The annotations are now complete. Thanks to Witchywoman for providing the raw list.

I have now added *** at end of those threads that seem most helpful. Which threads are ***'d may change as I evaluate more threads.

Notes: Some questions still don't have complete answers, or any answer, or contradictory answer. These are briefly noted in the annotations. Here are the main unresolved questions, as far as I can tell:

A. How can friendly moon shots be within the rules if one of the players doesn't need/want a moon?
B. If a fleet is traveling to a moon, but the moon is destroyed before it gets there, what happens to the fleet?
C. If trying to destroy a moon with DS, do multiple DS's increase the chance? Does graviton tech level increase the chance?

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ANNOTATED LIST OF MOON LINKS

1. HOW TO GET A MOON viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2321 Creation by intentional attack: # of diff ships needed ***
2. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=171 purpose of moon: SP, FS; also small # of fields ***
3. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=263 ignore: only has links listed elsewhere in this post
4. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=259 how quickly moon forms, if it does ***
5. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=198 what is needed to create by attack (less complete than 1.); problems building on moon
6. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=374 like 2., but less info; what DF means
7. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=329 like 4., but including that moon does not use up DF
8. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=421 more than one moon per planet?
9. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=510 nothing not already covered
10. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=484 what a SP does
11. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=551 how to destroy someone's moon
12. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=516 ignore: no info
13. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=563 no new information, except what 'getting a moon from a friend' means.
14. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=727&start=10 mostly same as 1., 4., but also, what color of DF means
15. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=663 moon needed for lunar base; only things to build on a moon ***
16. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=844 what SP shows you ***
17. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=811 no info, just link to 13. thread
18. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=915 two jump gates needed for them to work
19. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1043 same info as 1., but more concise
20. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1003 another thread of no value: part of the info in thread 1.
21. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=982&start=10 best fleets to create moon, but inconclusive
22. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=971 fleet against moon attacks ships there too ***
23. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1066 useless
24. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1053 can't IPM a moon; how/if DS destroys a moon ***
25. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1251 what to do if moon shot partner doesn't do his/her part ***
26. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1242 destroyed moons leave no debris; only DS can destroy moons ***
27. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1188 ignore; covered in other threads
28. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1338 existing debris has no effect on moon shots; using spy ships to make moon
29. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1541&start=10 how LC can be better than BS for moon shots; how many tries it can take ***
30. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1489 can't attack self to make moon; partial rules for trading moon shots ***
31. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1395 minor: where you see % moon chance from debris
32. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1445 example of DS destroyed instead of moon
33. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1422 how to make and use jump gates; time and material needed ***
34. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1619 order in which to build things to get jump gate ***
35. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1556 what constitutes a large vs a small moon; why it matters ***
36. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1355&start=10 ignore: mostly spam, bit of repeated info
37. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1624 what happens to fleet going to moon, but moon is destroyed; partial answer
38. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1792 discussion of value of moon when still a small player
39. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1839 uses of a moon. simple summary
40. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1784 ignore: basic stuff covered elsewhere
41. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1779 ignore; no info
42. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1777 what to click to actually use a jump gate
43. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1760 partial rules for who gets debris from mutually agreed moon shot ***
44. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2117 variability in how many shots to get a moon; no answer on fate of fleet to moon destroyed
45. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2038 Qs on making moons; no new info
46. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2227 occurrence of 0 km moon
47. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2182 discussion of DS vs moon. partially inconclusive. partially contradicts other threads, giving formula and saying # of DS vs moon affects moon destruction chance (compare thread 11.). ***
48. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1348 where to click to find moon building options ***
49. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2159 ignore: little info, covered elsewhere
50. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2153 ignore: basics covered elsewhere
51. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2242&start=10 how to read a SP report; what SP can and cannot see; typos in SP report ***
52. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2349 covered elsewhere: meaning of trading moon shots; fleet needed
53. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2369 ignore: no info
54. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2321&start=10 mostly spam; stuff covered elsewhere
55. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2416 ignore: jump gate stuff, already covered
56. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3159&start=0 when to get moons; how many to get; whom to trade shots with; max chance lowered to 18% ***

annotations complete

Very nice

Great work.

IMHO, it would be faster and easier if you can work it out with witchy.

Oloros, great work. What a wonderful task to undertake. My hat is off to you.

maybe you should put your name in for moderator, they are looking and you have experience.

The annotated list is now complete.

Uhm... Can you still cull it a little bit?

neoshagrath wrote:Uhm... Can you still cull it a little bit?

Not sure what you mean. I could certainly delete all the threads that 'add no value', as noted in their annotations. But since Witchywoman's thread showed all 56 links, I thought I should annotate all 56 links. If a moderator tells me to do otherwise, I'll be happy to do so.

Annotations added to the original list.

Topic closed.

-Istalris-