So I just witnessed something really strange. A Space Amoeba came in and it was just floating around, but hen it started going off into an empty corner. In this case, Orion was a lone planet off by itself in a corner and it was heading to it. I wasn't sure what would happen, but sure enough, it came in contact with Orion. I had Advanced Space Scanners, so I clicked on Orion and to my surprise it was Radiated pop 10! In all my years of play I'd never seen this before. Surely an Amoeba can't actually beat the Guardian, but however it happened, the Space Amoeba took Orion!
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Amoeba took Orion!
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That is weird. Funny, but weird.
 Maybe the guardian's auto repair not working allowed the space blob to defeat it?
The Amoeba and the Guardian actually never fight each other! They're both treated as "space monsters" by the game, so when the Amoeba shows up, it checks to see if there's a fleet and/or missile defenses in place, finds there is not (because the Guardian doesn't count as a fleet!) and blasts the planet with impunity. There's an even weirder bug associated with this though: Whenever you fight the Crystal or Amoeba at Orion, the enemy that shows up to the fight will be the Guardian instead (and in spite of the fact that you've already defeated it)! See for instance
Ianus's Imperium 42 report. |
