Dark Yor

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Is there something about the Dark Yor that I have missed. They pop up frequently as a minor race but there is something about them that I can't put my finger on.

Then tonight in a gigantic I sent my first freighter to their single planet which was only one sector away. I got a 14 payment for the trade and other freighters that went much further returned much less.

My imagination, a bug, a surprise or something I have missed?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
TO MUCH of a coincidence in my opinion. Perhaps it could be part of an evolving storyline. Now is the time to to take GC to its next plane of existance.

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Ive noticed similar situations as well, I think its because of the economy of the trading partner. The stronger it is, the money a route collects. But, thats just a theory.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Did you look at the position of the mini-freighters ?

The further they are away from the trade routes point of origin the more revenue they generate.
Maybe the ones on the longer routes only just departed while the one on the short route was well underway ?

At least, that's how trade worked in GalCiv 1.
I have no idea how GalCiv 2 functions so it's just a gamble.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
The further they are away from the trade routes point of origin the more revenue they generate.
Maybe the ones on the longer routes only just departed while the one on the short route was well underway ?


It is the same in GC2 but the 14 number I referred to is the average income that is reported to you when the freighter makes first planetfall. The DY planet was right next door one sector away. To get a 14 average it should have been at least 5-6 sectors distant.

the economy of the trading partner


I'm not sure about that. It could be a factor i guess but the DY are not that strong
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
It is the same in GC2 but the 14 number I referred to is the average income that is reported to you when the freighter makes first planetfall.

I see. I have no idea then what causes this cashflow.
Maybe the Dark Yor are a bunch of cheaters ?
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
sounds cool, I love when games throw in strange anomalies like that.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Something for you to read about the Dark Yor from my own experience and encounters with them...

OK, we have the Yor Collective as one of the major civs, but who is the Dark Yor? The Yor Collective and the Dark Yor have the one word in common, 'Yor'. But what makes the Dark Yor different from the Yor Collective, other than they are a minor race, and owns only one planet. I looked up the pdf manual, the beginner's guide, the metaverse-galactic databank-civilizations, and there's no mention and description of minor races, including the Dark Yor. Is there any literature or information about them, the minor races, particularly the Dark Yor?

I guess the Dark Yor is splinter group from the Yor Collective, sort of Yor Collective rebels. In the games, I can best remember them as underground market technolgoy dealers, because on several occassions, when I meet them, it says the Dark Yor have stolen all of another civ's technology and are willing to trade these technologies for a price. Well it can be the other way around, like all of my technologies stolen by the Dark Yor.

that's why one day...

While scouting for the Yor Collective ships/planets to punish them for scaring off the Torians on an unexplored space with 11 medium size frigates, 4 advanced troop pod transports, I bumped into Yor II, homeworld of the Dark Yor, and the only planet.

First I was confused that it wasn't the Yor Collective I was hunting for, but the Dark Yor. When I tried to attack, it says, are you sure you want to attack, this will mean declaration of war. I halted the invasion, ok, it's the Dark Yor, one of the minor races with only one planet.

So I spoke with their leader, and traded all my technolgies his 6000BC can afford. After filling up the imperial treasury, with the Senate's approval, I attacked his 6 small size defenders orbiting the planet. Once the Defenders are destroyed, and dropped 4 billion marines into the 15 billion Dark Yor populated Yor II in the same turn.

Dark Yor won't be stealing and trading technologies anymore...

Actually there's a brief description of the Dark Yor in the minor races tab of the diplomacy button in the game. With intelligence report, it says that they are small band of hyper destructive machines and the galaxy is better off without them.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I though it was said somewhere that the Yor created the Dark Yor ,but don't quote me on that.

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Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Minor races have a super charged economy, making them great for trading... not only that but also because you can stop the main AI races from getting rich off your trade.

Further, if you trade with a nearby minor race, they can become quite strong which creates an interesting twist in the game.