Newbie Question on Pirate & Strat

[mayaman]

Gentlemen, I have a few questions I would to ask… Any answers/clarification/explanations are highly appreciated.

Noob Question:
1. Does Pirate attack always visible? Or some times it’s hidden until the target planet is reach?
2. If in the end of a Pirate attack and both defender and attacker has ships (eg defender 10 Pirate ships while attacker Pirate 1000 ships) would the attacker get resources?
3. If I make a spy report on a planet A, would I see his other ships if its:
a. Station on Colony B
b. On a mission going to station on Colony B from planet A
c. On a mission going to station on Planet A from Colony B

Thank you for your help 

Please comment on this strategy…
Plan to start in defense turrent, then when I get Pirate ship , I’ll mix Pirate ship & defense turrent… Then start Pirating (after a good spy report)…
Then when I get Destroyer, I’ll start building purely Destroyer and when I get sufficient ship, I’ll start attacking (after a good spy report and battle simulation) and recycle…

What do you think?

[freeico]

Hi , nice to meet you

1. This flight is visible to both attacker and defender
2. If at the end of the battle, attacker has any ship left, he take resources up to cargo limit, but max 1/4 of each type resource on the planet.
3. Spy report shows only ships on the planet, ships in flight will not be seen i the report
4. About strategy - the fastest way to get in the game is to ask any in-game guide, or to join any union and to ask your mates there. The list of guides can be found in Information section in the game from Help link.

[mayaman]

Nice to meet you too...

Thank you very much for your very clear explanation...
Your prompt reply is highly appreciated...

Seems like Pirate ships are indeed very powerful (and annoying as well...)

Seems i'll be sticking to defense turrent and have my resources fly when someone attacks me...
That leads me to this question:
How would i know if its an ordinary attack or a pirate attacked?

Thank you! Have a nice day ^_^

[mayaman]

Not sure if i should create a new thread so i added my question here:
What is galaxy coordinate? This is the distance from one planet to another right...
So how long will it take before one reach the other?
Specifically
1:1:1 to 1:1:10

1:1:1 to 1:200:1

1:1:1 to 3:1:1

I know this depends on the speed tech... but just want to know if there is any computation here...
Specially if its the start of each round... how long will it take for an attacker to reach the target?

[free_styler212]

Galaxy coordinate is the place where your planets are situated. The Planet number can be from 1 to 15 (Your first planet is beeing choosed by chance - any other colony you create by a colony ship can be created by preferences) ... There are 5 Galaxies with 500 Solar Systems in each one and 15 places for planets in each Solar System ... That is a Galaxy coordinate - [2:450:3] - Second Galaxy, Solar System #450, 3rd Planet !

It depends by many factors ... First of all it depends on the speed of the ship ! You can see how much gas consumes, what is the speed, the prize and other parameters by choosing "Technics" ==> "Ships" and click on a single ship's picture ! So before you send a ship to a mission you enter the coordinates and it shows you the distance and for how long you get there ... Now comes this :
1.Hyperspeed engines increase your base speed of a ship with 10 % for each level
2.Jet engines - again with 10 % faster on the base speed with each level
3.Impulse systems increases with 20% the base speed of your ship for each level
4.Ultraspeed - the same as the Impulse systems - 20 %

Let's take the Scout for example :
Base speed - Speed: 12500

You need 1st level Jet engines to build it ... 12500 * 10/100 = 1250 ... 12500 + 1250 = 13750
If you have 2 levels Jet engines 1250 * 2 = 2500 ... 12500 + 2500 = 15000
And let's say one level Impulse systems : 12500 * 20/100 = 1250 * 2 = 2500 ... 12500 + 2500 = 15000 (plus the 20 % from the Jet eng.) + 2500 = 17500

Hope I've been useful
Fly Safe