Quote from: Mitchell on August 16, 2020, 03:32:40 PM

Starting to figure enough out to play and am having lots of fun.   Reading the fiction threads / AAR’s if helping but not knowing  many of the acronyms is slowing me down.   Sure wish the Search function worked for these things.

What is “GPS” as in

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MK I Light Cruiser Active Augur Array (1)     GPS 7200     Range 52.8m km    Resolution 120?

And “DCR” as in

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Dauntless class Light Cruiser      15,000 tons       457 Crew       2,178.8 BP       TCS 300    TH 1,500    EM 0    5000 km/s      Armour 6-54       Shields 0-0       HTK 92      Sensors 5/6/0/0      DCR 12      PPV 72?

Thanks!

GPS is the strength of the active sensor emissions for detection purposes. I can't actually remember what it stands for

DCR is damage control rating.

Forward Area Refueling Point.  Extend this to any place you have set up for ships to refuel especially.  Hopefully if it near a combat front then a place that not only has fuel but maintenance and some missiles.  If I have a big empire with multiple fronts I will often establish one of these near the front and use obslete missiles in it's stockpile.  This way they can rearm in an emergency but I don't worry about the missile stockpile falling into enemy hands either as they are out of date.

Brian

Experience will teach you to build FARPs. I usually build them in systems 3 jumps from home along the chains. Further FARPs are built 3 jumps from the previous ring, etc.

And a FARP can be anything that supplies. A couple of fuel harvesters marked as tankers make a good fuel resupply point.