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One of the [[primary racial traits]]. Alternate Reality races live on starbases rather than planets, and so are radically different in a number of ways to other PRTs. | One of the [[primary racial traits]]. Alternate Reality races live on [[starbases]] rather than planets, and so are radically different in a number of ways to other PRTs. | ||
Foremost among the advantages of ARs is the ability to create a [[mineral fountain]], producing potentially unlimited minerals. | Foremost among the advantages of ARs is the ability to create a [[mineral fountain]], producing potentially unlimited minerals. | ||
==Race specifications== | |||
*Exclusive Hulls | |||
**The [[Death Star]] is the largest starbase hull ever known | |||
*Exclusive Components | |||
**[[Orbital Construction Module]] that contains viral weapons capable of killing 2000 enemy colonists per year and that colonizes worlds by transforming into an [[Orbital Fort]] | |||
*Exclusive Abilities | |||
**Lives on starbases only, not planets | |||
**Starbases are 20% cheaper to build (non-cumulative with [[Improved Starbases]]) | |||
**Population acts as natural miners and scanners | |||
**[[Remote mine]] own planets (since they live in orbit). | |||
**Maximum population is determined by the size of the starbase, not the planet | |||
**Planetary resources grow as [[Energy]] Tech Level increases | |||
*Limitations | |||
**Cannot build planetary [[installations]] | |||
**Interstellar travel kills 3% of any colonists in the fleet per year | |||
==Library articles== | |||
*[[AR Guide by Leonard Dickens - Revised: 21st September 2000]] | |||
*[[Article Library#Remore Mining]] | |||
*[["Fighting AR Deathstars" by Nate Burgess 1997 v2.6/7]] | |||
*[[Article Library#Alternate Reality]] | |||
Revision as of 20:05, 10 November 2006
One of the primary racial traits. Alternate Reality races live on starbases rather than planets, and so are radically different in a number of ways to other PRTs.
Foremost among the advantages of ARs is the ability to create a mineral fountain, producing potentially unlimited minerals.
Race specifications
- Exclusive Hulls
- The Death Star is the largest starbase hull ever known
- Exclusive Components
- Orbital Construction Module that contains viral weapons capable of killing 2000 enemy colonists per year and that colonizes worlds by transforming into an Orbital Fort
- Exclusive Abilities
- Lives on starbases only, not planets
- Starbases are 20% cheaper to build (non-cumulative with Improved Starbases)
- Population acts as natural miners and scanners
- Remote mine own planets (since they live in orbit).
- Maximum population is determined by the size of the starbase, not the planet
- Planetary resources grow as Energy Tech Level increases
- Limitations
- Cannot build planetary installations
- Interstellar travel kills 3% of any colonists in the fleet per year
