From: meier@ee.umanitoba.ca (Martin Meier)
Subject: Re: Planet's Edge - Battle Tactis Wanted!
Keywords: Planet's Edge
Organization: Elect & Comp Engineering, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:39:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.065926.9857@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>,
honnold@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Jeff Honnold EE UnderGrad ) writes:
> Ok, Please....I have been trying to destory the ships around Deneb 2.....
> I destoryed the one called "The Wind"....I can't take either of the other
> ones
> out....What do you use?  What weapons, Ship, etc.....I am using a Harbringer,
> armed with a variety of weapons.  Please give me some advice!  This thing is
> drdriving me nuts!!!!!!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jeff

To destroy any any number of ships, do the following.

WHAT TO BUILD

1. Get a ships hull that can mount a mega-missle on a turret. (2 qualify)

2. Mount the mega-missle on the turret, and then install an engine that
   use up the rest of the ship's hull points.  You will have only one weapon
   and very little room for cargo.

3. Fly to the planet in question.


HOW TO FIGHT (If ships are slower than you)

1. Big ships with lots of fire power are usually slower than you are. Put your
   weapon on automatic fire and start to fly towards them. Once you get to a
   distance of about 20 or so, do a U-turn and have the other ships chase you.
   
2. While these ship(s) are chasing you, circle around the perimiter of the battle
   field staying close to the boundary. Target the particular ship that is closer
   to you. Keep a distance of about 11-13 between you and your targeted ship. The
   mega-missle has a range of 9, which is the furtest of any weapon. Mega-missle
   fires by itself when on automatic. Because speed and distance is based on a fixed
   co-ordinate system, your missle will hit but any missle the enemy fires will
   fail to reach you. The damage caused by this attacking is small, but eventually
   you will wear the other ship down.

3. When making a turn be sure to speed up a little so that the enemy can't cut
   down the angle and catch up. Be sure to slow down after the turn.

4. If you make a mistake, and the enemy is to close, dive over the battle field
   boundary. Since the enemy ships don't cross the boundary, they will do a U-turn
   and chase you from the far side. Regroup, and reset yourself for attack.

HOW TO FIGHT (If ships are faster than you)

1. You will usually get a group of ships. One of these might be faster than your
   top speed. What you want to do is seperate that ship from the others. Position
   yourself so the fastest ship reaches you first. Stay close to the boundary and
   be in a position to run. Mega-missle will fire when the enemy gets close. Start
   moving toward the boundary, and when the enemy gets withing firing range, cross
   over and wait on the other side.

2. Keep doing this until the faster ships are destroyed and you left with only
   slower ships. Then use that first method.

Remeber that after you destroyed the faster ships, you can break off combat and
repair you ship. Then go back in again and destortoy another ship.


HOW TO KILL A BASE

1. For this you don't need turreted mega-missle. A forward firing mega-missle will
   do. Move in to the base slowly from either the SW, NW, SE, or NE, ie an angle.

2. Since the base orbits the plant, make sure it is at least 9-10 units away from
   you at it closest point and stop. Put the mega-missles on automatic and wait.
   You will slowly destroy the base. A strong base might take 5 minutes, but as
   long as you see the missle hit the base, your actually destroying it.

3. When the shields are gone and the damage is about 50%, you can move in a bit
   so the missle can cause more damage.


Bonus spoiler!

This was posted to the net a few months ago, so I'll repeat it. You can STEAL
minerals from a planet that is gaurded by other ships with out fighting them.

Enter orbit around the protected planet. The break orbit, and as fast as you can
go to the 'dump cargo' section on the menu. You will be able to load in that
planets resources from the 'dump cargo' menu.

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Has anyone ever finished this game?

Was there every any patches released for this game?

 
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