Do starbases need supplies?

[Fyron]

Bases have infinite supplies, so ships fleeted with them get completely filled up.

Many people (MM included) did not like the ability to build a cheap base in enemy territory to resupply entire fleets in just 3 turns or so.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Ack:

Actually, it would be a nice feature if a base could resupply some limited amount of supplies per turn. At a rate significantly faster than a solar panel, but still limited.

A work around could be to make bases not have unlimited supplies. They would need some supply storage to fire their weapons, and would only share evenly with other ships. As I recall, the unlimited supply is in the base hull settings in vehicles.txt.

Without engines, it won't suck down it's supplies like a ship. But if it shares supplies often, and gets into combat often, it will need a visit from a supply ship. Probably several, to refill it's supply. Or use solar panels.

[ August 06, 2003, 02:39: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Suicide Junkie]

The latest P&N v3 for PBW does this sort of thing, but a bit more extreme.

Bases have limited supplies, but a significant supply storage ability.

Resupply depots were also removed, so bases with solar panels become your source of supplies.
In order to keep a big fleet moving, you will need to have a significant investment in support structures. Should slow down attacks a bit, and help defenders recover from a loss, IMO.