Resupply in space?

Dr Strangelove · #1 April 20th, 2001, 04:45 PM

Is there anyway to resupply a fleet in space other than equipping each ship with an emergency resupply pod? Is it possible to build supply ships to re-fuel the fleet?

rdouglass · #2 April 20th, 2001, 05:00 PM

Yup, there has been many threads around this topic. To spare others all the re-iterations, check out the search feature and look for words like 'tanker' and 'supply'. You should find many threads...

It's also possible to resupply ships on their own using Solar Collectors or Quantum Reactors - look for those words also.

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Mark Walton · #3 April 20th, 2001, 05:01 PM

add to my wish list for next patch; ability to transfer specific amounts of supply ( in the same way we can transfer cargo) from ship to ship.

(Combine with general improvements in supply systems as discussed elsewhere)

mac5732 · #4 April 20th, 2001, 08:28 PM

just build any type ship, put a lot of supply storage units on them and then send out to whatever ships need supply. Put them into the fleet or in same location and they should transfer supply. You still have to send the supply ship to re-supply planets every so ofter to renew their own supply capacity.

just some ideas mac

Dr Strangelove · #5 April 20th, 2001, 10:10 PM

Thanks for the information! I wish that the manual had mentioned the sharing of supplies among ships in a fleet.

raynor · #6 April 20th, 2001, 10:20 PM

My favorite way to resupply is to send a spaceyard ship along with the fleet. While the other ships in the fleet are destroying the enemy planets, the shipyard ship constructs a space station with the minimum set of components. On the next turn, my fleet makes the space station its Last stop and adds the space station to the fleet. Voila! The fleet is fully resupplied and ready for the next turn. Granted, this takes a turn to build and a turn to resupply. But when you've got a fleet of 60 or more ships, it's kinda nice not to have to keep track of a half dozen or dozen supply ships.

Another way of resupplying that should definitely be considered cheating is to share the supplies from your fighters with the fleet...

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Nitram Draw · #7 April 20th, 2001, 10:37 PM

Another option is to build one supply ship, a ship with lots of supply components. Add a resupply pod. Have a repair ship in your fleet and you can generate a few thousand supply each turn by using the resupply pod.

AJC · #8 April 21st, 2001, 02:47 AM

Another good thing to do is make sure you put several cargo containers on your space yard ships and the resupply station- that way the space yard ship can sit around the resupply station and build replacement fighters, mines, weapon platforms and troops. Your attack fleet can not only refuel but also get replacement units without heading to a colony.

All my ship yard ships end up always carrying replacement units. At the end of each move - I always clear my fleet orders - so that the fleet isnt committed. When I clear the order the shipyard build units, as one turns worth. On my next turn, those units are in the cargo containers and I move my fleet to its next waypoint.

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