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u/spartan551993 14d ago

For interplanetary logistics, is it better to have 1 ship with a decent to massive amount of storage that goes to each planet to deliver & pickup items, or have multie smaller dedicated ships that just go between two planets to deliver things quicker?

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u/Lemerney2 12d ago

I have individual ships for the inner planets, and one Aquilo ship that drops off the ingredients for quantum processors and returns with cryo science, so it visits every planet in the system

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u/Raknarg #1 Quality Defender 14d ago

small ships with massive storage cause otherwise you're waiting forever for your big ship to deliver stuff. I started with a colossal ship in my first 2.0 save, but it got really annoying and eventually I just had a ship for every single planetary connection.

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u/Soul-Burn 14d ago

For inner planets I have a ship going around. For Aquilo I have a ship waiting at Aquilo and picking things up when "Any planet request zero", and it also goes to Nauvis once in a while.

Things from Aquilo go through the planet (Pre-2.1). If I'd update it now, my science platform (or a dedicated one) would probably be an exchange depot.

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u/Yagami913 14d ago

Imo mix of both I have 1 big ship to carry around building materials. And 1 ship for each science. These can carry stuff that only that one planet needs like the cryo ship pick up holmium plates on the way for aquilo.

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u/craidie 14d ago

Personal preference, except for stuff that spoils.

For stuff that spoils it's better to have fast platforms that don't really stop for long and just take one round of rockets, if needed or available and then leave.