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Supply ships
Dont know if anyone has suggested this...99 pages of suggestions!
As repair ships are already available to support fleet-like combat, perhaps we can consider supply ships, basically to re-arm combat ships. This would require ammo to be available as cargo.
Re-supply could be acccomplished by via a large port Re-Supply Module, enabling the Supply Ship to "beam(?)" ammo to another ship. Combined with repair ships, this could enhance mobile logistics and repair for fleet ops.
As an aside: if we could to this, than perhaps also a small port Re-Supply Module which would enable a combat or repair ship to re-supply itself from its own cargo, or perhaps a special ammo cargo that acts as an auto-loading magazine, extending the supply of ammo on board.
Just a couple of thoughts from a crazy trader/miner at 3/3/3/9/9 :)
As repair ships are already available to support fleet-like combat, perhaps we can consider supply ships, basically to re-arm combat ships. This would require ammo to be available as cargo.
Re-supply could be acccomplished by via a large port Re-Supply Module, enabling the Supply Ship to "beam(?)" ammo to another ship. Combined with repair ships, this could enhance mobile logistics and repair for fleet ops.
As an aside: if we could to this, than perhaps also a small port Re-Supply Module which would enable a combat or repair ship to re-supply itself from its own cargo, or perhaps a special ammo cargo that acts as an auto-loading magazine, extending the supply of ammo on board.
Just a couple of thoughts from a crazy trader/miner at 3/3/3/9/9 :)
this is basically what a frigate/carrier ship would be and I belive it is in the works under "Capital Ship" developement.
If missiles, rockets, and railgun ammo could be stored as cargo, a "resupply gun" would be really neat. Imagine the Frigate battle with both sides frantically resupplying and repairing front-line fighters.
How about just a large port weapon that "shoots" out an ammo box which pops out and floats there waiting to be picked up. It then refills a percentage of ammo for any ammo-needing weapons on the pickup ship. Things like this and the repair gun give us non combat guys a way to contribute to a battle.