Posted by: Michael Sandy
« on: October 17, 2017, 06:33:16 PM »One of the things I do in a conventional start is create a whole bunch of dummy task forces. I put officers with ranks in Diplomacy in the Communications slots, and officers with Communications in Public affairs, so that I can get a Diplomacy team which has combined Communications/Diplomacy about 60, to make a good first contact team.
This also helps train up good survey officers before they are needed.
Discovered something amusing. My carrier survey ships, with 3 grav survey fighters on board, each with officers, sometimes results in those officers gaining 1/3 of a point in survey. I will probably not bother with giving them survey officers after a while, but while I have enough I will use them.
Having good logistics officers can greatly speed the development of the Luna colony, as most of the time in shipping for that is loading and unloading. A 50% task force logistics officer and a 50% ship officer reduces load time a lot.
This also helps train up good survey officers before they are needed.
Discovered something amusing. My carrier survey ships, with 3 grav survey fighters on board, each with officers, sometimes results in those officers gaining 1/3 of a point in survey. I will probably not bother with giving them survey officers after a while, but while I have enough I will use them.
Having good logistics officers can greatly speed the development of the Luna colony, as most of the time in shipping for that is loading and unloading. A 50% task force logistics officer and a 50% ship officer reduces load time a lot.