Jack of All Trades

Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades is the default race.
Starting Advantages
Tech 3 in all fields Two scouts One colony ship One medium freighter (or privateer if available) One mini miner One destroyer
Exclusive Components
none
Exclusive Abilities
Scout, Frigate and Destroyer hulls get a built-in scanner with a range equal to 2N / N light years, where N = 10 x Electronics Tech level Improves all Costs 75% Extra fields to tech level 4 if the box in step 6 is checked Planets can support 20% more population for a potential 1.2M pop. This is cumulative with OBRM giving a potential 1.32M pop.

One of the primary racial traits. Jack of all trade races are well-rounded races with starting tech and ship bonuses, 20% larger planet capacity and their scouts and light warships have free pen-scanning. Their intrinsic scanning and increased population capacity gives them a growth and economic advantage that make them one of the strongest races.

The Humanoids pre-defined race is JOAT.

Library articles

• How to Get Over 25,000 Resources by 2450 by Jason Cawley - 16th January 1999
• "25k by 2450 - Another view" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
• Jack of all Trades (Section)