Fleets at home and away

[undercovergeek (OP)]

Due to some pesky aliens I moved my colonisers, recon ships and various other unarmed vessels to a colony in Alpha Centauri

Fleets that I have orbiting earth seem to consider it home and happily orbit without using MSP and fuel whereas the fleets orbiting Alpha Centauri seem to be considered as ‘working’ using up their MSP and deployment time - what do I need on AC for the ships to consider it a home base

[AlStar]

You need maintenance facilities - either on the planet or through maintenance modules on ships. Each facility can support x tons of military shipping - it's just a matter of building enough facilities so that your supported number of tons is greater than the fleet currently stationed there.

Manned installations on the planet will also produce MSP, if you have the minerals they need (Duranium, Uridium, Gallicite).

If you've got some facilities (but not enough to fully support the fleet) then your ships deployment time will be slowed down by a %, rather than stopped.

[undercovergeek (OP)]

Excellent thank you - what does a spaceport do?

[Kiero]

And for Deployment timer to stop you need planet population of at least 10M or a station with recreation module.

[Ulzgoroth]

Note: ships 'at home' aren't actually not using MSP. They're using a steady stream of MSP from the planet through the maintenance bases there. That prevents running up their maintenance timers or suffering breakdowns, but it's distinctly not free.

Excellent thank you - what does a spaceport do?

Nothing except enable the transfer of fuel, goods, and missiles.

[Kiero]

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Excellent thank you - what does a spaceport do?

Nothing except enable the transfer of fuel, goods, and missiles.

And an ability to build Space Stations.