Yes, you need the Basics:
Basic Bridge, Basic Life Support, Basic Crew Quarters, and Engines.
In base se4 you are very restricted to a point on how many Cargo Bays you must have on your transports. This will take the space of other Components
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Is that why when a ship runs out of resources it is able to limp back to a resupply point?
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Yes, in the Origional se4 you can not install, many Supply Storage Bays on Small Transports. And you must have many Cargo bays of sorts, as well.
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With AI Campaign, you can fill the Transports with something other then Cargo Bays. Actually, you can have none and all the Components mentioned a few Posts below if you like 
[ June 13, 2003, 17:12: Message edited by: JLS ]