10   -Days L-6  8     
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                                         proGameInfo by Promethius
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               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

looks like it would make a decent low turn also

Thanks Promethius. Looking forward to putting this online when rebangs hit.

Cheers

I should warn you about the aliens (1 group) - they have a bit of attitude and are 100% at bang. They will also protect their homeworld.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Perfect. This will help us tremendously then. Daala and I have been writing our Computer Player so it will be good to test the script and modify where needed. We've tested in our closed game where we encounter it, so now we need to do the Alien side of things.

Cheers

I am currently looking into placing this up as a low turn game on my server. I will probably be making an announcement tomorrow.

For a low turns game, I would change the Fusion WarShips prices to close to equal, maybe in the 15M credit range depending on how low the turns are. Capping an alien WarShip at the current ship costs for a low turn game would be critical. The planets are also extremely quick in Cit progression so you could easily have a stalemate I believe. The L5 and L6 progression should probably be increased.

If you make changes to the planets, download progameInfo4 and run it so it will recreate the ANSI (marked as text) files to update the information within the game. This will prevent confusion among your players and them going with a strategy that might bite them.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

BTW that proGameInfo4 is one slick script. Makes it so much easier to do ANSI screens for the planets and ships. Thanks for creating it.

Cheers