Starbase battles?

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Assuming you can attack starbases, do they show up in the combat viewer? If not how does it work? I have only seen screens of ships fighting, and never starbases.

Slightly off topic, I think I read this somewhere, but is it possible to create a ship with no sensors, engines, or range just to sit at a planet and guard it? Or is it required that there is some kind of engine and life support?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
"Slightly off topic, I think I read this somewhere, but is it possible to create a ship with no sensors, engines, or range just to sit at a planet and guard it?"

Yes, as far as I know (I think Brad posted something on that), it is possible.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
No starbases in the battlescreen.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, if you turn on full battles for non-fleet battles.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, if you turn on full battles for non-fleet battles.

And they're big too.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
"Slightly off topic, I think I read this somewhere, but is it possible to create a ship with no sensors, engines, or range just to sit at a planet and guard it?"

Yes, as far as I know (I think Brad posted something on that), it is possible.


I can confirm this for you. It is possible to create a ship with no additional speed or range boosting items. All ships have atleast a 1pc/wk movement and a .3 range... so they arent stranded on the planets they were built at either.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
To see starbase in the battle screen, you need to uncheck, "show fleet battles only if both sides are fleets" in the options window. Since a starbase is only one ship, they wont show up by default. You might also want to make sure you are playing with the differant battle views, since they are so big most of the time the starbase will start off camera.

Also, yes you do not need to put sensors, engins or even lifesuport on a ship if you just want it to gard your planet. Often In the early game I will make a fighter with to lasers, or such and nothing else. and crank them out for a few turns, just so all my planets are defended. But since the amout of moves a ship gets are deturmined by the speed, it is not a good practice are you get further along in the game.