eric (03/20/83)
#N:whuxlb:1100003:000:305 whuxlb!eric Mar 20 15:27:00 1983 I have discovered something that may be of interest to empire games with the NUKES. there IS a way to reclaim wasteland sectors after a blast. Anyone interested in this information may mail me, and i will mail the trick to you. happy nuking, Eric Holtman (decvax or ucbvax)!harpo!whuxlb!eric
mab (03/24/83)
Reclaiming is easy, but it's easily defeated, too. If it's not
fixed, the wasteland that used to be a capital is a very valuable sector.
-Eric Anderson, UC San Diego
{ucbvax philabs}!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!mabmab (03/31/83)
Speaking about nuclear weapons, here's some info not found in
the manual: Nukes can be dropped between sectors for different results.
Following is a series of blast diagrams. On the left, the nuke was dropped
on a sector, on the right it landed between sectors.
Key: - not affected + affected = 90% hit * 100% hit @ wasted
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
one - - - + + + + - - - - - - - - + + + + + - - - -
megaton - - - + + + + + - - - - - - - + + + + + + - - -
- - + + * * + + - - - - - - + + * @ * + + - - -
- - + + * @ * + + - - - - - - + = @ @ = + - - -
- - + + * * + + - - - - - - + + * @ * + + - - -
- - - + + + + + - - - - - - - + + + + + + - - -
- - - + + + + - - - - - - - - + + + + + - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
two - - - + + + + - - - - - - - - + + + + + - - - -
megaton - - - + + = + + - - - - - - - + + = = + + - - -
- - + = @ @ = + - - - - - - + + @ @ @ + + - - -
- - + + @ @ @ + + - - - - - - + * @ @ * + - - -
- - + = @ @ = + - - - - - - + + @ @ @ + + - - -
- - - + + = + + - - - - - - - + + = = + + - - -
- - - + + + + - - - - - - - - + + + + + - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
three - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - - - -
megaton - - - - + + + + - - - - - - - - + + + + + - - -
- - + + = * = + + - - - - - - + + * * + + - - -
- - - + * @ @ * + - - - - - - + = @ @ @ = + - -
- - + = @ @ @ = + - - - - - + + @ @ @ @ + + - -
- - - + * @ @ * + - - - - - - + = @ @ @ = + - -
- - + + = * = + + - - - - - - + + * * + + - - -
- - - - + + + + - - - - - - - - + + + + + - - -
- - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sectors Wasted (100% or wasteland) With Best Aim Per tonnage
1 mt.: 8 sectors 2 mt.: 10 sectors 3 mt.: 14 sectors
Clearly, the one megaton nuke is the most useful of the small
nukes... I haven't tried the bigger ones yet. For 100% destruc-
tion the nukes can be aimed as such:
/ / / : : / / / + + +
/ / : : : - - - + +
/ / / + + + - - + + +
: : : + + - - - / / /
: : + + + : : : / /
: : : / / / : : / / /
+ + + / / : : : - - -
+ + / / / + + + - -
Where each pattern block is one nuke landed in the exact center.
(yes, it's between sectors)
Hopefully this will be of some help in reducing your neighbor to
a glowing smoke-pit.
--Eric Anderson, UC San Diego
{ucbvax|decvax|philabs}!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!mab