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[Dorsidwarf]

If you destroy or remove the mass-driver while a payload is in-flight, then it will hit with a force sufficient to wipe out 0.3 million people at a minimum (from empirical testing also called the Fist Contact War)

[origamiscienceguy]

Can you use mass divers to launch junk at a planet if that planet doesn't have a mass driver? Or does it only allow you to launch if both have mass drivers?

[Flying Dice]

You can't launch unless both have one. The best you can do is wiping out their ground forces, landing your own mass driver, and removing it after some mineral packets are in transit, but that's rather roundabout.

[origamiscienceguy]

Can't you land a mass driver even if they still have ground forces? Then launch and let their own ground forces destroy it en route.

[Nirur Torir]

I started this again.

A single emergency cryothing on a cargo ship makes it take too long to get the civilians to send their colonization fleet to Mars.

Spoiler: I think I'll see how far I can go with fighterizing everything I can. (click to show/hide)

Brazwell class Colony Ship    495 tons     12 Crew     73.6 BP      TCS 9.9  TH 24  EM 0
2424 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Life 60.24 Years     MSP 93    AFR 1%    IFR 0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months    Spare Berths 0   
Cryogenic Berths 800   

Smith & Chandler 12 EP Ion Drive (2)    Power 12    Fuel Use 49.5%    Signature 12    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 40,000 Litres    Range 29.4 billion km   (140 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

[iceball3]

I started this again.

A single emergency cryothing on a cargo ship makes it take too long to get the civilians to send their colonization fleet to Mars.

Spoiler: I think I'll see how far I can go with fighterizing everything I can. (click to show/hide)

Brazwell class Colony Ship    495 tons     12 Crew     73.6 BP      TCS 9.9  TH 24  EM 0
2424 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Life 60.24 Years     MSP 93    AFR 1%    IFR 0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months    Spare Berths 0   
Cryogenic Berths 800   

Smith & Chandler 12 EP Ion Drive (2)    Power 12    Fuel Use 49.5%    Signature 12    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 40,000 Litres    Range 29.4 billion km   (140 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

Two notes:
-Remember that fighters cannot utilize maintenance facilities, so get a storage hangar to cram it into every so often.
-Could you manage significantly more fuel, thus, tonnage efficiency by using a single engine with reduced power output, rather than two? It means you can pack less fuel, and might (potentially) be able to fit another cryo pod in, or at the very least, use less fuel over time.

And on a final note, and optional because this is just my opinion: I personally name small transport vessels (civilian or commander) as a "Shuttle" rather than specific to the kind of ship they are, as it feels like it'd fit them better. Just my opinion though, no need to follow it.

[Nirur Torir]

Researching hangar decks now.
I played around with a 50% engine, but the 20% extra people per trip didn't worth the greatly reduced speed.

Now, remembering to remove the bridge? That would have been pretty helpful. Goodbye, Brazwell. You served your task and amused me while you lasted, and now Mars is properly colonized.

Edit: Aliens sighted, with just one empty system between us. Good news: I have lots of defensive systems scientists. Bad news: I don't have any power, missile, or sensor scientists.

[coleslaw35]

I started this again.

A single emergency cryothing on a cargo ship makes it take too long to get the civilians to send their colonization fleet to Mars.

Spoiler: I think I'll see how far I can go with fighterizing everything I can. (click to show/hide)

Brazwell class Colony Ship    495 tons     12 Crew     73.6 BP      TCS 9.9  TH 24  EM 0
2424 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Life 60.24 Years     MSP 93    AFR 1%    IFR 0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months    Spare Berths 0   
Cryogenic Berths 800   

Smith & Chandler 12 EP Ion Drive (2)    Power 12    Fuel Use 49.5%    Signature 12    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 40,000 Litres    Range 29.4 billion km   (140 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

Wow, it'd take forever to set up a decent sized colony with those things! Generally, you want a larger ship with more cryo space, but I guess you have your own thing going on so I won't tell you what to do. They'll make more decent survivor rescuers with a capacity like that though. After a successful battle, you could send one of those things in to save any crew members or capture any aliens so that you can interrogate and dissect them (fun!). By the way, what DOES interrogating do? What exactly does it reveal?

Also, what does a commander's logistics bonus do?

[coleslaw35]

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaand I just accidentally deleted my main save. There goes about a month or two of work. 

Ah well, at least I can start out again with a clean save that isn't lagging horribly.

(RIP People's Republic of Zuckerman you will be missed thank for not murderboning me immediately)

[AlStar]

By the way, what DOES interrogating do? What exactly does it reveal?

Also, what does a commander's logistics bonus do?

Mostly it gives information on enemy ships - showing you the build summary of a class, although you can also get astrological data, and (although I may be misremembering this) I'd swear that I've gotten a tech out of them before.

I'm pretty sure it helps with loading/unloading - so it'd be good for colony ships, freighters, and troop transports.

[EuchreJack]

I started this again.

A single emergency cryothing on a cargo ship makes it take too long to get the civilians to send their colonization fleet to Mars.

Spoiler: I think I'll see how far I can go with fighterizing everything I can. (click to show/hide)

Brazwell class Colony Ship    495 tons     12 Crew     73.6 BP      TCS 9.9  TH 24  EM 0
2424 km/s     Armour 1-5     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Life 60.24 Years     MSP 93    AFR 1%    IFR 0%    1YR 0    5YR 1    Max Repair 8 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months    Spare Berths 0   
Cryogenic Berths 800   

Smith & Chandler 12 EP Ion Drive (2)    Power 12    Fuel Use 49.5%    Signature 12    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 40,000 Litres    Range 29.4 billion km   (140 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes

Wow, it'd take forever to set up a decent sized colony with those things! Generally, you want a larger ship with more cryo space, but I guess you have your own thing going on so I won't tell you what to do. They'll make more decent survivor rescuers with a capacity like that though. After a successful battle, you could send one of those things in to save any crew members or capture any aliens so that you can interrogate and dissect them (fun!). By the way, what DOES interrogating do? What exactly does it reveal?

Also, what does a commander's logistics bonus do?

Actually, the goal of the fighter-colonizer is just to set up the initial footprint of a colony so the Shipping Companies can start sending colonists and infrastructure, for which the design serves admirably.

[RAM]

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaand I just accidentally deleted my main save. There goes about a month or two of work. 

Ah well, at least I can start out again with a clean save that isn't lagging horribly.

(RIP People's Republic of Zuckerman you will be missed thank for not murderboning me immediately)

Ow! Condolences transmitted. You do have a receiving mass driver set up, right?

[LoSboccacc]

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaand I just accidentally deleted my main save. There goes about a month or two of work. 

Ah well, at least I can start out again with a clean save that isn't lagging horribly.

(RIP People's Republic of Zuckerman you will be missed thank for not murderboning me immediately)

Ow! Condolences transmitted. You do have a receiving mass driver set up, right?

careful, that's how Chelyabinsk happened

[Dorsidwarf]

I guess I'll take some more orders for drawing ships again.

Specs and a theme like before!

[Dramegno]

I am thinking about designing a class of fighter that primary role would be non-missile pd but could be still be able to attack enemy ships when I feel that that my ship based pd is adequate for the job. any tips for the design of this type of fighter, mainly armament and sensor stuff.