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==Stars!wiki Collection==
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{{:Category:Articles in the Stars!wiki Collection}}
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These articles have been collected from [[Stars! Autohost]],[[Rec.games.comp.stars FAQ|RGCS]] or from the non-article-database portions of [[Stars! FAQ]]
 
 
* [[The Stars! Class of 2399 by Nick Bennett]]
 
* [[The Stars! Class of 2399 by Nick Bennett]]
 
* [[The Art of War by Sun Tzu]]
 
* [[The Art of War by Sun Tzu]]
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* [[Mark Constantino on Testbed records vs real game peformance - 27 November 1999]]
 
* [[Mark Constantino on Testbed records vs real game peformance - 27 November 1999]]
 
* [["new MT FAQ" by James McGuigan - 5 December 2001]]
 
* [["new MT FAQ" by James McGuigan - 5 December 2001]]
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* [[BlitzFAQ aka playing blitz games over IRC by Leon Coles - 28 April 2002]]
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* [[Micromanagement Methodology - discussion - 22 September 2009]]
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* [[Feature, Bug or cheat? Survey by Gible - 14 March 2011]]
 
===For Beginners===
 
===For Beginners===
 
* [[Fledging Admirals Hints & Tips by Altruist - Mar 2007]]
 
* [[Fledging Admirals Hints & Tips by Altruist - Mar 2007]]
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* [[Things to Remember about Battle Speed by Iztok - July 2011]]
 
===Game Mechanics===
 
===Game Mechanics===
 
*[[Ship and Starbase slot IDs by m.a@stars - 14 February 2009]]
 
*[[Ship and Starbase slot IDs by m.a@stars - 14 February 2009]]
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* [[AI Race Specs by Wumpus - 27 Feb 2007 v2.6/7]]
 
* [[AI Race Specs by Wumpus - 27 Feb 2007 v2.6/7]]
 
* [["Guts of the Battle Engine" by James McGuigan - 23 Jan 2002]]
 
* [["Guts of the Battle Engine" by James McGuigan - 23 Jan 2002]]
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===Technical Information===
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* [[Message format strings by Wasp - 11 July 2010]]
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* [[Perl conversion of starstat utility by ricks03 - 30 Jan 2012]]
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* [['magic' entry for stars! files by Wumpus - 9 Apr 2006]]
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===French Translations===
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*[[Conception fondamentale de race d'Art Lathrop - Révision du 1er Août 1999]]
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*: (original) [[Basic Race Design by Art Lathrop - Revised: 1st Aug 1999]]
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*[[Chapitre 1 du guide stratégique: Stratégie globale]]
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*[[Chapitre 6 du manuel: Planètes]]
  
 
==Stars! Drawing Board Collection==
 
==Stars! Drawing Board Collection==
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These articles were originally collected by Dan Bush at Stars! Drawing Board and have been copied here from his site. Many of these articles also appeared at Stars-R-Us, albeit recorded differently. A second "edition" has only been kept(and noted) here when the differences are significant, otherwise they link to the Stars! FAQ article copy.
 
 
===Alternate Reality===
 
===Alternate Reality===
 
*[["New AR Race Design and Play Tips" by William Butler 1997 v2.6/7|New AR race design and play tips, by William Butler]]
 
*[["New AR Race Design and Play Tips" by William Butler 1997 v2.6/7|New AR race design and play tips, by William Butler]]
 
*[["More AR Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|AR Race Design, by Jason Cawley]]
 
*[["More AR Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|AR Race Design, by Jason Cawley]]
 
===Claim Adjuster===
 
===Claim Adjuster===
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*[[CAs and Terraforming, by Leonard Dickens]]
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*[[CAs and Terraforming, by Leonard Dickens]] {{*}}
 
*: aka [["The CA Resource Potential" by Leonard 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*: aka [["The CA Resource Potential" by Leonard 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
===Hyper-Expansion===
 
===Hyper-Expansion===
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*[["Viable Bi-Immune non HE race" by Jai Shaw 1997 2.6/7|Viable Bi-Immune Non HE race, by Jai Shaw]]
 
*[["Viable Bi-Immune non HE race" by Jai Shaw 1997 2.6/7|Viable Bi-Immune Non HE race, by Jai Shaw]]
 
===Inter-stellar Traveler===
 
===Inter-stellar Traveler===
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*[[My First IT, Suggestions?, by Mike Rollins, Jason Cawley, and Verker]]
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*[[My First IT, Suggestions?, by Mike Rollins, Jason Cawley, and Verker]] {{*}}
 
*[["Beginner's Guide to IT" by Darren Wisper 1999-01-01 v2.6/7|The beginner's guide to Inter-Stellar Traveller, by Darren Winsper]]
 
*[["Beginner's Guide to IT" by Darren Wisper 1999-01-01 v2.6/7|The beginner's guide to Inter-Stellar Traveller, by Darren Winsper]]
 
*[["Sample HG-type IT Race" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|Sample HG-type IT Race, by Jason Cawley]]
 
*[["Sample HG-type IT Race" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|Sample HG-type IT Race, by Jason Cawley]]
 
*[["Sample HG-style IT Race Redux" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|Sample HG-style IT race redux, by Jason Cawley]]
 
*[["Sample HG-style IT Race Redux" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|Sample HG-style IT race redux, by Jason Cawley]]
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*[["IT Race Design" by Dan Bush 1997 v2.6/7|The Two-Planet PRTs: Part Two -- The Inter-stellar Traveler Race, by Dan Bush]]
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*[["IT Race Design" by Dan Bush 1997 v2.6/7|The Two-Planet PRTs: Part Two -- The Inter-stellar Traveler Race, by Dan Bush]] {{*}}
 
*[["Advanced IT Design and Play v2.0" by Verker 1998-02 v2.6/7|Advanced IT design and play (v 2.0), by Dieter Wallisch]]
 
*[["Advanced IT Design and Play v2.0" by Verker 1998-02 v2.6/7|Advanced IT design and play (v 2.0), by Dieter Wallisch]]
 
*[["One Immune IT" by Damon Domjan & Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|One-Immune IT, by Damon Domjan and Jason Cawley]]
 
*[["One Immune IT" by Damon Domjan & Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|One-Immune IT, by Damon Domjan and Jason Cawley]]
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===Jack of all Trades===
 
===Jack of all Trades===
 
*[["Advanced JOAT Design and Play" by Scott Phelps 1997-03-24 v2.6/7b|Advanced Joat Design and Play, by Scott Phelps]]
 
*[["Advanced JOAT Design and Play" by Scott Phelps 1997-03-24 v2.6/7b|Advanced Joat Design and Play, by Scott Phelps]]
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*"J"-patch JOAT, by Dan Bush, Varn, and Jason Cawley
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*[["'J' Patch JOAT" by Dan Bush, Varn & Jason Cawley 1998 v2.6/7i|"J"-patch JOAT, by Dan Bush, Varn, and Jason Cawley]]
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*Slow JOAT to China, by Jason Cawley and Verker
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*[[Slow JOAT to China, by Jason Cawley and Verker]] {{*}}
 
===Packet Physics===
 
===Packet Physics===
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*The Two-Planet PRTs: Part One -- The Packet Physics Race, by Dan Bush
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*[["PP Race Design" by Dan Bush 1997 v2.6/7|The Two-Planet PRTs: Part One -- The Packet Physics Race, by Dan Bush]] {{*}}
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*PP HP: Buyer Beware, by Jason Cawley
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*[[PP HP: Buyer Beware, by Jason Cawley]] {{*}}
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*[[Blitz PP, by Damon Domjan]]
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*:aka [["PP HP: Buyer Beware" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7]]
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*[[Blitz PP, by Damon Domjan]] {{*}}
 
===Space Demolition===
 
===Space Demolition===
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*[[Factoryless SD: some thoughts, by Will Waggoner and Jason Cawley]]
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*[[Factoryless SD: some thoughts, by Will Waggoner and Jason Cawley]] {{*}}
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*Offensive SD Tactics, by Dave Dubeau
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*[["Offensive SD Tactics" by Dave Dubeau 1997 v2.6/7|Offensive SD Tactics, by Dave Dubeau]]
 
===Super-Stealth===
 
===Super-Stealth===
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*Hyperproducing Super Stealth races, by Jason Cawley
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*[["Hyperproducing SS races" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|Hyperproducing Super Stealth races, by Jason Cawley]]
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*[[Sample Narrow SS HP tech-thief, by Jason Cawley]]
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*[[Sample Narrow SS HP tech-thief, by Jason Cawley]] {{*}}
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*[[Vanity in SS design, by msew, Coyote, Art Lathrop, Greg, and sb]]
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*[[Vanity in SS design, by msew, Coyote, Art Lathrop, Greg, and sb]] {{*}}
 
===War Monger===
 
===War Monger===
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*[[How to make a WM monster, by Gary McClellan and Jason Cawley]]
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*[[How to make a WM monster, by Gary McClellan and Jason Cawley]] {{*}}
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*[[Warmonger - Strategy, by Alex Hall]]
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*[[Warmonger - Strategy, by Alex Hall]] {{*}}
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*[[War Mongering 101, by Darrend Brown]]
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*[[War Mongering 101, by Darrend Brown]] {{*}}
 
===Lesser Racial Traits===
 
===Lesser Racial Traits===
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*LRT guide: Which checkboxes to check?, by Walter Pullen
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*[["Lesser Racial Traits" by Walter D. Pullen 1997 v2.6/7|LRT guide: Which checkboxes to check?, by Walter Pullen]]
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*[[Costs of LRTs: How they interact with PRTs and other LRTs, by Nachtergal Philippe]]
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*[[Costs of LRTs: How they interact with PRTs and other LRTs, by Nachtergal Philippe]] {{*}}
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*[[Regenerating Shields for WM, IS races, by Jason Cawley]]
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*[[Regenerating Shields for WM, IS races, by Jason Cawley]] {{*}}
 
===Non-Specific Issues===
 
===Non-Specific Issues===
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*On the Wealth of Nations, by Jason Cawley
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*[[On the Wealth of Nations, by Jason Cawley]] {{*}}
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*Growth Rates, by Jason Cawley
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*[["Growth Rates" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|Growth Rates, by Jason Cawley]]
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*Race Design, Step by Step, by Mahrin Skel
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*[["Race Design, Step by Step" by Mahrin Skel 1997 v2.6/7|Race Design, Step by Step, by Mahrin Skel]]
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*Coherent Race Design for Beginners, by Michael C. Martin
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*[["Designing a Coherent Race" by Michael C. Martin 1997 v2.6/7|Coherent Race Design for Beginners, by Michael C. Martin]]
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*Don't give it all away (or common newbie mistakes), by Bob Crosswell
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*[["Racial Traits: Common Newbie Mistakes" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7|Don't give it all away (or common newbie mistakes), by Bob Crosswell]]
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*Boosting the Hyper-Producer, by Mahrin Skel
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*[["Boosting the Hyper-Producer" by Mahrin Skel 1997 v2.6/7|Boosting the Hyper-Producer, by Mahrin Skel]]
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*A response on 2-immune, 1-narrow races, by Jason Cawley
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*[["2 Immunity Races" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|A response on 2-immune, 1-narrow races, by Jason Cawley]]
  
 
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==Stars! FAQ Collection==
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These articles were originally collected by James McGuigan at [[Stars! FAQ]] and have been copied here from his article database[http://www.starsfaq.com/articles/index.htm].
 
 
===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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===Race Design===
 
===Race Design===
 
*[[Basic Race Design by Art Lathrop - Revised: 1st Aug 1999]]
 
*[[Basic Race Design by Art Lathrop - Revised: 1st Aug 1999]]
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*: (In French) [[Conception fondamentale de race d'Art Lathrop - Révision du 1er Août 1999]]
 
*[[AR Guide by Leonard Dickens - Revised: 21st September 2000]]
 
*[[AR Guide by Leonard Dickens - Revised: 21st September 2000]]
 
*[[Mongols - sample easy start WM HG by Jason Cawley - 7th February 2000]]
 
*[[Mongols - sample easy start WM HG by Jason Cawley - 7th February 2000]]
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===Fleet===
 
===Fleet===
 
*[[Living with Chaff by Art Lathrop - Revised: 3th December 2000]]
 
*[[Living with Chaff by Art Lathrop - Revised: 3th December 2000]]
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These articles were copied from the Stars! FAQ article database. They were originally collected by Omonubi at [[Stars-R-Us]] and later preserved by James McGuigan at Stars! FAQ.
 
 
===Diplomacy===
 
===Diplomacy===
 
====Alliances====
 
====Alliances====
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====General====
 
====General====
 
*[["A Few Race Designs" by Jason Cawley 1999-04-13 v2.6/7i]]
 
*[["A Few Race Designs" by Jason Cawley 1999-04-13 v2.6/7i]]
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*[["Basic Race Design" by Art Lathrop 1999-04-04 v2.6/7i]]
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* (old) ''[["Basic Race Design" by Art Lathrop 1999-04-04 v2.6/7i]]''
 
*[["Designing a Coherent Race" by Michael C. Martin 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["Designing a Coherent Race" by Michael C. Martin 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["Racial Traits: Common Newbie Mistakes" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["Racial Traits: Common Newbie Mistakes" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7]]
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*[["Race Design, Step by Step" by Mahrin Skel 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]]
 
*[["Race Descriptions" by Mathias Dellaert 1997 v2.6/7]]
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====Hyper-Production / Growth====
 
====Hyper-Production / Growth====
 
*[["Standard vs. AccBBS Hyper-producers" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["Standard vs. AccBBS Hyper-producers" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7]]
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*[["The Alternate Reality Race" by Robert M. Ashcroft 1997-05-17 v2.6/7b]]
 
*[["The Alternate Reality Race" by Robert M. Ashcroft 1997-05-17 v2.6/7b]]
 
*[["The AR Monster" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["The AR Monster" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7]]
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*: aka [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.stars/browse_frm/thread/38c19fb5c5b16654/c76d9b20517c76e2?tvc=1&pli=1 The "Monster" Pantheon by Barry Kearns] (rec.games.computer.stars at Google Groups)
 
*[["Another AR Monster" by Jason Cawley 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]]
 
*[["Using Low Growth Tactics on a High Growth AR" by Robert M. Ashcroft 1997 v2.6/7b]]
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*[["More AR Race Design" by Jason Cawley 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]]
 
*[["A Guide to AR" by Woo-Hyeon Cheong 1996-06-25 v2.5]]
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====Claim Adjuster====
 
====Claim Adjuster====
 
*[["The 2525 Hyperproducer" by Brian Price 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["The 2525 Hyperproducer" by Brian Price 1997 v2.6/7]]
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*[["The Great Wall of HE" by Olen Whitaker 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["The Great Wall of HE" by Olen Whitaker 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*<strike>"Raising Early Growth of HE" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7</strike> mislabeled copy of [["Raising Early Growth in HP Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|this]]
 
*<strike>"Raising Early Growth of HE" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7</strike> mislabeled copy of [["Raising Early Growth in HP Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7|this]]
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*[["The Ultimate Race" by Gemmy Tsai 1997 v2.6/7]]
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*[["The Ultimate Race" by John Doe 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*[["HE vs. JOAT" by Scott Phelps 1996 v2.6b]]
 
*[["HE vs. JOAT" by Scott Phelps 1996 v2.6b]]
 
*ANTI: [["Vulnerability of 4-6% HE races" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7]]
 
*ANTI: [["Vulnerability of 4-6% HE races" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7]]

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These articles have been copied intact from a previous article database or their original posting.

Unless you are the original author, please DO NOT edit their content
If you wish to modify or rewrite any of these texts please create a separate article elsewhere in Stars!wiki (eg), not in the Article Library or alternatively write your own article at HWF or rgcs and we may add it to the library.
Please DO edit them
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  • to include them in categories (eg [[Category:Article]]) or
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  • to mark them as out-of-date (if you are certain they are incorrect according to version 2.6jRC4)
    use the {{old}} template on the article itself
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    move the page to correct the title if needed.

Many thanks goes to James McGuigan for collecting these articles at Stars! FAQ and similarly to Omonubi at Stars-R-Us and Dan Bush at Stars! Drawing Board before him.

Stars!wiki Collection

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These articles have been collected from Stars! Autohost, RGCS, the non-article-database portions of Stars! FAQ or other Stars! sites around the web.

For Beginners

Game Mechanics

Technical Information

French Translations

Stars! Drawing Board Collection

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These articles were originally collected by Dan Bush at Stars! Drawing Board. Many of these articles also appeared at Stars-R-Us, albeit recorded differently. A second "edition" has only been kept(and noted) here when the differences are significant, otherwise they link to the Stars! FAQ article copy. Articles unique to Stars! Drawing Board are marked with Bullet.png in the Article Library.

Alternate Reality

Claim Adjuster

Hyper-Expansion

Inner-Strength

Inter-stellar Traveler

Jack of all Trades

Packet Physics

Space Demolition

Super-Stealth

War Monger

Lesser Racial Traits

Non-Specific Issues

Stars! FAQ Collection

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These articles were originally collected by James McGuigan at Stars! FAQ and have been copied here from his article database[1].

Econ

Race Design

Fleet

Anaylsis of Game Mechanics

Other

Stars-R-Us Collection

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These articles were copied from the Stars! FAQ article database. They were originally collected by Omonubi at Stars-R-Us and later preserved by James McGuigan at Stars! FAQ.

Diplomacy

Alliances

General

Propoganda

Economics

Planetary Growth

Queues

Remote Mining

Resouces

Expansion

Colonization

General

Planetary Occupation

Scouting

Fleet/Vessel Design

Combat

Composition

Naming Conventions

Ship Design

Strategy

Weaponry

Race Design/Strategy

General

Hyper-Production / Growth

Lesser Racial Traits

Pre-Defined

Specializing Races

Alternate Reality

Claim Adjuster

Hyper-Expansion

Inner Strength

Interstellar Traveller

Jack of all Trades

Packet Physics

Space Demolition

Super Stealth

Software Mechanics/Other

Automation

Bugs

File Encryption

General Info

Help Files

Hosting

Linux

Newsgroup

Testbeds

Strategy

Basic Stars! Strategy

Blitz Games

Computer AIs

Defensive

General

Mass Packets

Minelaying/Sweeping

Multiplayer

Mystery Trader

Technology

Research

Testing

Trading

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