Grav Drive Issues on Starter Ship

[Warspawn]

Didn't know if anyone else has had this hsppen...

I was upgrading my Frontier, the ship you start with, and I put some new engines, reactor, weapons, fuel tanks and shielded cargo bay on it. No problem...

BUT, if I swap out the grav drive for a longer-ranged, more powerful unit...the ship builder notifies me that I need a more powerful one. What? Yeah, no matter if I pick the most powerful grav drive available for that ship, it tells me I need something better to fly. If I put the old, less powerful original system on it, the ship is fine. I've played around with different modules and watched my mass, but there just doesn't seem to be a way to put an upgraded grav drive for more range on the starter ship.

Has anyone else seen this?

Thanks!!

o7

~War~

[Luuin]

If it gives the warning about modules you need to make sure that your reactor is the same rank or higher than anything else attached. A rank is the lowest just fyi. So having an A rank reactor but a B rank warp drive won't work.

[Willow]

Originally posted by Luuin:

If it gives the warning about modules you need to make sure that your reactor is the same rank or higher than anything else attached. A rank is the lowest just fyi. So having an A rank reactor but a B rank warp drive won't work.

I ran into this as well. Frustrating --> I bought the best 'A' gear I could find for the starter ship. Went to several different starports (including the pirate's Key). I had the best A reactor, engines and fuel tanks...everything worked fine until I tried to swap out to a grave drive that was better. Nope. Had to go back to the starter grav drive just to fly the ship I got after the first little battle...