Posted by: Zed 6
« on: June 28, 2012, 08:18:37 PM »
You really don't need 1000 Engine tugs. As an example, my Nostromo class Deep space tugs have only 15 engines (Ion Tech) which go ~3000 km/s by themselves. Hauling a 400,000 ton Fuel harvester base to the outer planets dropped speed to 262 km/s. A 1.5 miliion ton terraformer base to Venus was 72 km/s. So it's slow, imo tugs hauling large habitats should not go fast and they get there eventually. The Empire plans for the long term and does not need everything today. or even tomorrow. Or next week.