Supply Ships

Growltigga · #1 January 24th, 2002, 03:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Gryphin:
I don't know if it is efficient, but I tend to make my supply shipes with the best engines possible. I keep them stratiegicaly located and send them out to join and stay with a fleet when they are dangerously low. When the fleet in question reaches a Resupply station, the supply ship is usualy sepparated making it available for the next fleet that needs it. This works for me but it could be more expensive than other options.

<furiously taking notes> note: see any ship of Grffs' that isn't CTW and looks like a supply ship - vape it <end furiously taking notes>

I follow SJ's design, all my fleet colliers, tanker designs whatever are based on heavy or light cruiser hulls - if only for the ability to pretty quickly retrofit these ships into something combat capable should the need arise - it takes little time to switch between one of these babies and an escort cruiser loaded to the gills with enough point defence to make the most hardened fighter using AI to barf

Generally, I think it is infinitely preferably to expand by building "fleet bases" on small planets ie 3 facilities, 1 resupply, 1 cargo, 1 space yard all built at emergency rates rather than let your fleets run out and become chickenfeed to the first revved up AI with allegiance subverters that comes along

so basically, my colony ships go out with the fleet

Gryphin · #2 January 26th, 2002, 04:29 AM

I can't belive Growltigga took the bate, (or is he just letting me think the took it).
"A Feint, within a feint, within a feint"

[ 26 January 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

Growltigga · #3 January 26th, 2002, 11:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Gryphin:
I can't belive Growltigga took the bate, (or is he just letting me think the took it).
"A Feint, within a feint, within a feint"

[ 26 January 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

I can see through your pitiful plans humble mortal

Gryff - you got to remember I am a lawyer - deceitful, tricky, scheming and untrustworthy are all my middle names (and this response has cost you $50)

Gryphin · #4 January 26th, 2002, 03:55 PM

How about I buy you dinner and put you up at my place when you do visit Boston. That is worth more than $50.
By the Way, Have you read Dune? I would think you reconize the quote. We do have the same taste in women, enternatinmnt, and reading material.

Growltigga · #5 January 29th, 2002, 02:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Gryphin:
How about I buy you dinner and put you up at my place when you do visit Boston. That is worth more than $50.
By the Way, Have you read Dune? I would think you reconize the quote. We do have the same taste in women, enternatinmnt, and reading material.

Yeah, I will take you up on that offer if I ever make it to Boston and rely on the profound hope that you are not cheap and that dinner does exceed $50 in value - I dont do grits

I have read Dune, several times - good book but IMHO the series gets limp after that - I get more of a kick OOT David Weber- Honor Harrington and Terry Pratchett books

Same taste in women?? what? do you mean them having a pulse and/or still breathing - may be so but our ahem, preferences obviously differ - circle the wagons indeed ahem, somebody get a glass of watert for Mac - entertainment? not sure, I seem to recall you are a line dancer arn't you? books? may be

Gryphin · #6 January 29th, 2002, 09:10 PM

GT: I guess pizza and a good beer are right out. I'm not cheap. I'm selective.

Fyron · #7 January 30th, 2002, 12:56 AM

Gryphin and Growltigga, how many threads are you guys going to take over?