Did anyone even look at my ships I designed lol 2 pages back or so.
Baby Jesus would cry with that speed you got there.
Star Knight could be optimized a bit more if you turn down the Turret's TS to 16,000, the same as your Fire Control.... but... seeing as your ships are macrotastic... that little bit won't matter much.
Well with that turret speed issue, i was sorta future proofing a bit. and the same with my targetting sensors being longer ranged than the weapons they are allocated to by like 10-20%.
Probably a stupid idea, probably doesnt make any sense in game but meh.
Do you guys really think speed is an issue?
1)Install Armor
2)Drop speed
3)?
4)Profit?!?!?
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Well, there is a tracking bonus you get to accuracy if you lock onto a ship/target with an FC and don't shoot for a turn or so. So I normally don't complain about people having more FC range then weapon range, since I do it myself.
Not too sure where the actual source of this information is, but a tracking bonus thing is mentioned in-game in the F3 System Map Screen, Contacts tab.
Ah and future-proofing... I guess it depends on how you upgrade your stuff. If you upgrade something everytime some new research comes in... yea... that works out...
I prefer doing it in batches... less parts to keep track of when I can just replace a whole swath of stuff in 1 go.
As for speed, seeing how macrotastic you are... doesn't seem like it would hurt to shave off a few armours and put another engine or two.. At least shoot for a minimum speed so that your slightly faster ships won't be slowed down too much if you group different ship types together.
I can't really see how people can be satisfied with 1-3k speed, especially at engine levels above 30k RP... >.>
Uh, when are the civilian companies supposed to wake up and start working? I deemed Mars a human colony about a year ago and built 1000 infrastructure on Earth before setting up the necessary supply/demand contracts to ask for its transfer to the red planet. But my only shipping line has done nothing but sit on its (mostly subsidized) 6500 wealth all that time. It hasn't built ships nor anything, despite I've designed a commercial freighter and commercial colony ship long ago.
What gives?
Eh... civilians like to take their sweet time when it comes to building their own ships... They can't insta-build things. So give em a few years to develop...
You could always SM it and make another Shipping line...