WDSherman

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Version: 1.5 Weapons: All 10 of my ships had weapons. Isolation suggestion: Unfortunately, the raider is faster than any of my ships, so surrounding it will be extremely difficult. However, at one point it had stopped for 3 turns and I had fleets on three sides of it, but they wouldn't do anything and the raider simply moved onto its next victim. I also tried putting 3 fleets along the raider's intended path and gave them to "Sentry" but the

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My fleets cannot find the freighter that the raider is attacking either. The "Sentry" command is supposed to allow your ships to challenge any other vessel including friendly ships, but it ignores both the freighter as well as the raider. It could be a bug in the software as I have noticed other errata -- parts of the application that just don't work properly.

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My fleets stop just short of the raider. They don't actually stack on top of the raider like my own ships do. A one point, the raider actually stopped in place for about three turns after it destroyed one freighter and was waiting for another. At that point my fleets caught up to it, but nothing I tried would get them to either attack it or even stack on top of it. Any more ideas?

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Yes, I have tried a couple of times to move both fleets directly onto the spot where the raider is. Originally, I had 3 fleets before I combined two of them and set one to "Auto Attack", one to "Sentry", and tried to resend the third fleet to the same point after it got there. In all cases, my fleets would not attack the raider, and as I said earlier, the "Auto Attack" fleet triggered messages that nothing could be found to attack. Basically, my fleets won't attack the raide

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No, I am not allied with either of the warring races; I have a "Warm" relation with the attacking race and am "Friendly" with the other. When I set my fleets to "Auto Attack", I get a message saying that nothing could be found to attack. According to the manual giving my fleets the "Sentry" command is supposed to get them to challenge any ship "friendly or enemy" that are near, but they don't see either the raider or the freighter and so just sit there and do nothing. Any id

How do I attack a raider? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

In my current game, one alien race has sent a raider into my space to prey on freighters of another alien race with whom they are at war. The raider has already destroyed several of their enemy's ships, costing my alliance in trade income. I have converged a couple of fleets on the raider totalling 10 warships, so I have plenty of firepower to destroy the raider. However, I am unable to attack for whatever reason. I set an Attack rally point on the raider, b

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Thank you for the advice, it would have taken me a long time to figure that out on my own. As it turned out, I had established a "Close" relation with a different alien race and didn't know what that meant. So, basically, if you happen to achieve a "Close" relation with an alien race, jump on the chance to make an ally of them!

Alliances Criteria for Beginners in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Would someone please explain the requirements for forming alliances with alien races for us 'newbees'? I am playing my first game -- the default game. I have acquired the "Alliances" research capability and have managed to achieve a "Friendly" relationship with an alien race with whom I would like to form an alliance. However, the only Treaty options available to me are for attacking or surrendering, neither of which I want to do. What am I missing? What else do