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Necromancy: The Gentle Art Of Farming The Dead

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NOTE: Thanks to the comparatively recent advent of Fight-Or-Fail in Standard, some of this information may is going to be useless except in Classic. Personally, I view this as a wonderful reason to continue to play Classic games. Your own mileage, however, may well vary.

There have been several rather obscure and technical debates in the Nu forums with regard to the practice of “Farming the Dead” (or Necromancy, as I prefer to call it). Some applaud Emork’s use of the Merlin-based PBP factory; others cry

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Who’s On First? Combat Order and Battle Value

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Ship combat at Planets.Nu is arguably the single most important key element in play. The tactics and complexities would be thought multiform and diverse even before one considers that every player has a unique ship list. Bearing this in mind, it is hardly surprising that many new players are Continue reading →

Cloak Intercept: A Feature Badly In Need Of a New Name

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(written by ECV)

Ships with a cloaking device have a special feature built into them. Any time they have a primary enemy selected, and are intercepting something belonging to the primary enemy, they get to trump the battle order. Friendly codes don’t matter, nor do the kill mission or primary enemy settings from the opponent. The ship with the cloaking device enters combat against Continue reading →

The Four Fingers: Straight Talk About The Tractor Beam

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TOW CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Written by ECV in 2013

Every ship with two or more engines has the capability of towing any other ship. Wow! This is so useful!  You can tow around your own ships to save on fuel or to economize on engines.  Towing can also be used to minimize risk in minefields and for countless other logistical bonuses.

Guess what?  The tractor beam can also be a frightening weapon.  You might want to tow an enemy ship somewhere and attack it or capture it.  Or you could tow an enemy ship for someone else to attack it.  You can pit players against each other and create chaos in the cluster using the tow mission.

Maybe you’ve figured out how to tow enemy ships away and exploited this to great advantage.  It’s really great fun, isn’t it?  But it’s not so much fun when you are on the receiving Continue reading →