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Originally posted by Nyx:
Nah, you don't need to waste time on the quantum reactor, just equip an emergency resupply pod or two. When the supplies vanish, pop the two pods and they'll be rebuilt at the beginning of the next turn as well (the weakest repair facility can handle 3 components per turn, the weakest resupply pod generates 1,000 units of supply).
That's pretty effective. But, to me, it still seems like cheating.
By the same token, couldn't you put emergency propulsion components on all your ships and get the extra movement every single turn? (Assuming you didn't mind the tedium, of course.)