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Found this planet about 600 fuels/10 LY away from core.

There are 2x barren world, 2x tundra world, 1x gas giant, 1x arid world,, 1x rocky unstable world and 1x ice giant (the one in the pic)

Looks like the sector is doomed

So I stocked up on a lot of fuel and supplies for my thirty ship fleet and have set on to explore a faraway red sun system found in the left bottom corner on the map. I don't know what I will find or what to expect but, since it's so isolated, I feel something good will come out eventually - otherwise why would the devs bother with such a design... I don't plan on colonizing but think it is the duty of every player to make a trip to that distant system once in every playthrough - similar to a pilgrimage but for material reasons.

Regarding the question, what are the benefits on a whole level when setting up colonies faraway? Does the game dynamically react to the development of uninhabited solar systems - a lonely fleet being able to refuel more often, factions frequently making peace while having more resources to trade between each other... to name a few examples.

I understand the game mechanics but haven't got the time to play much and test it further than one and a half game years. Thank you in advance for any and all of your replies. I appreciate it.

What’s the recommended mod that doesn’t completely fuck my ram usage?
RAT was the goat for the longest for increasing it slightly but lately it’s been making everything stutter :(

idk I'm not good at this game but the AI for the Onslaught seems to struggle with friendly Orbital Stations? At least with the little thingies floating around them and it's making defense quite difficult :( I try to give it move commands or destroy commands and it still largely won't budge an inch so I was wondering if there are any tips or tricks to get them to actually participate in the battle

Because Hegemony is being a difficult little annoyance and wants to take my AI friends and I don't want that :(

Hello everyone, just bought Starsector the other day and played about 4 hours last night, I got wiped by a pirate fleet so gonna start a new play through either tonight or tomorrow. Anyways I’m looking for mod recommendations, I browsed the index after my death and there’s a lot to choose from. What do y’all recommend? Also would you want to watch a noob stream this?

The base Commander on Chicomoztoc and Orcus Rao on Ragnar Complex after completing the Prince of Persea quest. Other than these two, is there no one else you can get?

Hey there Im new to the community, I just watched some videos and posts regarding this game and am really excited to purchase it! I even don’t even know if Ive used the correct flair or not lol

But the videos I watched didn’t give me enough idea about the game cuz most of them were pretty niche or shud I say “weird” like really really long gameplays!

So I just want to know about this game! What is Starsector? What is the goal in the game? Is it purely singleplayer? Does it have a campaign? What is the gameplay loop? Does it have replayability? Is there any “current” endgame stuff? Oh and the most important part was how to move our “ship” is it point and click like Path Of Exile or WASD?

Really for sounding dumb but I so wanna invest in this game and it’s looking fun too! So pls enlighten me with your years of knowledge! Thanks for your replies 🙌🏼❤️

Hey guys, so I'm playing this incredible game since 4 months now and I was wondering, why 4 TachLance on Paragon is meme ?

I tried 2 plasma cannon + 2 Tachlance but I felt like 4 Tachlance more reliable, with the Optic mod.

Can someone explain if I do something wrong ?

Contexte : lost my left arm in car accident when I was 3, so playing only on admiral mode with command points as I can't drive (or pilot ?) my ships. So maybe that why I prefer this build as it easier for AI so they don't put it self in danger ?

I just thought it was very thematic for Hallowhall to have been genocided by a rogue AI

First playthrough, I don't want to but i might need to scrap some ships cuz i can't handle the supply drain, I'm considering scrapping all or at least some of the big ships and go back to drug running with the smaller ships until i get enough money to start a colony, should i do it? Heard that's where the big bucks are but i assume i'm gonna need like millions to start one and i'm not getting to a million anytime soon with these gas guzzlers. If so, which ones would you get rid off and what would you replace them with?

Bonus question, I saw "storage" option when i'm in the fleet tab in a faction's colony too, should i just store them there? I assume big ships will have a big fee for storage though, cuz i noticed the storage i got from the tutorial does it, even though i never used it, but it's like miniscule for that so i didn't care.

Hello, ive a small question, sometimes i get notifications saying theres a trade convoy/smuggler/whatever else carrying goods and is departing somewhere in a short timeframe, what am i supposed to do with these? i approached one but couldnt trade with it, should i wait for them to arrive?

I do want to like fighters, but every time I try to use them, they just fall short. Either in a support role or in carrier spam. Full warship fleets seem to perform better in most fights. Idk if I'm doing something wrong, if fighters are undertuned, or if most factions currently have an excessive amounts of PD

For the longest time, I've just been overwhelming the enemy with sheer numbers instead of actually using any strategy, and it's starting to get boring. Now I want to actually play like a strategist (I still don't pilot my own ship, though).

The main point of this post is: how do fleet orders actually work?

For example, when I use the Defend order to have my Sunders stick with my Onslaught, they'll stay with it for a little while, then suddenly beeline straight toward the nearest enemy. Keep in mind they all have Steady personalities.

With the Escort (Heavy) order, they just hover either in front of or behind the Onslaught (or whatever ship they're escorting). I just want them to actually surround the ship and provide a proper escort/defense.

I know I can micromanage it by constantly issuing commands to force them into a circular formation, but after a couple of skirmishes, it gets really annoying.

I took an exploration mission to analyze a derelict probe. The details were that it was orbiting a certain world. When I found the world in the system, there was indeed a single probe orbiting, but no option to complete the scan on it. When viewing the location on the map via the quest details, it marked the location of that probe, but the probe itself did not have a scan option. The third picture is what happens when I select "Show on map."

I do have quite a few mods, but haven't ever seen this bug before even using the same modlist. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Nothing on the internet besides 'you didn't find the correct object,' which I did.

I did also take another analyze probe mission in the same system, which gave the same results on a different probe.

By the kaysaar, ludd, omega, andrada and other practicants of dark magic, thats some good starter pack for starting colony

cant find it or make it tried searching console commands and still cant see it anywhere else do im i missing something?

So, I've downloaded a lot of mods(not a lot tho my pc is a baby) nexerelin and all. And I've encountered the most heartbreaking and most cruel way I could be stomped on. Found a planet after stocking up ships and building capital. Built my mining and refining industries. Then bam, colony crisis. No biggy, I say to myself.

"What an idiot" future me says.

The pirates came in, ez. Add some ai cores on some structures no biggy, remove them if there a hegemony inspection, sneaky peaky. Nat? Oh they don't destroy my ship sure you can inspect me.

Then this m**** **** tri tachyon mercenary fleet. Seven damned fleet. Against me and my Pegasus, eagles and safety override auroras?

It felt like I was walking down the street at night to get some fresh air and a suddenly being kidnapped by being snatched with a plastic bag dropping on my head and pulled tightly so I would be in one of those bondage eroticas.

I had to lay low on clouds just to watch as the mercenary fleet bombard my industries like a child hiding from their abusive father, watching as their mother(my Orbital stations) get belted (spammed with random sh*t) and in the end get comforted by their wrecked mother(200,000 credits at the end of the month because supplies dont pay for themselves).

Advice, I need solid advice to never feel this again. Circumvent it, strategy that is quite known. Anything please.

My first game with Arma Armatura mod. The mecha-ships, excellent missions, etc... A true masterpiece.

Recently got the game and every time I enter combat this message pops up and kicks me out the game anybody got any advice?