Gotcha. Delivered 300 infrastructure to mars with my clumsy Tortoise class ships, enough for me right now.
Speaking of ships - I come up with a few designs, and while I know they suck, I don't really know how to improve them. Here:
Tortoise class Cargo Ship 34,000 tons 244 Crew 476.6 BP TCS 680 TH 900 EM 0
1323 km/s Armour 1-93 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 9 Max Repair 38 MSP
Cargo 25000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 20
Ion Engine E0.8 (6) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 150,000 Litres Range 99.2 billion km (868 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
My cargo ship. Slow, doesn't carry much and is a pain to build. I added fuel tanks, thinking that I will use them later, in extrasolar cargo deliveries, but they don't seem that useful now.
Terra Nova class Colony Ship 31,350 tons 264 Crew 1330.8 BP TCS 627 TH 600 EM 0
956 km/s Armour 1-88 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 27 Max Repair 38 MSP
Colonists 100000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 20
Ion Engine E0.8 (4) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 35.9 billion km (434 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Colony ship. Even slower than Tortoise, this bitch is 3,000 tons lighter than the former, but still a pain to build. I don't even have a way to build it right now - I have 4 shipyards, one of which is commercial and it'll take almost 2 years to retool to a Terra Nova.
Space Bus class Colony Ship 10,600 tons 143 Crew 440.2 BP TCS 212 TH 600 EM 0
2830 km/s Armour 1-42 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 26 Max Repair 38 MSP
Colonists 20000
Ion Engine E0.8 (4) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 106.1 billion km (434 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
An alternative colony ship design. Significantly faster than both of his commercial cousins, it's also 20,000 tonnes lighter. 7 months of retooling on this one. I am kind of skeptical about this one, but if it works, then I'll be delighted.
Currently, my navy consists of:
2 CS Tortoise class ships
2 GE Discovery II class ships(geosurvey ships w/jump drives)
GE Newton II class ship(grav survey ship w/jump drive)
Also, a civilian company built a Tortoise. Can I buy it off them, ask them to build me a Colony Ship or something?
Do keep in mind that I am not an advanced Aurora player, and this is 5 years in, started in 2000.