Posted by: Garfunkel
« on: November 26, 2020, 11:16:01 AM »Yeah, the best way to save fuel early in the game is to use super-efficient commercial engines for your colony ships and freighters - the ships that are likely to be constantly moving as db48x said. That means to make the engines as big as possible and with as small a power modifier as you can. That'll make for slow ships but their cargo doesn't care about a week or two.
You should then build a small number of fast freighters that do NOT handle routine hauling but are preserved for high priority missions, like getting a DSTS into that new system you discovered ASAP.
For maintenance, the first rule of thumb is to always have more maintenance facilities than you actually need, because your MSP demand grows faster than your facilities ability to produce them.
You should then build a small number of fast freighters that do NOT handle routine hauling but are preserved for high priority missions, like getting a DSTS into that new system you discovered ASAP.
For maintenance, the first rule of thumb is to always have more maintenance facilities than you actually need, because your MSP demand grows faster than your facilities ability to produce them.