Posted by: liveware
« on: June 18, 2020, 12:42:21 PM »My current best solution to automating fuel harvesting is to use a fleet of several of these ships:
Each fleet of 8-ish ships is assigned to a separate sorium gas giant. They have standing orders set to 'if fuel tank is full then harvester transfer and return'. This requires at least one colony in each sorium harvesting system but once the harvesting fleet has been positioned at the gas giant the first time and standing orders are set you don't ever need to issue another order. The fleet will continuously cycle between the gas giant and the colony, transferring fuel to the colony, until the gas giant is completely depleted of sorium.
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Long Beach class Fuel Harvester 200,000 tons 945 Crew 4,399.2 BP TCS 4,000 TH 4,800 EM 0
1200 km/s JR 2-25(C) Armour 1-304 Shields 0-0 HTK 372 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 0
MSP 413 Max Repair 1124.2 MSP
Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months
Fuel Harvester: 40 modules producing 1,600,000 litres per annum
Peters-Turnbull JC200K Commercial Jump Drive Max Ship Size 200500 tons Distance 25k km Squadron Size 2
Peters-Turnbull Commercial Magneto-plasma Drive EP480.00 (10) Power 4800 Fuel Use 5.05% Signature 480 Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 12,580,000 Litres Range 224.1 billion km (2161 days at full power)
Refuelling Capability: 50,000 litres per hour Complete Refuel 251 hours
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Each fleet of 8-ish ships is assigned to a separate sorium gas giant. They have standing orders set to 'if fuel tank is full then harvester transfer and return'. This requires at least one colony in each sorium harvesting system but once the harvesting fleet has been positioned at the gas giant the first time and standing orders are set you don't ever need to issue another order. The fleet will continuously cycle between the gas giant and the colony, transferring fuel to the colony, until the gas giant is completely depleted of sorium.