Now we've shed our bad systems, we can see the full area available for us to prepare next cycle. Let's spitball ideas for preparation next cycle, so we can explode off the blocks first thing next week.
Pickings are slim at this stage in the game, but at the very least we should make sure that we push the worst systems off our top 4. We can SCRAP bad expansions or just let them fail, but the easiest way is simply to crowd them out. Take a tour around Galaxy Map > Powerplay View > Expansions.
Everyone has their own priorities, and there's no perfect formula for success. Here are some criteria for systems to prepare. They are in the priority order I would put them in, but your priorities might be very different.
So what do people think we should do in the short term? Should we set up a little enclave somewhere? Expand to safe, low profit systems nearby? Has our contraction opened up any new interesting opportunities? Are any of our rivals expanding near us and need to be opposed?
We have top men working on long term expansion plans beyond the next couple of turns, but let's see what we can get for now!
Pickings are slim at this stage in the game, but at the very least we should make sure that we push the worst systems off our top 4. We can SCRAP bad expansions or just let them fail, but the easiest way is simply to crowd them out. Take a tour around Galaxy Map > Powerplay View > Expansions.
Everyone has their own priorities, and there's no perfect formula for success. Here are some criteria for systems to prepare. They are in the priority order I would put them in, but your priorities might be very different.
- Income of at least 60, the higher the better
- Minimal overlap with other control systems' bubbles (our own and other powers')
- Ideally no further than 130 LY away from Polevnic
- Large pads to make fortifying easier
- Station isn't too far from the star
- Dictatorship, Feudal, Communist and Cooperative governments a plus, Democracy government is bad. This is the only thing we can change after the fact.
- High Tech systems are the best for tradify, followed by refinery.
- Interesting things in the system or bubble, such as good mining sites, good Resource Extraction Sites for bounty hunting, Anarchy/Theocracy/Prison Colony exploited systems for smuggling etc.
So what do people think we should do in the short term? Should we set up a little enclave somewhere? Expand to safe, low profit systems nearby? Has our contraction opened up any new interesting opportunities? Are any of our rivals expanding near us and need to be opposed?
We have top men working on long term expansion plans beyond the next couple of turns, but let's see what we can get for now!
