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Guide to The Colonies of Man
So, you sent in your race choice in the game a little late, with the result that all of your top choices were already taken. Uncertain about which of the remainder you wanted to play, you sort of chose the Missing Colonies of Man. After looking more carefully at your ship list, you're not sure you didn't make a mistake. Your main torpedo carrying combatants are either a wimpy 2 tube/4 beam Tranquility Class cruiser or your 4 tube/4 beam Cygnus which is better but has very low hull mass, small cargo capacity, and a fairly small fuel tank. Weighing in under 100 kt, a single mine hit splatters the Cygnus into its component atoms. Your tech 9 Iron Lady Class frigate, with 2 tubes/8 beams is also relatively low mass and worse, has a glass jaw in that its crew of only 99 makes it an easy capture for anything firing a lot of high tech torpedos. Even high population Cyborg worlds without a starbase can capture it. The Patriot Class light carrier has a good punch, but has such small cargo capacity that it generally only punches once against a reasonably formidable ship that doesn't actually defeat it. (More)
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The Lost Colonies of Man
The Lost Colonies are unique among the eleven races in VGA Planets. They don't have cloaking devices or warp chunnels, and their special ability is considerably less exciting than web mines or pillaging. They don't have that "special something" that the other races have. The thing that makes the Colonies special is good old fashioned firepower. If you're the kind of emperor who likes to send their fleets thundering through enemy space, obliterating everything in their path, the Colonies are for you. (More)
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A Fight to the Death: A Colonies Guide
This guide assumes you've read the information from the help files and are aware of the Colonies' abilities. And what abilities they are to. This guide also assume you are playing in a normal game, so rich universe, with no add-ons as it will complicate things to no end. (More)
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Cain's Guide to Playing the Colonies
After many months of playing the Colonies, and being busy with my website design, I finally got the time to sit down and compile my own guide on how to play one the races in VGA Planets. The Colonies are one of my favorite races to play, (as evidenced by my Alias.. Cain). For those who don't know who Cain is... or was... He was Commander Cain, one of the most colorful characters in the Television show Battlestar Galactica.. and in a lot of respects.. a legend. Well know that you know that, you probably want to get into the strategy and information I have to give about how to play the Colonies in VGA Planets. Ok.. well here it goes.... (More)
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