Can I Upgrade Weapon Platforms?

Hakan · #1 September 5th, 2002, 08:18 AM

Hi,

Maybe I'm just blind, but I can't see any way to upgrade obsolete Weapon Platforms (say, those equipped with Capital Ship Missile I) to new ones (like my newly designed ones with CSM III). I even can't scrap them, all I find in the menus is to "jettison cargo" and rebuild new ones.

If I'm indeed blind, can anyone please point me to the appropiate page in the manuals? If there really is no way, how does everyone else handle WP's?

Regards,
Hakan

AGoetz · #2 September 5th, 2002, 08:33 AM

To my knowledge, no units (Troops, Fighters, Mines, Drones and Weapons Platforms) can be upgraded or recycled, just Jettisoned (Instant Destroy).

As to how I handle WPs - as I've only played solo (and mainly unmodded) to date, I don't build them.

dogscoff · #3 September 5th, 2002, 08:54 AM

Agoetz is right. You have to jettison and rebuild. Thats the price you pay for all that zero-maintenence firepower.

Baron Munchausen · #4 September 5th, 2002, 05:59 PM

Only units that can be deployed to space can be scrapped. Satellites and fighters, and I think drones, too, but I haven't tried. Once they are in space they appear in the scrap/analyze/mothball window. I've been asking for the option to scrap stuff in planetary cargo since before the official release.

couslee · #5 January 5th, 2003, 01:22 PM

Finally an answer. Been looking for hours on the forums to find this question/answer.

I guess the no-maint view point is the best way to look at it. I tried scrapping them, deploying in space and dropping them off on an uninhabitated plant that I may later colonize. All to no avail. Only thing I havn't tried is scrapping my transport with it onboard VS with it not onboard and see if any credit is given. Since I only have the demo and have only really built one transport, I am not gonna waste my ship on it. I guess I could save&test.

BTW, I love my little transport. I have 3 satellite bays and 3 cargo bays. I can launch sats in combat, carry people, WPs, whatever. Now, so far I have only carried 3 sat into combat so not sure if I will only be able to launch 4 sat, or 12 at one time, as the ship got called into services before I could pick up more. That an my crappy multi-scout are a two man fleet that is irritation some repitilian race that made the mistake of not heeding my "get out of here" demand.

Arkcon · #6 January 5th, 2003, 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by couslee:
Finally an answer. Been looking for hours on the forums to find this question/answer.

I grant you, the forum is big. But that is a very common question -- see sig link.