Troop transports

[Chairman (OP)]

I was planning to send some engineer battalions to a planet with a ruin on... Designed the following ship, but it cant´t load any troop.... Why?

Knarr class Troop Transport    20450 tons     288 Crew     916.6 BP      TCS 409  TH 800  EM 0
1955 km/s     Armour 5-66     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/8/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Maint Capacity 1028 MSP    Max Repair 50 MSP
Troop Capacity: 5 Battalions    Cargo Handling Multiplier 50    

Magneto-plasma Drive E0.7 (4)    Power 200    Fuel Use 7%    Signature 200    Armour 0    Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres    Range 62.8 billion km   (372 days at full power)

EM Detection Sensor EM1-8 (1)     Sensitivity 8     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  8m km
This design is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes

[sloanjh]

I was planning to send some engineer battalions to a planet with a ruin on... Designed the following ship, but it cant´t load any troop.... Why?

You'll need to give more information about what "can't load" means.  What is the failure mode?  My first guess would be that you don't have any ground units that are outside PDC.

John

[Chairman (OP)]

Well I am trying to load the 58 Engineer Brigade.

I get the following message.

Pickup failure     Cannot pick up ground unit as the fleet has insufficient space...

But I presume that a Brigade has more than 5 battalions???

[sloanjh]

Well I am trying to load the 58 Engineer Brigade.

I get the following message.

Pickup failure     Cannot pick up ground unit as the fleet has insufficient space...

But I presume that a Brigade has more than 5 battalions???

My recollection is that an engineering brigade should be "5 battalions" in size.  Are you sure you don't already have a battalion on board?

John

[UnLimiTeD]

Five should actually be enough.

[Chairman (OP)]

My recollection is that an engineering brigade should be "5 battalions" in size. Are you sure you don't already have a battalion on board?

Crap, thats it, I forgot to unload 57:th Brigade at the ruin...