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Article #105799Re: TL or TL?
From: Jeff Holinski
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:35
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:35
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On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:18:22 +0800, "Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> wrote: >"Jeff Holinski" <nospam_Holinski@shaw.ca> wrote in message >news:mdlt13108sd60s6ng8pgf6ok8mlsa12j15@4ax.com... >> So I'm up to about 31 million in the game and I was thinking of >> getting a TL. It was going to be the argon Mammoth. Then I checked the >> specs on the Split Elephant. >> >> The Mammoth turns faster and has 60,000 meters of cargo space compared >> to 34,000 for the elephant. >> >> Other than that the Elephant seems better in every way. Even the >> smaller cargo hold is offset by being able to carry 9 more ships than >> the mammoth. Assuming you loaded both up with fully expanded Mercury >> Super Freighters you'd be able to carry 199,200 meters in an Elephant >> compared to 119,000 meters in a Mammoth. > >Are you sure you can fit TS's into a TL? I remember a long time ago when X3 >came out that it wasn't an option. > >Ceo- > Actually I'm not sure. Since the description says that a TL is too big to dock with stations and that you need to use smaller ships to ferry your cargo I assumed that you'd be using TS's and that they could dock with the TL. A cargo ship too big to dock with anything but a shipyard and unable to carry smaller cargo ships seems sort of pointless. Anyone know for sure? Remove nospam_ to reply by email Jeff H........
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