[Freeciv-Dev] Betr: Re: Betr: [USENET] Civ Games Comparison Table

["CapTVK" <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Can you explain this in more detail? I assume Imperium's "planet" is
>very similar to Freeciv's "city". Did every planet had its own
>research (i.e. the research was not pooled) ("Planet Mars research
>Warp-tech")? Or was it more that all resea
ch points ever produces
>were pooled and divided by the current number of planets? Or
>was it a two step thing: you first had to research a tech and later somehow
>enable it to use it?
>
>       Raimar



It's the latter, but Imperium uses a different (classic) concept for tech.
On a basic level a planet in Imperium and a city in Civ could be considered
the same. But there is no such thing as research in Imperium perse (as in
MOO style warp tech, X-laserse etc), just tech levels. Planets had certain
tech level which were pooled to form an imperial average tech level. You
could design ships with better armor/engines/weapons based on your avg tech
level. Afterwards you could build those ships on planets with a high enough
tech level.

In  mperium an empire consists of planets with their population/production
levels. You don't see it but all the planets produce and demand a number
of commidities which are bought and sold automatically. Planets will improve
as population/infrastructure and the amount of trade increases. The treasury
can levy taxes on trade for income or withdraw (plunder) wealth from the
planets directly (population won't be happy).


Quote from the manual:
"
The concept of the Imperial treasury and planetary 
reasury is the key to understanding the way the economics of the game work.
 A planet's treasury is the total amount of money the planet has in its 'Bank'
and the planet cannot go overdrawn.  Unlike a planetary treasury, the Imperial
treasury can go overdrawn, attracting interest, which is shown as an 
increasingly
large negative value.  Some areas will affect the amount of money in the
Imperial treasury to a greater extent than others.  For example, ship building
and Imperial subsidies (like increasing the infrastructure or tech level
of a planet) require a lot of capital expenditure."