So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

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183 days, 9 hours, 21 minutes ago

mantzikert

So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists, money and supplies. LDSF has no fuel. Next turn I didn't own the planet, and the LDSF still had colonists on it. I assumed I had just made a mistake, and so carefully made sure I dropped colonists again. The turn has now processed and the ship still has all it's colonists and I don't own the planet.

Checking back via the time machine shows no colonists on my ship when the last two turns went in.

Is there some functionality I don't know about or is this a bug?

183 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes ago

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

You need at least 1 fuel to beam down colonists to an unowned or enemy planet.

183 days, 8 hours, 0 minutes ago

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

You can transfer cargo between your own ships without fuel.

But hostile actions require fuel.

183 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes ago

decius

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

This help topic may be useful to you as well:
https://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/out-of-fuel

181 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes ago

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

"Sir we cannot operate the transporters without energy!"

181 days, 9 hours, 0 minutes ago

sirad

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

"Sir we cannot operate the transporters without energy!"

Funny thing. while we can beam up stuff, fighting the Planetary gravity without fuel we can not simply drop down stuff by letting it fall down :-)

181 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes ago

mcnimble

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

Is that where the Meteor got its name from?

180 days, 17 hours, 8 minutes ago

mantzikert

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

Amazing I have never come across this before, but I used to send out ships with a lot more fuel.

180 days, 14 hours, 48 minutes ago

RE: So I had a LDSF over a planet and dropped down colonists,...

Ships without fuel is a key part of the game and you need to know what happens with and without fuel.