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Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ?

Tue, 21 December 2010 19:38

neilhoward

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slimdrag00n wrote on Mon, 20 December 2010 09:43

I am asking about IFE and IT for beginning years when you have to travel like 4 or 5 years at warp 9 in a small universe or bigger.
I wanted to know the guts of making boosters to get me there.
So from what I gather from what you and the other guys say is to use Qj5 scouts with fuel pods because its lighter and cheaper then the bigger engines that will make you use more fuel in the long run.
But shouldn't I make ddl7 privateers at the start and put them with Qj5 booster scouts? Or should they both be Qj5 engines?

Ill try to peel off scout boosters like Neilhoward said. Sounds like a good plan so those boosters aren't sucking up more fuel after they have did there purpose.

Now I have the basic idea thanks.

In the early game you will have plenty of ship design slots to work with, so I recommend using several types of colony ship.

Say you are sending out a fully loaded single privateer hull with two fuel pods and a colonization module. If it is going w9 with the QJ5, it will use 1302 Mg of fuel. With a LH6: 1320. DDL7: 1112. WTH

Unless you took CE, forget about the LH6 for now.

So if the target world is a single w9 hop away, or will have to travel at w9 for the last year of the journey, use a DDL7 and you won't need to sacrifice any boosters. If you can reduce speed for the final year and still get there just as fast, use the QJ5 on your privateer. It will have enough fuel capacity, so you won't be crash landing any boosters with it.

The initial upgrade cost for two DDL7s, is more minerals and resources than one booster which can be reused. In early game engines, the cost to upgrade buys you more battle speed improvement than fuel efficiency.

I would put Bat scanners on those boosters. Especially for a PRT that does not start with pen scans the added cost is less significant than the added value, and will help you better judge the necessity of DD boosters. ...

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		IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: slimdrag00n on Fri, 17 December 2010 22:20
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: gible on Fri, 17 December 2010 23:00
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: slimdrag00n on Sun, 19 December 2010 13:10
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: neilhoward on Sun, 19 December 2010 16:22
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Micha on Mon, 20 December 2010 07:04
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: LEit on Mon, 20 December 2010 11:28
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: slimdrag00n on Mon, 20 December 2010 12:43
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: mlaub on Mon, 20 December 2010 14:50
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: slimdrag00n on Tue, 21 December 2010 01:39
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Void on Mon, 04 July 2011 11:54
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: magic9mushroom on Tue, 05 July 2011 05:08
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Void on Tue, 05 July 2011 10:02
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		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Void on Tue, 05 July 2011 18:52
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Void on Wed, 06 July 2011 12:16
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: magic9mushroom on Thu, 07 July 2011 03:54
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Void on Thu, 07 July 2011 08:01
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: magic9mushroom on Thu, 07 July 2011 09:25
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: knightpraetor on Thu, 04 August 2011 13:25
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: slimdrag00n on Thu, 04 August 2011 17:19
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: knightpraetor on Thu, 04 August 2011 18:56
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: magic9mushroom on Thu, 04 August 2011 19:54
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: neilhoward on Tue, 21 December 2010 19:38
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Eagle of Fire on Tue, 21 December 2010 22:41
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: neilhoward on Wed, 22 December 2010 02:06
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: Micha on Wed, 22 December 2010 04:20
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: neilhoward on Wed, 22 December 2010 04:45
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: slimdrag00n on Thu, 04 August 2011 19:14
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: LittleEddie on Thu, 04 August 2011 20:48
		Re: IT without Fuel Mizer, IFE ? By: neilhoward on Mon, 03 October 2011 04:59
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