What are trade ports for?

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Hey, I just got Sins and I love it.  I just want to get some things straight:

 

1.  What are trade ports used for?

2. How many/at what planets should I build them?

3.  How long until broadcast centers start increasing my planets and nearby planets allegiance?

4.  How does the Monalith Cannon work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

1) making money

2) as many as you can afford / everywhere with logistics capacity

3) practically immediately

4) click on cannon, select its special ability, click target planet, sit back and watch the fireworks B)

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

1.  What are trade ports used for?

Trade ports well give your credit income a boost, the more trade ports the more trade ships you'll have and the more income you can get.

2. How many/at what planets should I build them?

You need atleast two trade ports in differnt planets to start a trade route.  Planets can have more than one trade ports and the effects are cummulative. Sometimes if you discover a planet bonus on trade, you may want to put lots of trade ports there.

3.  How long until broadcast centers start increasing my planets and nearby planets allegiance? 

They start as soon as they are built, but weather the culture spreads or not depends on the culture spread rates which is dependant on reasearch.

4.  How does the Monalith Cannon work?

Once built and charged up, you click on the fire icon, and zoom to the galactic view where you can select a "Known" planet as the target.  Then the cannon turns, charges up and fires... BOOM.

Hope that helps.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

2) You should as many trade ports as you cna like Zanosan said, however if you make them in a chain you get more profits.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

If you look through the SoaSE Wiki (I don't remember the URL off the top of my head), someone's written up an article detailing how planning a trade port chain can be more beneficial than simply spamming them on every single planet you own.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

1.  What are trade ports used for?

Increase the amount of credits you get, just like refinaries

2. How many/at what planets should I build them?

i would start up with one at a time, if you are using tech, once u increase your initial planetary slots by 8 increase the amount to what ever you see fit

Quoting InfiniteVoid, reply 4
If you look through the SoaSE Wiki (I don't remember the URL off the top of my head), someone's written up an article detailing how planning a trade port chain can be more beneficial than simply spamming them on every single planet you own.
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I usually do

3.  How long until broadcast centers start increasing my planets and nearby planets allegiance?

once they are build :D

4.  How does the Monalith Cannon work?

it bascially fires from a stationary point, I usually don't bother, with my standard fleet, i can kill off a planet and colonize it before it comes, and hit myself ROFL

Quoting Zanosan, reply 2
1.  What are trade ports used for?

4.  How does the Monalith Cannon work?

Once built and charged up, you click on the fire icon, and zoom to the galactic view where you can select a "Known" planet as the target.  Then the cannon turns, charges up and fires... BOOM.

Hope that helps.
End of Zanosan's quote

You can set it so it auto-fires