Can't build transports?

[wilsonstone]

I can't build a transport even though I have the technology and legions. Its greyed out, but "legions" is in red text, even when the planet the space port serves is right there and has over a dozen legions. Its the same on all my worlds. Whats am I doing wrong?

[baddoggs]

Do you have the resorces. Some ships need things like dutranium and outher
mierals or stuff like Helios ore mined from planets.

[wilsonstone]

The only resource I see is duranthium and I have tons of it.

[jephrey64]

Are all your legions deployed on planets? In Crusade, legions for transports are drawn from extra stock. And unfortunately there is no way to get them off planets...that I know of.

[nDervish]

Originally posted by wilsonstone:

the planet the space port serves is right there and has over a dozen legions. Its the same on all my worlds.

There's your problem. To build transports, you need unassigned legions. Legions assigned to planets can't be put onto transports. (Yes, I realize that makes no real-world sense at all, but it's the way the game works.)

[wilsonstone]

How do I unnassign them? (Yeah, you're right, thats very counter-intuitive)

[jephrey64]

You can't. Welcome to troop management.

[wilsonstone]

So, unless someone tries to take those planets the troops are useless?

[jephrey64]

Unfortunately, yes. It's a weird system and one that I hope they realize needs work. Also my experience is that the Station Garrison command will keep repeating until it uses all your legions, so keep an eye out.

I usually orient toward retaking planets, rather than defending them. But I am by no means a great player so you might check with others.

[wilsonstone]

Considering that it took me several days of playing to get to the point I'm at now I'll probably not finish this game. But just for future knowledge how do you build troops that you can actually put on transports?

[jephrey64]

It's like nDervish said, any unassigned legions you make will be used for transports. So you just make the general, get the five legions from that, then build the transport anywhere.

I did exactly the same thing as you, by the way. Yeah, it's a drag. The transports can be re-used, by the way. Your troops are not stationed on the enemy planet after you've invaded it (yet another counter-intuitive feature). So I've been able to do a lot of damage with a single transport, simply moving it from one undefended enemy planet to the next.

[Goweigus]

You may need administrative points? I dont recall if they require them, but colony ships and constructors do

Im not sure about legions either, but they seem to pool into that icon at the top of my screen naturally, and id guess population plays a heavy factor.

Adding legions to planets can be annoying because sometimes the legion will be taken from another planet or the very one you want to put it on. So ill add 1 to all my colonies each time i have enough to do it in one shot

I havent done much invading, but i imagine if your troop pool is empty that the transports pull from legions on the ground of the planets supporting its shipyard??

edit: i feel like having a general on the planet affects how legions move around

[nDervish]

Originally posted by Goweigus:

You may need administrative points? I dont recall if they require them, but colony ships and constructors do

Nope, they only require one or more legions.

Originally posted by Goweigus:

id guess population plays a heavy factor.

Nope again. One attacking legion, in my experience, will take any planet, regardless of population or defensive structures, unless there are defending legions on the planet.

It's really not a very good system.

[Goweigus]

no i meant that the amount of legions you have available to load into transports i Assume is based on some metric of population.

i don't like that 1 legion is enough to take out a super advanced planet full of defenses but no legions

[kholtby]

Originally posted by Goweigus:

no i meant that the amount of legions you have available to load into transports i Assume is based on some metric of population.

i don't like that 1 legion is enough to take out a super advanced planet full of defenses but no legions

Well that is the thing.... it does not matter how great the wall is or the guns are if no one is manning them. Although the only way to have a planet 'full of defenses' is to build a bunch of defenses instead of far more useful buildings.