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[Karlito]

That should be able to get through a jump gate. Are there actually jump gates on the points as there should be, i.e. are they named something like "Sol Jump Point #1 (JG)"? Can you see the Jump Gates in the system view?

[JWNoctis]

Is it normal to spend the first few years with no ships and just researching constantly?

Yes. Your tech in the starting game is pitiful at best. You can try to build ships that early, but it won't give much return before you've got better tech.

However you can use your Fast OB Creation points to create a small defense fleet(Not as if it's useful at this point, but you may want to train your officers, and have an experienced crew to refit with), a big or a few smaller PDC, a small surveyor fleet, and a few logistic ships, provided you're not doing a conventional start.

Also, engine tech is important. Starting ships with ion engines remain useful much longer than those with nuclear pulse ones, and goes to places 50% faster at the same HS percentage.

He uploaded himself into your research computers to assist in all future research projects.

I cannot live without research! upload me into the computer!

*cue glados*

he managed to last for about 75 years before dying, though.

Had a +40% 25 labs propulsion expert in my last game, and she was killed in an accident after getting me all the way from ion engine tech to halfway beyond internal confinement fusion in some 15 years.

Good things never last.

I started with the jump gates on all jump points option enabled, and my ship can't transit through either method.
Here's the ship.

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Tribal class Scout    4400 tons     103 Crew     223 BP      TCS 88  TH 450  EM 0
5113 km/s     Armour 2-23     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control 1     PPV 0
Maintenance Capacity 32 MSP

Commercial Ion Engine MK1 (3)    Power 150    Fuel Use 8%    Armour 0    Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 255.7 billion km   (578 days at full power)

Active Search Sensor MR8-R100 (1)     GPS 1600     Range 8.0m km     Resolution 100


This ship is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes

Does it just need to be bigger, or what?

Check your message log, and make sure to use the right option for transiting gates. I don't see any problem w/your design. 

[Girlinhat]

Fun Fact: If you go into the officer window, you can promote a scientist.  They get +5 lab cap per promotion.  I always take my high percentage science and promote them so they can commandeer ALL the labs.

[Graknorke]

Fun Fact: If you go into the officer window, you can promote a scientist.  They get +5 lab cap per promotion.  I always take my high percentage science and promote them so they can commandeer ALL the labs.

I never have enough labs anyway.
Too many things to research!

[Person]

Well, evidently it didn't put the jump gates on despite me choosing the option. Well, just gonna build jump gates then, because I don't feel like making jump ships just to explore systems one move away. I'll build jump ships when my drive technology isn't absolutely horrendous to not waste resources and time.

[Dutchling]

If the option is checked after you created the world it will put jump gates on all newly discovered system's jump points.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Fun Fact: If you go into the officer window, you can promote a scientist.  They get +5 lab cap per promotion.  I always take my high percentage science and promote them so they can commandeer ALL the labs.

and I'm only just told this now.

why?

Because you're playing Aurora. Nobody knows what features lie in the depths of its coding. NOBODY.

[LoSboccacc]

ow, there is always some windows that does something umpredictable and obscure in this game....

I was, like, at the sixth or so empire that I found how to save position of planets on the system view 

[Tarran]

Wait, what? You can change the positions of planets in System View?

[JWNoctis]

Well, disabling orbital motion for planets would technically save their position.

But I'm sure he meant something else.

[Flying Dice]

Likely the system positions in the galactic map.

[Tarran]

I really don't think so, considering he made both mentions to System View and planets, but none to systems, stars, or the Galactic Map.

[Scelly9]

This game needs a tutorial.

[Tarran]

It does have tutorials. Check the wiki. Then there's also the video tutorials on the Aurora forums. And then there's even more video tutorials on the forums besides those.

[Scelly9]

HUZZAH.

Last time I checked, it didn't.