A question about solar panels

Cyrien · #1 April 24th, 2003, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by Dingocat85:
Solar sails actually can give you free movement, in some situations. Strip a ship of its engines, and give it a solar sail. Voila, free movement, no Quantum reactor required

I tested this out. Gave an escort bridge, life support, crew quarters, solar sail, 1 supply component. Built it and...
It has a movement of zero. Seems that bonus movement won't do anything unless you have at least 1 standard movement point.
Adding a Quantum Reactor didn't do anything either.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 April 25th, 2003, 07:06 AM

maybe it includes a check of the supply. try adding a supply component.

Cyrien · #3 April 25th, 2003, 04:40 PM

I did. It is in my Last post. Tried it without supply, then retrofitted with, then build a new one with, then retrofitted to Quantum, then built a new one with Quantum. All had zero moves.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 April 26th, 2003, 02:14 AM

i meant supply capacity. if it's 0, it might not work anyway.

Cyrien · #5 April 26th, 2003, 02:45 AM

with the supply component my supply capacity was 1000 and still 0 movement. I even made sure it had full supplies.