Powerplay Faction: Zachary Hudson 8 expansion attempts despite being in deficit and with 2 worlds in turmoil ?

[Vurrath]

err , please correct me if im wrong about this, but when a PP power is in deficit , shouldn't it be unable to AFFORD to make expansion attempts , unless it somehow makes something inbetween the initial calculations to positive/negative , and the check when deducting 1st, 2nd, ... prepared.s ?

i noted that when turmoil worlds add to a sub total somwhere along the way , its a positive, BACK on top of the initial calculations , so ... what ... if it's such a expensive world , that the remaining after their upkeep is returned , is THEN, more than 1 or more expansion attempts , the second deduction , for attempts , then finds a surplus , and it doesn't matter that the positive balance wasn't initial income ?

hmmm , imaginable if the amount was small , but this turn the TOTAL for expansion attempt costs , would be quite a bit ... EIGHT systems ... and quite a few good ones ... whereas only TWO worlds were in turmoil , not that more than one should add to a higher total ... only a single , LAST to be getting or not getting to a above zero position , amount, should ever as i understand it , amount to a positive subtotal , AFTER the initial deficit.

so just to summarize , is it ...

initial calcs...

deficit...
turmoil world 1 ... still D ... 2 ... OK ... a little in the black.

and THEN ... expansion purchases?


please tell me that's wrong , and that the super-server's aren't working it out SO BADLY , that somehow ONE mere turmoil 'spare change' , is supposed to somehow be enough for the 8 worlds taken this turn.

other powers dont seem to be able to do this ...

????

 

[Vurrath]

also , why is it that many if not all , of the attempts that appear to HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED , past tense ... with ###% versus opposition ###% amounts , which should only be happening if the actions of the PPpowers' npc and players are actually attempting it ...

Are appearing this week, on worlds that on the galaxy map ... are hollow ... and according to the help / manual , are in being hollow , worlds that are "too expensive" ... to attempt .

?????


if they were too expensive to even attempt ... how is it that you're managing to AFFORD the attempts , simply put.

someone else is paying for it? winter?

special relationship w the bank ?
that'd hardly be fair in terms of other PP powers not also being able to.

only works with aligned/allied powers? they share a common total?
if so , that'd explain why so many winters factions do so much crime. how examplar.

 

[Apos]

A power is unable to make preparations for expansions when in turmoil due to having no CC. The preparations of the previous week will continue normally even when in turmoil.

Turmoil also makes the expansions of the previous week fail.

 

[rjwhite41]

The expansion expense is taken from a previous week's surplus, not the current week. CC is not a static number, it changes from week to week based on underming and fortification or lack thereof.