AFAIK, you can only put research labs on stationary platforms such as bases.

Alas, its still there, mate. Heh, no worries, its all cleared up in any case.

You may have edited it but not that part - its still there.

<t> Taltamir, look at the last line of post #14 in this thread. You state that, "Also, I think collectors work anywhere, as long as you are sitting still they work, even without a sun."<br/>
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That is untrue and thats what I was replying to. If you are somewhere there happens to be radiant ...

lol Dadekster, I was talking about the ingame description of them [;)]

Locarnus, the Wishlist thread is ------> way. Heh, I would love that improvement, however. Now, I just tend to forget about it - the life of a Galactic Emperor is above such petty details.

Diggydad, I'm not sure. I don't know of a way, personally. I really think its a bug because it should happen automatically. The PRIVATE sector, just because theres a base there, should fuel it.

<t> Taltamir, there has to be some radiant energy for the collectors to, well, collect. Thats why you get less energy collected the further out from a sun you are in a system. Go to a gas field with no star or anything and just idle - no energy collection because there is nothing to collect ...

<t> Astax, yes, energy collectors do work on ships. Of course, said ships need to be stationary, somewhat reducing the usefulness. Put them on all warships since they tend to park somewhere for awhile doing nothing until they need to spring into action.<br/>
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Anyways, the point is that the ...

As for #4: Spaceports need only the 1 cargo hold to make it meet specs because it uses the planets cargo anyways. I also put only the one cargo bay on all other bases that require it and have never had a problem. The only base type I put extra cargo holds on are gas/mining bases.

I did play Eve, couple years ago. You can't play that game without a healthy respect for general asshattedness and treachery.&nbsp; It was awesome.

Its been promised that, once the game is stable to their liking, they will open up the modding opportunities a lot.

Not in the near future. Down the road, who knows? I think MP would rock this game hard, personally.

Yarasala, it would certainly be a more expensive expansion, not necessarily a slower one if you wanted to eat the gas bill so YOUR empire got that juicy world with X resource first. I would like to play that (mod) though, heh. Also, along with that, an expanded tech section with more techs.

Very few for explorers either - I find its better just to make sure they have the best proximity scanner and a lot of engines! Heh. If they have very fast they can easily escape creatures/whatever.

<t> Thiosk is correct, however, to be more efficient I usually redesign such bases and increase the number of gas mining, mining and luxury components as well as the cargo for holding the resources. A typical base of mine would have at the least 2 gas/mining components and 2 luxury components (more ...

Taltamir, I, too, build a full small spaceport on every single colony except for highly strategic/super-resource planets which get either a large or medium.

<t> Shields are a lot more efficient in pts/size of component than armor and shields regenerate. Plus, if something has chewed through all your shields, some armor is only going to slow them for a brief moment. Its a lot more beneficial to add another shield than 10-20 armor (or however many ...

<t> Blind Sniper, I guess there is only a small amount of space for starships to land, heh. I thought it was 1 but apparently its 2 ships at a time for just a planet with no spaceport. Its just a way for them to incentivize you to build a spaceport which really is beneficial with extra docking ...

<t> Spaceports do not gather resources from planets. Once you colonize a planet, your inhabitants automatically mine everything available on the planet. If you colonized a planet and did not build a space port, the only thing you would do is slow down the growth of the colony (because of the ...