Fwurg

[Chriz]

Integrated Military Support
Description_wiki : Allows for upgrading fleet zones that support a trade fleet in the role of supply fleet or scanning fleet.
Research Cost : 4000
Research Time : 5
Prerequisites_rule* : Standard Template Construction

By improving the infrastructure, and integrating the military support into the core forces, the efficiency by which military zones are used can be increased saving space, thus allowing for a military scanning fleet or supply fleet to be supported from the same zone.

This technology allows for a Military Support upgrade (of 1000 ) for the Fleet Zone to support a supply fleet or scanning fleet.


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Based on Parallel Logistics Management

[Brend]

This seems open to abuse as the supply fleet is a normal trade fleet. This would effectively allow you to replace an Open Market Zone with a Fleet zone (which is a desirable trade imho). Maybe we should put a guard on this somehow?

Furthermore, I know I was the one who originally suggested this, but I think that it feels a bit 'I want higher numbers on my character sheet'. Is there an IC need for this, or do you just want to compress as much functionality into a single zone?

[Brend]

With the new project guidelines this seems to be a second upgrade of the OM fleet slots (though with a slightly different taste)...

So, in my opinion this is a stacking upgrade, and should suffer diminishing returns. My question about the IC need for this still stands :P

[Elmer]

Maybe we can add a upkeep cost to the tech? Mercury once said that factions with high incomes probably pays more upkeep as well. Although I believe there was a new reason created why they grow so slow. Still, an upkeep might be a nice way to balance the effectiveness of not needing another zone.

[Chriz]

After discussing this idea with Brend I found out that the thing that I actually wanted was extra scanning range on my military fleet. I will make a new proposal that increases the scanning range of a military fleet by 1 sector. This is basically an integrated scanning fleet.