This isn't a question about realism or lore but actual gameplay mechanics.

Realism and lore logic takes a backseat to actual gameplay because who gives a **** when the game sucks to play anyways.

The superweapon limit was the primary article in the Geonova Convention, recently signed by all factions.  There were a few other items dealing with the treatment of prisoners of war and refugees, limits on chemical weapons during planetary bombardment and such, but the superweapons got the most press.

While a few naive pundits hailed this as a step back to more regular diplomatic relations, most realize that all factions are simply trying to take what little they can through a long war of attrition, since anything more would be suicidal for all belligerants.  Most agree that the Advent factions lobbied for this treaty the most, since their superweapon sucks.

Yea I am getting really tired of the poor me tirades of the Advent maebe they will shutup now, we have more important things to discuss.

LOL RED BUTTON! Whatever you do DO NOT TOUCH THE red button!!!!

"Rebellion Titans - you get a warning either when somone starts building one or when they launch one i cant remember. but it does not explain why you know."

Dude, have you seen the shockwave a titan gives of when it comes out of phase space? I'd imagine those would be much easier to detect that a novalith firing.

Also it could be a rumour, word gets out that a faction has built something huge, like the titan or the superweapon.

I have. Several questions. To do with the super weapons. I can understand being able to tell that super weapons or titans are being built. There are often neutral planets, scouts of your own, agents and the like, so you know the important stuff, even the TEC rebellion would know through their black market network or even the pirates.

Super weapons. Not only are they a pain in the ass. But there is no limit on them.. I know I am late to the party so it may have been changed in the interim. But the only limit is 1 for every 4 planets you own. If you are the TEC loyalists and have novalith deregulation, then it becomes 1 novalith for every 2 planets you own.

What I want to know though. Is how in the hell a novalith shell makes a ripple in phase space. The shell travels at what is essentially sub-light speeds, it never enters phase space at all. or has anything to do with phase space. If anything the cannon is a giant railgun, it does not use nor influence phase space at all.

A Kostura cannon yea, I can see that rippling phase space, right before it tears a hole in it (temporary phase node portion of its effects)

Also the advent weapon, Is not as terrible as people think. Oh it shoots culture boo hoo. Culture lowers allegiance, no allegiance means you lose you colony. Not to mention both advent factions gain the ability to see any planets under the effects of their culture and their ships gain damage boosts (quite big ones) when in friendly culture. So if their cannon has your world spewing their culture, their ships will have an advantage, to both damage output and shield regen and I believe repair rate too. Anyway, guess who can scout your planets without sending a ship to them while influencing their allegiance. Even a 1% drop in your allegiance is enough to have an adverse effect on your planets income, let alone the changes it makes. Oh and the deliverance engine can also target friendly planets, including the one it is built in. So if your system is being over powered by enemy culture (shame on any advent player who lets that happen to their core worlds) or even colonies built within enemy culture influence which automatically start at 25%. now unless you got a temple of communion out quick smart, and sometimes even then, you would lose the colony. But hit it with a deliverance signal, and suddenly you can make a forward base deep inside enemy culture, and even over power it. People think it sucks because it does no direct damage. People just don't know how to use it right. Advent get a pretty bad rep cause their guns aren't as big. But the people that hate on them, just don't understand their true danger. They can take over entire star systems without firing a single shot. aside from killing ships etc. But no planetary bombardment required. The loyalists can just take planets with their titan. it just floats into a gravity well, bypasses defenders and takes the planet with mass mind control. Can be done anywhere except capital worlds or that special one in occupation games.

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Also the limit on them building, as I said, is based on how many planets you own. so you're only limit to super weapons is the size of the map. as for that though. Still doesn't tell me how the novalith or deliverance signals have any effect on phase space. Neither of them use phase space or affect it in any way whatsoever. Only the kostura cannon actually has an effect upon it.