Posted by: Arwyn
« on: February 02, 2022, 09:38:33 AM »Thanks for the replies. The actual maintenance life I build for is generally 2 years, which is what these ships are built for, they sit at 2.02 right now. The issue that I am running into specifically is that the large engines mean that I can lose one safely, but it takes the maint supplies down below half, but the second engine failure results in damage, as it doesnt have sufficient supplies to repair.
Normally I dont run into this issue, as I tend to run multiple smaller engines. In this particular case, even though I had planned for 2+ years of supplies, the large size of the engines had caught me off guard since the consumed more supplies than I had planned for. The sequence was during training new ships up, one engine would fail. If I caught the message, no harm, I would resupply and life goes on. If I missed the message, then the supplies would go to 42%, and the next failure would be a engine failure that resulted in damage and a trip to the yard.
The simple solution was I should have planned for supplies based on 2 engine failures and have supplies at 20% and go standing orders, or change to have a failure drop me to roughly 20% the first time and take advantage of standing orders.
Normally I dont run into this issue, as I tend to run multiple smaller engines. In this particular case, even though I had planned for 2+ years of supplies, the large size of the engines had caught me off guard since the consumed more supplies than I had planned for. The sequence was during training new ships up, one engine would fail. If I caught the message, no harm, I would resupply and life goes on. If I missed the message, then the supplies would go to 42%, and the next failure would be a engine failure that resulted in damage and a trip to the yard.
The simple solution was I should have planned for supplies based on 2 engine failures and have supplies at 20% and go standing orders, or change to have a failure drop me to roughly 20% the first time and take advantage of standing orders.