Refuelling Changes
Refuelling systems are changed from 500 tons to 2000 tons.
A ship may mount multiple refuelling systems and the total refuelling rate is equal to their combined flow rate.
The tech progression for the Refuelling System components has changed. Previously, the steps started at 50,000 litres and went up to 500,000. The same number of steps now progresses from 20,000 to 900,000, so each step is much more meaningful.
Refuelling Hubs in their current format have been removed from the game. All orders, standing orders and conditional orders relating to refuelling hubs have also been removed.
This will make orders and conditional orders more simple, as you no longer need to specify refuelling hub as a separate destination. Tankers with multiple refuelling systems are still just tankers, but with higher refuelling rate. I will also be making some changes to standing and conditional orders, which I will explain in a separate post.
Transfer Fuel and Return
The current ‘Harvester unload fuel and return to gas giant’ conditional order has been replaced by “Transfer Fuel and Return”.
This can be used by any fleet, not just harvesters. If triggered, the fleet will unload fuel at the closest colony in the same system that can receive fuel.
If the fleet starts in orbit of a system body, it will return to that system body after the fuel transfer. If not in orbit of a system body, the fleet will drop a temporary waypoint and return to that waypoint after transferring fuel.
Minimum Refuel Orders
I’ve added two new orders.
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Refuel to Minimum from Stationary Tankers
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Refuel Stationary Fleet to Minimum
These orders function in exactly the same way as the existing ‘Refuel from Stationary Tankers’ and ‘Refuel Stationary Fleet’, except that instead of using max fuel capacity for the ships being refueled, the minimum fuel level of their parent class is used.
For example, assume a ship has current fuel of 100k litres, fuel capacity of 1m litres and its parent class has a minimum fuel of 250k. A tanker ordered to ‘Refuel Stationary Fleet’ will add 900k litres, while a tanker ordered to ‘Refuel Stationary Fleet to Minimum’ will add 150k litres.
For the existing orders listed below, the Max Item textbox will appear. If a value above zero is entered in this box, the order will fuel each of the ships in the target fleet to that specified amount. So if a ‘Refuel Stationary Fleet’ order is given with Max Items set to 200k, every ship in the fleet will be given sufficient fuel to take their fuel amount to 200k (assuming the tanker has enough). For example, a ship with 50k in its tanks would receive 150k.
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Refuel Stationary Fleet
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Refuel from Colony
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Refuel from Refuelling Hub
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Refuel from Stationary Tankers