New feature wanted - - - Space Docking

[Pax]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Yes, maybe MM could add a new type of unit, 'cargo pallet', that can be stored on a planet or attached to a transport/tug. This could even add to the variety of the game by allowing special cargo 'container' types without requiring refit of ships to carry the different cargos. A special 'population transport container' could be required to move population, for example. It's a bit silly to have population loaded into big cargo bays like furniture...

You could make these without a new unit ... just use a ship and *don't install engines*. Want a pure-cargo pod? Small Transport with minimal controlcomponents and cargo pods for every other kT of space (or maybe some armor/shields, depending on where you're bringing it ...).

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Actually ... also from my own SFB experience ... you could use such a system in CONJUNCTION with the Docking idea below ... tow in immobile "Pallets" / "Pods" and dock them togetehr ... *voila* instant pseudo-Base. No space wasted on engines ... and potentially a LOT mroe than "only" 2500kT of displacement, a la the StarBase.