<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Shark7<br/> <br/> Basically, if the chances are likely or possible, it's worth taking the chance with 1 Colony ship to try it. IF that fails, then use the hostile take-over method. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> If you go to the planet and look at the planet details...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Fishman<br/> <br/> The problem with keeping them cheap and underpowered is that then they are useless and unable to actually fulfill their functions. There is little point in building them if they are just going to lose the fight, and if they aren't underpowered, t...

Used Quick start and selected Galactic Republic - Wild Frontiers with the Kiadan race.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Fishman<br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Rustyallan<br/> <br/> At some point you'll add an engine, and your speed will go down due to the extra mass. Add an extra reactor and it'll start going up again.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>If you addede an engine and speed wen...

How about 2 ruins on an asteroid field?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alex Gilbert<br/> <br/> 1. True, there is a law of diminishing returns but I think that is appropriate. As for thrust, some more advanced engines have lower thrust but may be smaller/more efficeint (thrust per energy).<br/> <br/> 2. Turning rate is determined by yo...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alex Gilbert<br/> <br/> Your energy use comes from your stored energy. Reactors add energy to stored energy. So, if your energy stores are at max, then #1 is correct (your reactors are replacing the energy you are spending). If your storage is not at its max, then ...

<t> Suppose a ship design has:<br/> 10 static energy usage<br/> 20 energy usage from weapons<br/> 26 energy usage from engines (sprint thrust and vectoring)<br/> 60 energy usage from hyper-drive (when used)<br/> 210 energy output reactor with 2.59 fuel units per 1,000 energy units<br/> <br/> how muc...

<t> How exactly are the following computed:<br/> <br/> 1. Acceleration. Adding more engines does not linearly increase acceleration but its effect is diminishing. Also engines with more thrust does not seem to give better acceleration all the time.<br/> <br/> 2. Turning rate. Same as acceleration ad...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: taltamir<br/> <br/> Explain how they charge outside of battle then? or why they consume static amount of power outside of battle or in it? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Where do I see how much static energy usage or whatever energy the shields use? The shield descr...

Erik,

What drives the behavior of a ship/station, the role/subrole or the components built into it? Can I, for example, put a construction bay in a passenger ship and expect it to repair other ships?

I believe you need to build a gas mining ship or a gas mining station, not a resupply ship.

Resupply ships has a different function from a mining ship.

Sometimes you need a construction ship to repair those ships.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Machaon<br/> <br/> Paused means paused! - I'm surprised I have seen no mention of this. Perhaps I am the only one to whom this happens, or maybe I am alone in the fact that it infuriates me to no end. When I pause the game for whatever reason, I am immediately and ...

It would be nice if a fleet can retrofit utilizing all the star-bases system-wide instead of all ships queuing in one star-base. Maybe issue an order "retrofit at a star-system." This is similar to "patrol a star-system" not only a planet, moon or star-base.