Quantum reactor

Elowan · #1 September 15th, 2002, 07:02 AM

If you have the QR - and you have a refueling ship equipped with one - does that ship need any supply containers at all to refuel all ships in a fleet? In short - does one QR take the place of all supply containers?

I would think that it would given that it's supposed to supply an infinite amount of supplies but SE is quirky so I'm checking.

Phoenix-D · #2 September 15th, 2002, 07:09 AM

"In short - does one QR take the place of all supply containers?"

Yes, if the ships are fleeted.

Elowan · #3 September 15th, 2002, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"In short - does one QR take the place of all supply containers?"

Yes, if the ships are fleeted.

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dumbluck · #4 September 15th, 2002, 07:30 AM

Really? I thought that the QR just topped off the tanks of the ship it was on. For Example:

3 ships in a fleet, one with a QR.

A = can hold 4000 supplies and has the QR.
B = 3000 supplies.
C = 3000 supplies.

Therefore, the fleet total is 10000 supplies.

Combat drains the fleet down to, say, 3000 supplies combined (1000 per ship). Ship A's QR kicks in, and now:

A = 4000 supplies
B = 1000 supplies
C = 1000 supplies

Which, gives a fleet total of 7000 supplies. Spread evenly over the fleet, the next turn (assuming no new supply usage), each ship will have 2333 supplies. Then the QR would kick in, and now:

A = 4000 supplies
B = 2333 supplies
C = 2333 supplies

for a fleet total of 8666 supplies... etc. etc. etc.

Isn't that how it works???

If so, the more Supply Storage is on the QR ship, the better.

Fyron · #5 September 15th, 2002, 07:34 AM

No Dumbluck, that is wrong. Well... technically, it is right. A ship with a QR has it's supplies filled up. Then, it shares it's supplies with the fleet. The supplies of all ships are averaged. Then, the ship with the QR has less than 100% supplies, so it gets filled again, and the supplies are spread around again. So, 1 QR will fill all ships in the fleet. At least, that is how to correctly explain what you had thought was happening. In truth, QR ships (like bases) don't actually have any supplies, and they don't use supplies to do anything.

At least, that is how I think it is programmed.

[ September 15, 2002, 06:35: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Slick · #6 September 15th, 2002, 09:24 AM

One nuance is that, even though a single QR keeps its entire fleet supplied, a ship still can run out of supplies during combat. This is unlikely since it started full or nearly full, but consider a CSM ship who is doing long range bombardment of a planet. At 20 supplies per shot, long combat can drain a ship if it only has engines for supply.

Slick