{"id":2813,"date":"2016-04-19T22:36:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T22:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2016-04-21T22:07:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T22:07:29","slug":"sid-meiers-starships-steam-achievement-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/sid-meiers-starships-steam-achievement-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sid Meier’s Starships Steam Achievement Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to another game by Sid Meier, one of the “Most Influential People of All Time in Computer Gaming”<\/em> and 2nd on IGNs list of Top 100 Game Creators of All Time<\/a> (2nd only to Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros and several more Nintendo classics). In this Sid Meier’s Starships<\/em> Steam Achievement Guide I will mention the easy achievements and point out some hints on the average difficulty achievements. The really challenging Steam achievements come last and I’ll go into more detail here. Thus I’ve sorted the achievements by the time I made them.<\/p>\n

Sid Meier’s Starships Steam Achievement Guide<\/h2>\n

As achievement hunter new to this game I started on the easiest level of difficulty. In the end – even on higher levels of difficulty Starships is by far not as hard as any game of the Civilization<\/a> series. So I made 20 \/ 31 Steam achievements in my first game of Starships. You won’t find many screenshots etc. The web is full of them anyways. Here’s the story of that game:<\/p>\n

I, uh, I’ve been to another planet, Ma.<\/h3>\n

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Unlocked 27 Mar @ 11:40pm<\/p>\n

Travel to another planet<\/p>\n

Easy – at the start of the game you can’t even do anything else than traveling to another planet.<\/p>\n

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Food for the masses<\/h3>\n

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Unlocked 27 Mar @ 11:50pm<\/p>\n

Upgrade the population on an earth-like planet<\/p>\n

I kept the population of all my planets on an equal level, going from 2 to 4, and then focused on the planets with bonuses for what I needed the most.<\/p>\n

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Through the wormhole<\/h3>\n

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Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:04am<\/p>\n

Use a jump gate during battle<\/p>\n

In Starships your fleet fulfills missions for planets you encounter to increase your reputation and eventually integrate them into your alliance. On most of those hex-tile interstellar battlefields you’ll have jump gates, little wormholes which take you to a different area of the battlefield.<\/p>\n

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It’s just a flesh wound<\/h3>\n

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Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:15am<\/p>\n

Repair a critical hit on a ship in your fleet<\/p>\n

In every turn of the battle each ship in your fleet can move and perform one<\/strong> action. This can be an attack move like firing your laser or a torpedo or starting a fighter from your fighter-bay. Another option after you’ve been critically hit is to repair that hit. A critical hit is one that disables a vital component of your ship, like weapons, stealth module, engine or other. Do so and you’ll unlock this achievement.<\/p>\n

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Tell me of your homeworld<\/h3>\n

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Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:18am<\/p>\n

Bring a planet fully into your empire<\/p>\n

To integrate a planet into your empire, you’ll have to get 4 points of influence. You’ll become more influential by<\/p>\n

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  • meeting this planet as the first “civilization” (once per planet!)<\/li>\n
  • fulfilling a mission (once per turn and per planet), so you can visit multiple planets each turn<\/li>\n
  • ending your turn in that system (once per turn), so try to end your turn on a planet where you’re at 3\/4 influence<\/li>\n
  • buying influence for credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    We gotta get outta here<\/h3>\n

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    Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:25am<\/p>\n

    Win a mission by bringing your flagship to a warp portal<\/p>\n

    With all the planets you’ll “conquer” (I mean convince) to join your empire you will also do a lot of missions. One of them will require<\/strong> you to escape an asteroid field through a warp portal. So if you want it or not – you will get this achievement.<\/p>\n

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    Hit ’em where it hurts<\/h3>\n

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    Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:28am<\/p>\n

    Score a critical hit on an enemy ship<\/p>\n

    Using energy you can upgrade all systems of your ships. Here’s a quick overview of those components:<\/p>\n

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    1. Engines – everything you add makes your ship slower. Engines are what brings back that mobility. Different components slow you down in different ways. Armor and Fighters are the heaviest things. Sensors and Stealth the lightest.<\/li>\n
    2. Shields – well: Shields. They absorb hits on your starship.<\/li>\n
    3. Armor – makes hits not absorbed by your shields less heavy.<\/li>\n
    4. Lasers – long range weapons.<\/li>\n
    5. Plasma Cannon – basically a short range laser.<\/li>\n
    6. Torpedoes – cause a lot of damage, but it’s hard to hit the enemy, as one can see them coming. Together with the Stealth Torpedo Wonder this might be a thing, but I never tried…<\/li>\n
    7. Sensors – help you detect enemy ships with Stealth.<\/li>\n
    8. Stealth – makes you invisible to the enemy unless you’re in Sensor range. The better the enemy sensors the better your Stealth needs to be (and vice versa).<\/li>\n
    9. Fighters – launch one fighter per round until you reach your ships “fighter level”. The more you research Artificial Intelligence the stronger your fighters will be. Fighters are great because not only do they fight, but they also draw enemy fire. Unless your main ships are really<\/strong> exposed, the enemy will always try to hit your fighters first!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      I am the swarm<\/h3>\n

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      Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:36am<\/p>\n

      Have 4 or more fighters on the map at once during a battle<\/p>\n

      Have 2 ships with Fighters level 2 and launch them in the first 2 rounds. K’CHING – you’ve got this achievement.<\/p>\n

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      It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.<\/h3>\n

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      Unlocked 28 Mar @ 12:40am<\/p>\n

      Upgrade the lasers on your ship<\/p>\n

      From the games I’ve played my favorite strategy when it came to upgrading my ships was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
      Engines<\/td>\nShields<\/td>\nAmor<\/td>\nLasers<\/td>\nPlasma Cannon<\/td>\nTorpedoes<\/td>\nSensors<\/td>\nStealth<\/td>\nFighters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      7+<\/td>\n5+<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5+<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      The reason I stuck with this was that as mentioned above, the enemy goes for your fighters first. Depending on how strong they are they will survive several enemy shots. Meanwhile your main ships can fire long-range lasers at the enemy.<\/p>\n

      You can find your own style on building Starships, follow my recommendation or of course you can listen to Sid Meier himself:<\/p>\n