travelling from system to system

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Hello there, I just got the game and had a question.  On maps with multiple star systems.  (note this is just an observation using the map editor preview) can you travel from one star system to another?  I assume there has to be a way otherwise why would there be multiple systems in the same game.  I just know I had 2 stars, each with a planet group.  and tried to get some scouts to te other star system and there appeared to be no way to do so, is it a particular technology research that allows this? (I just dont want to get into a game with multiple systems and pull my hair out trying to figure out how to get to the other star.)  I played one play through on a map that had like 50 planets with one star (a little unrealistic, especially with multiple habitable planets).

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Long range jumps and the equivalent. In the civilian side of research.

 

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Yep, what Kitkun said. The research icon looks like a warp trail sort of thing heading towards a distant star, should be the same for all races (amazing the little things you stop paying attention to after a while). After you research it, just right click on the other star/planet/whatever. Your ships will go to their system's star and from there jump to the other star - it's always star<>star travel. All stars are also automatically connected, so you can go from a star to any other star on the map, unlike a normal phase lane.

As for the realistic maps, the game comes with an in-game map generator that you can set to create whatever map type you like. You can easily make 50 stars with ~10 planets each, and have direct control over how many are habitable, and fun things like that :) Feel free to play around it!

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

i just bought the game and was wondering the same thing :P ty. i gotta say this game is cool. if they allowed for ground combat i would say that this is god in video game form :P

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

if by ground combat you mean your population running away from bombardment then yes this game has it all!

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

yes. very much! this game really has it all! i've been loving this ever since.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

seriouly a better rework of the game would be sending in your ground troops, and part of the planet's upgrade is the number of troops stationed at each your planets, essentially replacing planet hitpoints with troops numbers

bombarment ships as troop transport and the shielding for the tech would be a shield blocking transport onto the surface...since as in star trek, you can't transport thru shields and too dangerous to land troops using transports because of the space battle.