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Stars! FAQ Articles

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

• Living with Chaff by Art Lathrop - Revised: 3th December 2000

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

• Tricks of the Trade by Art Lathrop - Revised 13th January 2001
• How to Host a Game v2.0 by Omonubi

Stars-R-Us Articles

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

• "Propoganda in Stars!" by Dynamo 1999-07-20 Any

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

• "Planets and Production Queues" by Alex Hall 1997 v2.6/7

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

• "How-to Guide" by William Butler 1999-05-11 v2.6/7i

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
• "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

• "How to Hide Behind Planets" by Various Authors 1997 v2.6/7

Weaponry

• "More on Beams vs. Missiles..." by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7
• "Beams or Missiles?" by M. Meagher &

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

• "Inner Strength Race Design" by Jason Cawley 1997 v2.6/7

Interstellar Travel

• "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

• "Handling Stars! Bugs" by Barry Kearns 1997 Any

File Encryption

• "Sending Files via Netscape (tm)" by Mike Dibb 1997 n/a

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

• "How to Play Stars! via e-mail" by Stars! User Guide 1997 v2.6/7

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

• Using WINE for Stars! Darren Winsper 1999-11-02
• Stars! on Linux Jason Hissong 1997 v2.6/7

Newsgroup

• Newsgroup FAQ Andrew Sterian 1997-12-07 n/a

Testbeds

• How to build a Stars! Testbed Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7

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

• "Stars! Blitz Strategy Guide" by Omnivore 1997 v2.6/7

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

• "Mine-sweeping Tip" by Chris Spagnoli 1999-03-15 v2.6/7i

Technology

Research

• "Ultimate Research Management" by Andrei Romanov 1997 v2.6/7
• "Technology Progression Chart" by Bob Martin 1997 v2.6/7

Testing

• "How to Build a Test Bed" by Barry Kearns 1997 v2.6/7

Trading

• "Diplomacy and SS: Trading Knowledge" by Mathias Dellaert 1997 v2.6/7
• "Tech Transfer: Scrapping vs. Combat" by Scott Phelps 1997 v2.6/7c
• "Wolf/Lamb Tech Trading" by Steven Posey 1997 v2.6/7
• "The No Effort Way to Gain Tech" by Bob Crosswell 1997 v2.6/7