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Ok, posting turns a little early! Turn 2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m--cfRd12hlmzRX0aCjgHOaPpoLor66j2TOh1qRGj3E/edit Turn 3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LiEk8tLbPz9g8zRL9SKbCLZpRzuMof-dEDT7ITEO1SY/edit And campaign log: Turn 2 - 2448.02 More tech investment, and still saving some m...

My playtest empire has 422 EP of military units that costs it 18 EP per turn to maintain (+6 EP from facilities and +1 EP from my single spy). Total income is 57 system income and 7 commerce income. Yes, I only have 8 EP maintenance from military units for 200 EP of military units, it's the facilit...

1. Yep, I was just commenting that maintenance seemed higher, but I'm running a healthy surplus right now. 3. A separate sheet does make sense, I think you've convinced me- I will convert over to that for future turns. 4. Fair enough. I do plan to buy a spy though to run some morale boosting mission...

So in the future I'll probably just link to the turn sheet in Google Docs, but this works for now so people can check my work. Did I forget anything major to do during this turn, or make any other obvious mistakes? A couple of additional comments: 1. 14 maintenance right of the gate! 6 due to facili...

Turn: 2448.01 Terran Commonwealth Terran Treasury Starting Point Pool: 2 EP Planet Income: 40 EP Trade Income: 6 EP Misc Income: 0 Maintenance Expense: 14 EP Misc Expense: 0 EP Current Point Pool: 34 EP Department of Applied Research: Total Tech Points Needed for advancement: 200 (25 x 8 Census) Cur...

Aha, I had several errors in my spreadsheet- I had MC based on BC not MU, and for CC I was dividing by 2 not 5 (which makes supply ships a lot more plausible). Thanks for the corrections! One thing I noted is that basing MC on MU means that higher tech units will cost more to maintain. Nice touch, a...

This is going to be a mostly mechanical report of my play test campaign. Set up is a solo exploration campaign. Short Background: The 25th Century. It was a golden age for all mankind. United under the Terran Commonwealth, humanity had conquered most of the ills that plagued them for thousands of ye...

Another quick question- total maintenance costs (ie, all units added together), round up or down?

-Will

Tyrel, thanks for the insight and will do! I will probably get the campaign proper started tomorrow and I will post a new thread then. I'll include unit stats and my initial purchases in the first post. Hopefully it will be of use.

-Will

Thank you kindly sir for the advice. I think I am about ready to start; I've designed the Terran Commonwealth's starting unit line up and I'm making my initial purchases (5 x current income?). I do have one observation that normally I wouldn't make without some play testing but it concerns scout rat...

Ok, thanks for the pointers! Another few question as I'm trying to design some units-
1. FTL/Atmospheric MU cost, round up or down?
2. Do fighters now have normal CR/CC stats like units? What about bases?

-Will

Ok, the above seems pretty clear. Another question, this time about unit design- are the design rules different for different unit types, and if so in what ways? Ie, are space stations and flights just ships without FTL, or do they differ in the construction rules?

-Will

1. Research- so you get tech points for free AND can spend EP, got it. 2. Industry- so this is basically a per turn cap, not a 'rolling' cap? So if I have 30 capacity in a system I can lay down 3 10$ ships one turn and 3 more 10$ cost ships the next turn, even though the first set are not finished? ...

Thanks, greatly appreciated! A couple of quick questions based on a quick read through. 1. Research, is this still infrastructure that provides free research points, or is it a spending cap based on the utilized economic value as mentioned in X.2 in the tech chapter? 2. Economy is used to provide EP...

Hey, glad to see 2nd Edition development is picking up again! Is there any comprehensive list of 2nd edition preview files anywhere? I have a hankering to run a solo campaign and I'd like to have the latest and greatest so I can provide some feedback.

-Will