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JediBear @ February 12, 2011, 5:09 pm

inexpensive drone for early-game exploration.

Starmarshal @ February 13, 2011, 2:33 pm

Seriously? Does this really work without controls or fuel?

Thy Reaper @ February 13, 2011, 8:02 pm

Yeah. It's a bug I don't think I want to fix.

JediBear @ February 14, 2011, 11:50 pm

Ramjets don't require controls or power and their whole deal is that they don't need fuel. I had no idea it was a bug.

T-Bone Biggins @ March 26, 2011, 4:39 pm

Designs like this need the tag 'exploit'

elwood612 @ March 27, 2011, 3:57 pm

i think I'm going to have to agree with reaper here. this ship just has a very simple computer program hardwired into it, as opposed to a complex computer core or even a crew. It's not doing anything complicated, like shooting a gun or nursing thrusters, its just going to some star system. I wouldn't call this an exploit myself -- maybe because I use these all the time...

Chargolith @ April 14, 2011, 5:51 pm

Funny, I made a Tanker and an Ammo Hauler with the same design. They didn't need control, crew or life support.

warponeyz @ April 26, 2011, 8:41 am

i think it should be left alone after all its just a engine on a ship we have computers that could pilot that thing now its not a far leap assuming a spaceflight capable species would too

Airith @ June 9, 2011, 1:00 pm

It should at least have a computer subsystem then, something to give it plausibility.

Lonewolf_92 @ June 28, 2011, 2:16 am

Airith, one could assume that would be bundled into the cost of the hull. Really this thing is nothing more than something like the long range space probes we have today, just with more advanced engines.

Barbarossa @ June 30, 2011, 10:21 am

So, it's not a whole lot of metal more to add another two engines, and there is room... why not make it faster?

Jamesk @ July 3, 2011, 12:48 pm

If its going to get there a couple minutes later, but you don't really need the information at this point, why would you spend the resources to make it faster. I guess with this scale I would agree with why not add more engines as the extra resource cost would be so little.

Nixitur @ July 7, 2011, 4:23 pm

So wait, this is literally just two Ramjets? Wow... O_O

Nixitur @ July 7, 2011, 4:26 pm

Also, what, scale 0? How does this even work? Is it non-existent? This is... weird, to say the least.

Jamesk @ July 28, 2011, 7:27 am

its whatever your lowest scale it lets you use is. The default is .001 or at least I think it is so just use that.

Aeshi @ July 28, 2011, 12:45 pm

Another interesting bug is that these ships are so small they actually disappear (as in you can't see their icon or anything) if you aren't completely zoomed in on them, you wouldn't believe how many of these things I've lost simply due to not knowing where they are so I can select them. Oh and add 2 more Ramjets for extra speed.

Aeshi @ July 28, 2011, 12:45 pm

Another interesting bug is that these ships are so small they actually disappear (as in you can't see their icon or anything) if you aren't completely zoomed in on them, you wouldn't believe how many of these things I've lost simply due to not knowing where they are so I can select them. Oh and add 2 more Ramjets for extra speed.

dingo990 @ August 9, 2011, 4:56 am

This is..... urm different

Aru @ November 7, 2011, 3:22 pm

You should fill all the space. 4 ramjets. At small scales, subsystems are free. Only the hull affects cost.

seronis @ May 18, 2012, 10:27 pm

Because each additional ramjet also has mass you dont raise the top acceleration very much at all even by using 4 total ramjets. Another ~15% speed isnt cost effective for the price in materials

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