Posted by: Black
« on: November 21, 2013, 01:55:51 PM »You need orbital base or carrier to repair fighters, PDC is only for storage.
Posted by: LizardSF
« on: November 21, 2013, 01:51:15 PM »Well, I've built a PDC that contains a bunch of hangers, and this lets me overhaul, but I still can figure out how to repair them when they have no maintenance bays/supplies. I can't repair them individually as ships, and I can't seem to find a way to get the PDC to repair them. What am I missing?
Posted by: Nibelung44
« on: November 14, 2013, 03:25:08 AM »Boat bay, although less efficient can do the trick... You can rotate them by squadron of 12 in and out of a 3000 tons capacity orbital facility for example.
Posted by: LizardSF
« on: November 13, 2013, 07:17:04 PM »Yeah, I built my fighters before researching hanger technology. I may need to design my first carrier quick. orbit is getting cluttered with fighter bits.
Posted by: Brian Neumann
« on: November 13, 2013, 06:16:03 PM »I don't know if you are aware of this, but fighters have to be in a hanger bay to keep from running up their maintenance. Having them in orbit of a planet with a maintenance facility will not help them at all. You can store them in a pdc, but will not be able to repair them there. If you have an orbital base/carrier they can be repaired if there is enough maintenance supplies on board.
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Posted by: Black
« on: November 13, 2013, 03:18:09 PM »Build some orbital dock or carrier for them and dock them inside to repair your fighters. If you just want to store them, you can build a PDC with hangar.
Posted by: LizardSF
« on: November 13, 2013, 02:19:50 PM »So, I finally learned how to repair ships. 
Now, I have a lot of fighters breaking down, and they have no maintenance supplies. I can't repair them at a shipyard. How do I repair them? Do they need to be assigned to a carrier or other mothership? At the moment, they're just orbiting my homeworld, and cluttering up my event list with "Fighter Audacious #18 has suffered an equipment failure..." messages.
Now, I have a lot of fighters breaking down, and they have no maintenance supplies. I can't repair them at a shipyard. How do I repair them? Do they need to be assigned to a carrier or other mothership? At the moment, they're just orbiting my homeworld, and cluttering up my event list with "Fighter Audacious #18 has suffered an equipment failure..." messages.