Limit on Ships in System Orbit?

April 23, 2003 9:24 PM from

Maybe I missed something in the manual? Was running version 1.02.

I had 15 transports and a battle axe in one system orbit that had 3 planets all colonized by yours truly. I could not have any more ships into the system unless I took 1 of the 16 out. I also noticed that I could no longer build ships unless there were 15 or less ships remaining. Perhaps this has something to do with the random event where a percursor artifact improved the PQ of all planets within 2 sectors by more than 10+?

I don't recall this being true with another system in my empire, but I'm not certain.

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Reply #1 April 23, 2003 10:55 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

I'm not sure about building them, but I know you can move more than 16 ships into a single parsec.

~SDC~

Reply #2 April 23, 2003 10:56 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

16 is the limit for all systems. If you turn on autolaunch, it will launch new ships as they are built, even if your orbits slots are full. However, for transports and colony ships, their populations will be removed automatically rather than popping up the troop/colonist loading dialog up.

Reply #3 April 24, 2003 1:50 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

You are correct, Arturus Magi. I've had 36+ ship armandas in open space consisting of troop ships and escorts when trying to invade my potential land farms.

Thanks for the clarification regarding system limits, CariElf.

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