Are you playing in the tactical/zoomed-out view? Because I wondered about this too, but
It apparently takes 10 weeks for the Mobilization of the Terror Star to be completed once it is built.

This isn't shown in the tactical view.

My terror star worked fine, till I tried to destroy a star with it... ugh.

You build it just like any other starbase, but you must start it AS a terror star. Once you have all 5 components installed (200bc per item), then you wait 10 turns for it to activate. Once active, it moves only 1 parsec per turn. It's completely unarmed, so guard it with a huuuuge fleet. Move it to a star and BOOM.

Ok thanks at least it works. Also they are incredibly cheap once you get the techs I'm probably going to make like 5 of them to attack with.

I have fixed the terror star crash for the next beta.  It only happens if you attack a star that will destroy inhabited planets.  In the meantime, you can destroy uninhabited planets at will and gain asteroid fields.

You probably shouldn't have left that thermal exhaust port exposed.



If it doesn't, it certainly should.

i've built multiple Terror Stars and cannot blow up a single star system. Inhabited or not.

That would be cause you need to add 5 more moduals to your Terror star. Then wait 10 weeks for it to do its "start up" thingy. After that you can use it, which i've done...popped it up to a nearby star that was inhabited (also tried a habited one too) and clicked on !!ATTACK THAT STAR!! and nothing happened...

O have the same problem as Vangkao, my terror stars simply state that they have 0/0 modules available to add. I.e., they're not letting me add those modules, to power up the terror star.
I've got all the techs, I've had them for a while, but the terror stars just sit there, and won't recognize that they have possible addons.

Vankao and Corydorf question did you research the first tech of terror star and then build it. Then did you researched the rest of the techs. And finally did you try to add them or did you just research all the terror star techs and then start to build the terror star until you had the problem. Just curious.

Yeah, I didn't have a problem with them. It turned an empty useless star system into an asteroid field that WAS useable, however I wish that the AI reacted to it's presence if it was built or moved into their sphere of influence just like it did in Galactic Civilizations I and Alternian Prophecy. In otherwords the AI, especially if it was set to normal or better would tell you to move it, or it would charge you for it being there, lower relations, or if the race is set to hostile it would declare war and destroy it for you! Just no fun if people don't care that you have one! They are great tools however in turning lifeless star systems with no habitible planets into a useful asteroid field, so they have their helpful aspect which I though was cool.

Quote from dystopic: "sweet! can you just destroy uninhabited planets (and not the whole system), or does it have to be a star?

i'd find out myself but my old computer probably won't run GC2 for more than half an hour before crashing... building a new one this week." End Quote

Yes you sadly have to destroy the whole star system, it would be nice if you could destry just one planet, but I guess that's why they call them Terror Stars, and not Tactical Terror Stars which would be nice if you could build ones that just destroyed a single planet.

At least the asteroid fields created are nice. I alluded to that in my previous posts, so they're helpful and destructive at for one package. Thanks Stardock for such a great useful tool and weapon!

Still wish they weren't so naked and had some protection, but it is only the Beta, and maybe by the full version, defenses may be built on them for a price of course, unless your an evil civilization like I like to play... Then it's free!   

i think they should remain defenseless. i just hope the AI will be able to guard them.

getting the asteroid fields is a cool little perk. gives me something to do on those maps with lots of systems that lack habitable planets.

Same here. They're not supposed to be mega battleships, and I like having to protect a valuable and dangerous asset like that with a fleet. OTOH, it could get a little tricky using it in Yor influence space, where they have a speed advantage and could sneak in an X-Wing... er, I mean tiny ship to take it out.

And ditto on the AI comment too. They won't be scary at all, if the AI can't protect them on the way to a target.

I'm also liking the idea that building one lowers your relations, but maybe that should only happen if you're the first in the galaxy to do it. Once other races have the tech and start building them, there shouldn't be a relations hit, or at least not as strong (IMO). And I guess it shouldn't apply to allies at all.

Or maybe the relations hit should only kick in when it's actually fired for the first time? That would give you some breathing room between researching, building, and deploying.