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| − | ==[[Stars! FAQ]] | + | ==Stars!wiki Collection== |
| + | ===Mystery Trader=== | ||
| + | * [[Mystery Trader Types by Chris Spagnoli - 1998-08-17 v2.6/7i]] | ||
| + | * [[Mystery Trader FAQ 3.1 by Rogier van Vugt - 1998-03-23 v2.6/7h]] | ||
| + | * [[MT Parts Guide by Walter Pullen - 1997 v2.6/7]] | ||
| + | * [[How to Catch the MT by J. Olsen - 1996-10-14 v2.6/7]] | ||
| + | ==[[Stars! FAQ]] Collection== | ||
===Econ=== | ===Econ=== | ||
*[[How to Get Over 25,000 Resources by 2450 by Jason Cawley - 16th January 1999]] | *[[How to Get Over 25,000 Resources by 2450 by Jason Cawley - 16th January 1999]] | ||
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*[[How to Host a Game v2.0 by Omonubi]] | *[[How to Host a Game v2.0 by Omonubi]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:10, 13 November 2006
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Contents
- 1 Stars!wiki Collection
- 2 Stars! FAQ Collection
- 3 Stars-R-Us Collection
- 3.1 Diplomacy
- 3.2 Economics
- 3.3 Expansion
- 3.4 Fleet/Vessel Design
- 3.5 Race Design/Strategy
- 3.5.1 General
- 3.5.2 Hyper-Production / Growth
- 3.5.3 Lesser Racial Traits
- 3.5.4 Pre-Defined
- 3.5.5 Specializing Races
- 3.5.6 Alternate Reality
- 3.5.7 Claim Adjuster
- 3.5.8 Hyper-Expansion
- 3.5.9 Inner Strength
- 3.5.10 Interstellar Traveller
- 3.5.11 Jack of all Trades
- 3.5.12 Packet Physics
- 3.5.13 Space Demolition
- 3.5.14 Super Stealth
- 3.6 Software Mechanics/Other
- 3.7 Strategy
- 3.8 Technology
Stars!wiki Collection
Mystery Trader
- Mystery Trader Types by Chris Spagnoli - 1998-08-17 v2.6/7i
- Mystery Trader FAQ 3.1 by Rogier van Vugt - 1998-03-23 v2.6/7h
- MT Parts Guide by Walter Pullen - 1997 v2.6/7
- How to Catch the MT by J. Olsen - 1996-10-14 v2.6/7
Stars! FAQ Collection
Econ
- How to Get Over 25,000 Resources by 2450 by Jason Cawley - 16th January 1999
- The Basics of Population Management by Jason Cawley - 15th January 1999
Race Design
- Basic Race Design by Art Lathrop - Revised: 1st Aug 1999
- AR Guide by Leonard Dickens - Revised: 21st September 2000
- Mongols - sample easy start WM HG by Jason Cawley - 7th February 2000
Fleet
Anaylsis of Game Mechanics
- Tech analysis: weapons Vs anything else by Nick Bennett - 5th April 2001
- Cheap Engines PITA Analysis by Mark Norton - 5th April 2001
- Analysis of the "Best Speed" in a Minefield by Chris Scott - 17th December 1998
Other
Stars-R-Us Collection
Diplomacy
Alliances
- "SLDS 0: Introduction" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 1: "I'll Kill You Last" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 2: The Escape Clause" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 3: The Agreed Border Treaty" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 4: The Tech Xfer Alliance" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 6: When Not to Negotiate" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 7: The Mutual Offense Alliance" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
- "SLDS 8: Of Honor and Betrayel" by Scott Phelps 1997 Any
General
- "Diplomacy: THE Bloodiest Battlefield" by bglynn@gac.edu 1997 Any
- "Diplomacy vs. Strategy in PBEMs" by Luis Sequeira 1997 Any
- "Basic Diplomacy" by Mathias Dellaert 1997 Any
- "Pre-version 3.0 Diplomacy" by Jason Cawley 1997 Any
Propoganda
Economics
Planetary Growth
- "Basic Planetary Management" by Michael Martin 1997 v2.6/7
- "Population Growth and Equivalent Value" by Lex Young 1997 v2.6/7
- "Growth Rates" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Habitability Ranges" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Table of Population Growth" by James Rasbeck 1997 v2.6/7
- "Balancing Planets" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Queues
Remote Mining
- "Mineral Concentrations & Remote Mining" by Jason Cawley 1999-04-12 v2.6/7i
- "Remote Mining" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Mineral Excavation" by Omonubi 1997 v2.6/7
Resouces
- "The 25k resources by 2450 FAQ" by Alberto Barsella 1997 v2.6/7
- "Resource Management" by Rick Steeves 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Resource Driven Model" by Thurman Miller 1997 v2.6b
- "25k Resources by 2450" by Various Authors 1997 v2.6/7
- "25k by 2450 - Another view" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "An Analysis of the Resource Graph" by Chris Klein 1996-12-16 v2.6/7
Expansion
Colonization
- "Habitability Ranges" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "At Least 1 Colony by 2420" by Rick Steeves 1997 v2.6/7
- "Rapid Colony Development" by Michael Meagher 1997 v2.6/7
- "Colonization Strategies" by Various Authors 1997 v2.6/7
General
Planetary Occupation
- "An Alternative to Bombing" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6d
- "The 'Flying Orgy' Strategy" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7
- "Ground Combat Calculations" by Ezequiel Martin Camara 1997 v2.6/7f
- "Bombing" by Various Authors 1997 v2.6/7
- "Attacking Homeworlds" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7
- "Bombing, Packets, and Invasions" by Shane Kearns 1997 v2.6/7
- "Kill Ratios for Bombs" by Thomas Pfister 1997 v2.6/7
- ANTI: "How NOT to Lose Planets" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Scouting
- "Determining Your Neighbor's PRT" by Michael Martin 1997 v2.6/7
- "Sacrifice for Knowledge" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7
- "Team Scouting" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7
Fleet/Vessel Design
Combat
- "Living with Chaff" by Art Lathrop 1999-09-10, revised Dec 2000
- "Targeting Order of Battle" by Art Lathrop 1999-04-14 v2.6/7i
- "Factoryless Races and War-Fighting" by Jason Cawley 1999-02-09 v2.6/7i
- "Fighting AR Deathstars" by Nate Burgess 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Wingman Strategy" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7
- "v2.5 Combat Model" by Galactic Traveller 1996-08-17 v2.5
Composition
- "The Happy Medium Strategy" by Olen Whitaker 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Barbarian Horde Strategy" by Z. Johnson 1996 v2.5
- "Frigate vs. Cruisers" by Rob 1997-09-17 v2.6/7
Naming Conventions
- "Why Name Fleets?" by Thurman Miller 1997 Any
- "Naming Designs: Disinformation Tactics" by Barry Kearns 1997 Any
Ship Design
- "A Primer on Counter-design" by Leonard Dickens 1999-11-05
- "NAS Scout/Skirmisher Design" by Bennet 1999-01-14 v2.6/7i
- "NAS Scout/Skirmisher Design II" by Jonas Bjering 1999-01-14 v2.6/7i
- "BB vs. War Monger Dreadnoughts" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "More on Cruiser Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Battleship Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "When Not to Use Battle Computers" by Robert Cronson, Jr. 1997-12-05 v2.6/7
- "The Omega Battleship" by Olen Whitaker 1997 v2.6/7
- "Handeling Ship Design Limitations" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Warship Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Warship Design" by Scott Phelps 1997-04-01 v2.6/7
- "Warship Design Strategy" by Todd Rogers 1997 v2.6/7
- "Value Rating Formula for Warships" by Lance Warren Hawkins 1997 v2.6/7
- "Cruiser Designs" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Strategy
Weaponry
Race Design/Strategy
General
- "A Few Race Designs" by Jason Cawley 1999-04-13 v2.6/7i
- "Basic Race Design" by Art Lathrop 1999-04-04 v2.6/7i
- "Designing a Coherent Race" by Michael C. Martin 1997 v2.6/7
- "Racial Traits: Common Newbie Mistakes" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7
- "Race Design for Force-Gen Games" by Paul Vernon Lydiate & Thorsten Haupts 1997 v2.6/7
- "Race Design, Step by Step" by Mahrin Skel 1997 v2.6/7
- "Race Descriptions" by Mathias Dellaert 1997 v2.6/7
Hyper-Production / Growth
- "Standard vs. AccBBS Hyper-producers" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Raising Early Growth in HP Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Hyper-growth vs. Hyper-producer" by Scott Phelps 1997-03-25 v2.6/7
- "Hyper-Producer Race-Design Strategy" by Brian Price 1996-10-11 v2.6/7
- "Hyper-Production Design Strategy, Part II" by Brian Price 1997-03-06 v2.6/7
- "Boosting the Hyper-Producer" by Mahrin Skel 1997 v2.6/7
- "More Advanced Play for HP Races" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- ANTI: "Monster Defense" by Pipster 1997 v2.6/7
Lesser Racial Traits
- "OBRM Strategies" by Jason Cawley 1999-05-03 v2.6/7i
- "Remote Mining LRTs" by Jonathan Sebast 1997-03-25 v2.6/7
- "IFE, NRSE, and CE" by Brian Price 1997-03-11 v2.6/7
- "Lesser Racial Traits" by Walter D. Pullen 1997 v2.6/7
- "Regenerating Shields" by William Butler 1997 v2.6/7
Pre-Defined
- "Pre-Defined Race Strategies" by Author Unknown 1996 v2.6/7
- "The Musketeer Strategy" by Brenden B 1996 v2.0
Specializing Races
- "Viable Bi-Immune non HE race" by Jai Shaw 1997 2.6/7
- "2 Immunity Races" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Factoryless Races" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Alternate Reality
- "New AR Race Design and Play Tips" by William Butler 1997 v2.6/7
- "Low Growth vs. High Growth AR" by GaKle 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Alternate Reality Race" by Robert M. Ashcroft 1997-05-17 v2.6/7b
- "The AR Monster" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7
- "Another AR Monster" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Using Low Growth Tactics on a High Growth AR" by Robert M. Ashcroft 1997 v2.6/7b
- "Low Growth Alternate Reality" by Robert M. Ashcroft 1997-03-19 v2.6/7f
- "Playable AR Races" by Jason Crawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "More AR Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "A Guide to AR" by Woo-Hyeon Cheong 1996-06-25 v2.5
Claim Adjuster
- "The 2525 Hyperproducer" by Brian Price 1997 v2.6/7
- "The CA Resource Potential" by Leonard 1997 v2.6/7
- "The CA Monster" by Artur 1997 v2.6/7
- "On Claim Adjusters" by David Vest 1996-09-10 v2.5a
Hyper-Expansion
- "(Close to) the Ideal HE" by Jeff Rife 1997 v2.6/7
- "Hyper Expansion Strategy" by Rick Bladwell 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Great Wall of HE" by Olen Whitaker 1997 v2.6/7
- "Raising Early Growth of HE" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Ultimate Race" by Gemmy Tsai 1997 v2.6/7
- "HE vs. JOAT" by Scott Phelps 1996 v2.6b
- ANTI: "Vulnerability of 4-6% HE races" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7
- ANTI: "An Anti-HE Strategy (Using IS)" by Paul Hager 1997 v2.6/7
Inner Strength
Interstellar Traveller
- "Interstellar Traveller" by Rick Steeves 1996-09-07 v2.6/7
- "The IT Hyper-Expander Peace-Monger" by Omri Mann 1997 v2.6/7
- "IT HP Monster??!!" by Bennett 1997 v2.6/7
- "A Hyper Producer IT" by James Moody 1997 v2.6/7
- "One Immune IT" by Damon Domjan & Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Sample HG-style IT Race Redux" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Sample HG-type IT Race" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- "Using IS strategy with IT races" by Mathias Dallaert 1997 v2.6/7
- "How to design a Quick Start IT race" by Jeff Berger 1997 v2.6/7
- "Beginner's Guide to IT" by Darren Wisper 1999-01-01 v2.6/7
- "Advanced IT Design and Play v2.0" by Verker 1998-02 v2.6/7
- "IT Race Design" by Dan Bush 1997 v2.6/7
Jack of all Trades
- "'J' Patch JOAT" by Dan Bush, Varn & Jason Cawley 1998 v2.6/7i
- "Advanced JOAT Design and Play" by Scott Phelps 1997-03-24 v2.6/7b
- "HE vs. JOAT" by Scott Phelps 1996 v2.6b
Packet Physics
- "PP revival fatal for IT races?" by Jason Cawley 1998 v2.6/7i
- "PP Race Design" by Dan Bush 1997 v2.6/7
- "PP HP: Buyer Beware" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- ANTI: "Defending Aginst Packets" by jmeyers@erinet.com 1997 v2.6/7
Space Demolition
- "Space Demolition" by Rick Steeves 1996-09-23 v2.6/7
- "Offensive SD Tactics" by Dave Dubeau 1997 v2.6/7
- "Space Demolition Races" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
- ANTI: "Minesweeping Exploding SD Minefields" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Super Stealth
- "SS and the Mao Strategy" by Jason Cawley 1999-07-13 v2.6/7i
- "Diplomacy and SS: Trading Knowledge" by Mathias Dellaert 1997 v2.6/7
- "Hyperproducing SS races" by Jason
Software Mechanics/Other
Automation
- "How to Automate Turn Submission" by Alan Beale 1996 n/a
- "Turn File Submission (with Eudora Lite)" by Snoop 1998 n/a
Bugs
File Encryption
General Info
- "Updated Interstellar Abbreviations" by Newsgroup Post 1999-11-03
- "Interstellar Glossary" by Mystery Guild 1997 v2.6/7
- "A Guide to Becomming an Evil Overlord" by Peter Anspach 1997 n/a
- "Stars! Order of Events" by S. Posey 1997 v2.6/7
Help Files
Hosting
- "How to Host a Game, v2.0" by Omonubi 1996 v2.6/7
- "Stars! Ethical Guidelines" by Rick Steeves 1997 v2.6/7
- "About Victory Conditions" by Various Authors 1997 v2.6/7
Linux
Newsgroup
Testbeds
Strategy
Basic Stars! Strategy
- "David Moen's Newbie Tips" by David Moen 1999-10-20
- "Tricks of the Trade" by Art Lathrop 1999-09-06
- "Operational Stars! by Example - Part II" by Jason Cawley 1999-01-16 v2.6/7i
- "Operational Stars! by Example - Part IV" by Jason Cawley 1999-01-16 v2.6/7i
- "Basic Game Play" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Blitz Games
Computer AIs
- "Definition of the Computer AIs" by Author Unknown 1995 v2.6/7
- "How to Beat the Computer AIs" by Peter Cohen 1996 v2.5
- "Stupid AI Tricks FAQ" by Author Unknown 1997 v2.5a
- "Handling the Hyper-Expansion AI" by Michael Meagher 1997 v2.6/7
- "How to Handle the AI Hyper-Expansion" by Various Authors 1997 v2.6b
- "Some Anti-AI Strategies" by Jeff Briner 1997 v2.6/7
- "Beating the AI HE" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Defensive
- "Disguising You PRT" by Philippe Malacher 1997 v2.6/7
- "Defending Against the Horde - Updated" by Red Dragon 1997 v2.6/7
General
- "The Art of War (exceprts from)" by Sun Tzu 1996 n/a
- "Concepts of Warfare" by Mikkel 1997 Any
- "The Principles of War" by Brian Weeden 1997-04-15 Any
- "The Principles of War, Part II" by Brian Weeden 1997-04-18 Any
- "On the Subject of Strategy" by Dog (warppuppy) 1999-04-02 v2.6/7i
- "End Game Tips" by Sanguine 1999-03-30 v2.6/7i
- "Devising a Strategy" by Bruce Poon 1997 v2.6/7
- "The Value of Strategic Planning" by Chris Klein 1997 v2.6/7
- "Stars! Rules of Thumb" by Thomas Tong 1997 v2.6/7
- "War Strategy - Part I" by Matthias Dellaert 1997-09-24 v2.6/7
- "War Strategy - Part II" by Matthias Dellaert 1997-09-24 v2.6/7
- "Warfare 1 - Know Thy Enemy" by Todd Rogers 1997 v2.6/7
- "Warfare 2 - Machiavellian Politics" by Todd Rogers 1997 v2.6/7
Mass Packets
- "Multiple Packets" by Dog (warppuppy) 1999-01-15 v2.6/7i
- "Mass Packet FAQ" by Barry Kearns 1997-02-07 v2.6b
- "Defending Against Packets" by jmeyers@erinet.com 1997 v2.6/7
- "Packet Protection" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
Minelaying/Sweeping
Technology
Research
- "Ultimate Research Management" by Andrei Romanov 1997 v2.6/7
- "Technology Progression Chart" by Bob Martin 1997 v2.6/7
