Sirrobert wrote:VincentTH wrote:Hostile came to my sector instead!!!! In my setup, IDN node sometimes span 2 sectors, e.g. US beta and Y Alpha. US Beta has defense at the North gste, but hostile slip past the defense and break havoc in Alpha, killing IDN freighters.
Yikes. Needs more lasertowers.
And Orbital Weapon Platforms.
As for network, do you have an organized network? Personally I just clump all my stations in a single network, give them enough freighters, give those freighters enough jump fuel, and call it a day (they refuel every time they dock anywhere, so no chance of running out either).
Well, I have 1 network for food, and 1 for the rest. The rest gets their food from the distribution center. I may even change that back to a single network.
Either way, I collect all of that in a single distribution center, and the other sanctuaries collect their stuff from the distribution center with freighters.
What kind of setup are you running, to have several? Care to share some tips? I only have 4 sectors so far, but I see it growing soon, as I'm on my way to research an OCV T as personal ship, and already have several OCV M7s in my fleet (and man, if you haven't seen your G 1shot an M6 before, you are missing out)
The limiting factor is the availability of ECells.
At the start of the game, ECs are abundant, so, say I can set up US Omega to build stations and have extra slots to build an SPP + 2 Crystal fabs (1 Scruffin Fruit, 1 Teladianium, 1 Chelt, 1 Rastar, 1 Wheat, 1 Cloth Rimes, 2 Xtal Fabs, 1 SPP). I would buy both ECs and Meatsteak from the Argon and import via Courier the SIlicon Wafer from US Beta. (At the start of the game, I limit myself to only taking US Beta, and Z-Alpha, and play nice to the Argons, Borons and Teladis, in order not to be attacked).
Now, after the OCV invasion(s), most NPC Solar Power Plants are wiped out or under hostile factions, so buying ECs is no longer an option. That forces me to group 2 sectors into one IDN network (8+ slots to produce EC, and the remaining slots for building ships etc....).
The limiting factor in current MayHem setup is the number of stations an SPP can serve. At 150% Sun, an SPP can serve 22 factories, 11 of which is used by the SPP itself (3x Cattle, 3x Cahoona, 3x Crystal, 1 SPP, 1 Silicon mine). The excess Cahoona are used for building missile, and the excess Crystal for making medium guns. That's why I would need 2 sectors to serve 1 IDN network with 1 Sanctuary and optionally 1 Research center.
I normally group my IDN network based on what I intend it to produce: Medium laser (BoFu) vs Heavy laser (Soja Husk), Station (Tela, Rimes, Rastar) vs Ship (QTube, uChip, Comp) production etc...
I would think the output of SPPs need to be increased, but that is something Joubarbe will have to decide.
Hope this helps,
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