Convoy
Solarian fleet tender. Carries ships between operations so pilots don't fly empty hulls home.
General
| Category | Support |
| Class | Carrier |
| Faction | Solarian |
| Tier | 3 |
Requirements
| Piloting Skill | 20 |
Statistics
| Hull | 490 |
| Armor | 22 |
| Shield | 260 |
| Shield Recharge | 6/t |
| Speed | 1 AU/t |
| Fuel Capacity | 440 |
| Cargo Capacity | 160 |
Slots
| Weapon Slots | 1 |
| Defense Slots | 3 |
| Utility Slots | 3 |
Capacity
| Power Capacity | 72 |
| CPU Capacity | 28 |
Economy
| Price | 52000 cr |
| Build Time | 4000 ticks |
| Shipyard Tier | 2 |
Lore
The Confederacy approaches logistics the way it approaches everything: with documentation. The Convoy-class is the product of the Fleet Logistics Review, a three-year study that identified inter-system empty-hull transit as the second-largest preventable expense in Solarian fleet management. The Review's conclusion — fourteen pages, two appendices, one minority dissent — recommended a dedicated carrier capable of moving ships between operations without requiring pilots to make the return trip. The Convoy-class does exactly that. Eight bay slots, three defense mounts, enough fuel to cover the routes the Review flagged as highest-cost. The minority dissent recommended a ten-bay version. It is filed somewhere.
Flavor Tags
Default Modules
| Module |
|---|
| Shield Booster II |
| Damage Control System |
Inherent Capabilities
| Capability | Value |
|---|---|
| Ship Bay Capacity | 8 |
Build Materials
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Solarian Composite | 6 |
| Solarian Logic Matrix | 2 |
| Processing Core | 10 |
| Sensor Cluster | 5 |
| Shield Emitter | 10 |
| Precision Optic | 5 |
| Navigation Core | 3 |
| Circuit Board | 50 |
| Fuel Tank | 30 |
| Docking Ring | 2 |
| Steel Plate | 80 |
| Titanium Alloy | 100 |
| Sensor Array | 22 |
| Hull Plating | 20 |
| Copper Wiring | 60 |
| Hangar Bay Module | 2 |
| Life Support Unit | 22 |
| Reinforced Bulkhead | 4 |
Construction
| Base Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Ore | 3541 |
| Carbon Ore | 600 |
| Copper Ore | 202 |
| Energy Crystal | 154 |
| Fluorine Gas | 348 |
| Hydrogen Gas | 240 |
| Iridium Ore | 20 |
| Iron Ore | 1840 |
| Krypton Gas | 70 |
| Lead Ore | 12 |
| Neon Gas | 70 |
| Nickel Ore | 444 |
| Nitrogen Ice | 12 |
| Palladium Ore | 216 |
| Platinum Ore | 174 |
| Silicon Ore | 525 |
| Silver Ore | 160 |
| Sol Alloy Ore | 39 |
| Titanium Ore | 618 |
| Tungsten Ore | 1120 |
| Uranium Ore | 48 |
| Water Ice | 144 |
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