How to set up supply lines

[bearclaw]

I do this exact proceedure in nearly all my games. Especially when I'm focusing on using fighters as my main weapons. What I end up with is each system has a dedicated small transport (I usually rename that transport to match the system). I then have it circle and load fighters from all the planets in that system building fighters and drops them off at the largest planet in the system. I also make sure that planet has a resupply base.

Then, I have inter-system transports (mediums) that are also dedicated to specific systems (and rename them to match). All they do is load at the main planet and drop off at the next system's main planet.

Next, I try to locate a planet with 2 moons and make that a Staging Point for whatever frontier it is closest to. That planet/moons will have shipyards/training facilites/cargo facilites. That is where I build my carrier, or at least have auto-goto to there. That is where all my carriers get retrofitted (if needed), trained and loaded. Once set up I end up with a constant stream of fighters arriving faster than I can build carriers for, in a large empire.

Now that 1.91 is avaliable, this relay system is even more effective. If a transport can't drop fighters because the planet is full, it continues on it's way until the next transport can come along to empty it. Takes some setting up but once done, I don't have to worry about it.