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Re: How do U use Boosters? Wed, 02 July 2003 04:52 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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boneandrew wrote on Tue, 01 July 2003 21:13

A question regarding not having the fuel mizer: As the point of boosters is to keep your fleets moving as close to warp 9 as possible, do you keep using the QJ5 engine for a while because it's cheap and gets about the same fuel usage at warp 9 until the trans-galactic drive? Or do you perfer to use the most current engines to get the better efficiency at lower warps when convenient (like moving empty freighters)?

If it is seriously needed I'd buy 2 or 4 med freighters with QJ-5 (a reasonably close good planet), but I usually wait for DLL-7 (and 100/250 gates!) before I start building cargo ships. Those gates are excellent for returning ships and fuel delivery. With building them early on at some strategic points I'm able to reuse freighters more often (build less of them), decrease fuel delivery problems and generally become more mobile then opponents.

OTOH, if I don't decide for IFE I also don't take NRSE. In that case I usually take prop normal, so TGFS-9 scoop is about 5k far. Excellent engine for a long time and almost everything.

For TGD-9 standard engine the only hull I'd put it on is large freighter, but even that I'd do reluctantly. That engine's so expensive and heavy I'd rather wait for IS-10 and forget about designing new cargo ship until nubians.
BR, Iztok

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