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VB6 Aurora => VB6 Mechanics => Topic started by: Thibaut on August 07, 2011, 05:52:57 AM

Title: Task Force and survey ships
Post by: Thibaut on August 07, 2011, 05:52:57 AM

I was wondering, is it of any interest to organize your survey (grav and geo) ships in a Task Force ?
Will the commander and survey officer give (survey) bonuses to the individual ships ?

Title: Re: Task Force and survey ships
Post by: sloanjh on August 07, 2011, 09:55:05 AM

Quote from: Thibaut on August 07, 2011, 05:52:57 AM

I was wondering, is it of any interest to organize your survey (grav and geo) ships in a Task Force ?
Will the commander and survey officer give (survey) bonuses to the individual ships ?

My understanding is "In principle, yes (as long as they're in the same system, on a colony or Flag Bridge)."  In practice, I've never found it to be worth it - the logistics overhead of arranging for the commands staff to be in the system is too large.  Since I'm usually only surveying with at most 3-4 WS, the commander would have to have a pretty big honking bonus (e.g. 40%-ish) to make it worth it.

John