Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

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1447 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes ago

admiral spaw

Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one starbase and haul them in a freighter to another starbase to complete assembly? I never see these as individual components.

1447 days, 15 hours, 43 minutes ago

general disarray

RE: Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

#featurerequest

1447 days, 15 hours, 33 minutes ago

RE: Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

You can build them seperately on your base (without building a complete ship),
but you cannot put them into the cargo space of a freighter and move them around.

However what you can do is put them in a ship, move that ship to another base and recycle it there. The components are then available on that base.
That technique makes sense, if you have a Humanoid base but don't have the Megacredits to buy tech 10 engines, beams or torps.
If you have another base on a Ghipsoldal/Amphibian/Siliconoid planet you can build a cheap ship there (with good engines or beams or torps) and recycle it at your Humanoid base and then put them on the ship of your dreams.

1447 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes ago

admiral spaw

RE: Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

Thanks Kivesy, yes that's the situation: humanoid starbase with Hulls-10 but can't yet afford to upgrade the other tech levels to match.

1447 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

Indeed. It is unfortunate that you cannot currently transfer components in between bases.

That being said, there is an ancient add-on called Starbase Plus. One of the functions of this add-on allowed Medium Freighters to pick up components from one base and unload them to another.

Most of Starbase Plus' functions have made it to Planets Nu in the form of campaign upgrades (with each race having access to different upgrades). Still, PURE starbase+ games are currently absent from Planets Nu at this time.

1447 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes ago

RE: Can I build starship components (Weapons, engines) at one...

Sounds like a good idea for an Advantage in campaign games. It could thematically fit in with races that hack things together out of bits and pieces, like the Borg, the Rebels, the Privateers.

While I'm on the subject, I think there was an opportunity missed to add roleplay to some races, the new ships and abilities should have been inspired by newer SF series. A Borg or Robot ship upgrade could have been given a Cyberking, maybe the Rebels get a Serenity Class Transport, maybe the Lizards get the ability to infiltrate native planets wearing their skin. Tons of fun ideas possible there.