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Ok I think the biggest problem ist the change in in the terminology and
the "normal" hostchanges.
The formulas from Amaranthine and the statement from Sebastian are both
correct AFAIK.
You can only decrease the stress and not the Base Frequency (Delta
Stress) with the SWD as Solarian. You should be able to calculate the
right figures out of this.
And now to the intresting point, "Why?"...
I am not 100% sure if it stayed this way after x hostchanges so if your
game depending on it you shouln't try it out.
In my expirience a asteroid field will generate new metals in the core.
I think if a planet explodes and leaves an asteroid field its just the
picture that changes and of course the fact that noone can habitate it
expect Privs and Sols. Which is by the way why there is noone intrested
in this matter normally.
If you look at an asteroid field you see nothing in the Data Pad but
that it is an asteroid field and where it lies etc. Also you see that
there is zero base Frequency and get no Stress info. Seem pretty harm-
and useless.
But you should send down one colo, you could find nice surprises there.
Minerals and other stuff on the surface (ok you can beam it up from the
surface as normal player, too).
But most intresting you can find natives. (Yes real natives not Cups
only). And even if the picture did not change and still says zero base
frequency, zero stress; the planet will still produce minerals. The
reason is that it still has Stress and a Base Frequency and minerals
are produced using Amaranthine's formula as before. In my expierience
if a planet explodes is does not affect anything but the soil rating
(gets zero), the problems that other races have with habitating and the
picture of it.
Same natives, same surface, same star heat.
In fact if I play Solarian and have enough food (ok noone has but you
know what I mean...)
I explode every planet by incident that I can find. The minerals are
the positive sideeffect
.
Advantage:
Noone can ever build a scanning base there expect Priv and Sols.
Noone expect the Priv and other Sol can ever groundassault you there.
You can fire the SML every turn without ever need to think on stress.
You can mine minerals quickly like hell.
Noone is interested in this planet anymore.
If someone is going to attack you and should win than he is the proud
owner of a perfect... asteroid field. (which you can habitate later on
quickly with your coronas).
Disadvantage: You can not grow food.
On these Asteroid fields I normally build 1 colo bases that get the
minerals from the corona beamed down. After planet is empty I chunnel
the bases to a collecting base and this base chunnels the minerals
where they are needed later.
SWD are only worthy for food production planets and in special cases
when I need to shoot a SML from a planet that can not be exploded
before.
Well thats my opinion to the "Why?".
Good luck with your game...
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