What percentage are you at? Building stations.

[Alchemy Of Seoul]

Complete solo build. Orbis Apollo started on 02-26-2025. It took 11 days to build completed on 03-08-2025. I initially started out with 18k cargo space in carrier but expanded it to 20,401 in total space.

What I used to get it done:

-T9 with 784 ton no shields
-carrier 20k room

For those wondering if I had a life while building this? The answer is no. I was just lucky to have the spare time and window in which to build it. Would I ever do this again? NOPE. Well, Under certain conditions. The 4 week time frame has to be eliminated or extended out to something like a year so causal play over time can take place.

Why didn't I take 4 weeks? My time after today would be taken up by RL stuff and I could see that it would not get completed in time without help and I wanted to really do this solo.

The grind is long and boring. But was worth it and challenging. The devs, I'm sure got plenty of data off my effort to look at.

[Alchemy Of Seoul]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Whizzdom:

im regretting it big time . boy what a grind i aint doing this again :/

What are you trying to build? Tier?

[Whizzdom]

the orbis space station .. and flying the type 9 .for first time arrrrgghhh its horrible cant wait to sell it when i finished if i ever do ?

[Alchemy Of Seoul]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Whizzdom:

the orbis space station .. and flying the type 9 .for first time arrrrgghhh its horrible cant wait to sell it when i finished if i ever do ?

Even with optimized carrier cargo space and t9 cargo space it is an undertaking. My strategy has been to build out the lowest number mats to the highest. My carrier can deliver with each shipment an 8% completion upon delivery to the colonizer ship. Not going to lie...very mind numbing grind and if a player does not have RL time, probably impossible to do solo. So I feel for ya.

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Tier 2 and 3 stations look more like large group efforts to me

[Whizzdom]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Alchemy Of Seoul:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Whizzdom:

the orbis space station .. and flying the type 9 .for first time arrrrgghhh its horrible cant wait to sell it when i finished if i ever do ?

Even with optimized carrier cargo space and t9 cargo space it is an undertaking. My strategy has been to build out the lowest number mats to the highest. My carrier can deliver with each shipment an 8% completion upon delivery to the colonizer ship. Not going to lie...very mind numbing grind and if a player does not have RL time, probably impossible to do solo. So I feel for ya.

entirely my own fault . when faced with lots of text i just spammed through it and before i knew i picked the biggest space station and planted it right next to the sun lol . but was even more shocked when i saw the time limit. :/ . and the type 9 lol blink and it goes into a gravity well setting the throttle to only 30 percent of the recommended blue bar speed and still it goes into gravity well if you dont nurse it all the way .

[frumple]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Whizzdom:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Alchemy Of Seoul:

Even with optimized carrier cargo space and t9 cargo space it is an undertaking. My strategy has been to build out the lowest number mats to the highest. My carrier can deliver with each shipment an 8% completion upon delivery to the colonizer ship. Not going to lie...very mind numbing grind and if a player does not have RL time, probably impossible to do solo. So I feel for ya.

entirely my own fault . when faced with lots of text i just spammed through it and before i knew i picked the biggest space station and planted it right next to the sun lol . but was even more shocked when i saw the time limit. :/ . and the type 9 lol blink and it goes into a gravity well setting the throttle to only 30 percent of the recommended blue bar speed and still it goes into gravity well if you dont nurse it all the way .

Thank you for talking me out of buying a T9

[Alchemy Of Seoul]

t9 is a good ship. But I use it only to move between space stations or ground stations to FC then from FC to colonizer ship. I basically line of sight between them avoiding gravity wells. I used a cutter for a while but I noticed it was having trouble getting out of some ports on auto pilot. It sure likes to smash into things...

[frumple]

Heaven help me, i just bought a T9.

Want to see how good/bad it is.

1st problem, getting to a shipyard with a 6A FSD SCO.
Good thing i have fuel injection materials because current range is 5,44 ly :D

It does feel good to load up on 772t!

[Lopi]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από frumple:

Heaven help me, i just bought a T9.

Want to see how good/bad it is.

1st problem, getting to a shipyard with a 6A FSD SCO.
Good thing i have fuel injection materials because current range is 5,44 ly :D

It does feel good to load up on 772t!

I have a T9 with supercharge drive and 788t of cargo and can make a trip from the system nearby to the colonization ship every 9-10 minutes, so I can load around 4600 tons per hour without a cruiser. I think is not the most optimal but I don't have a cruiser xD

[frumple]

Well, i'm not pleased with it. It's too slow.
Even with A rated thrusters it can barely scratch 200 m/s when fully loaded.

When upgrading from E rated to A rated thrusters, the only thing i could feel was the price! Over 50 million!
The T9 handles a little bit better but it's still slow.

And the SCO drive is almost useless. I think i need a A rated power plant, the D overheats instantly.
And an extra fuel tank is also required.


So, while it can haul 772 tons, it feels like it's so slow. The T8 hauls 400, but i'd rather fly in and out quickly even if i have to make a few extra trips.

If my colony ship wasn't parked 90,000ls from the primary star, maybe i would use the T9 more. The way it is, the trip is too long.


- I don't hate the ship. Like every ship, it has it's pros and cons. This job doesn't suit it.
The T8 flies better and has a chance to evade pirates, plus it can eat 90,000Ls for breakfast.
I think it's the better choice.

[Alchemy Of Seoul]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από frumple:

If my colony ship wasn't parked 90,000ls from the primary star, maybe i would use the T9 more. The way it is, the trip is too long.

This is why I don't use it for trips more than a short hop like 9Mm in distance. For hoping between stars I use the cutter. I also use my carrier to park as close to the source as possible. Sounds like you don't have a carrier?

[Asirilin]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από BasicallyClueless:

I already finished my first Coriolis station with the help of friends, the T3 stations seem like too much to take on with the CMM shortage

There is no time limit so no problem about that.Only problem is first station but if you already done that everything is good after.

[a sentient mcnugget]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Alchemy Of Seoul:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από put dispenser here:

Still waiting for colonization to be implemented in Colonia.

Waiting for things to come to Colonia must be annoying. It's one of the reasons I don't head on out there.

It's annoying indeed. Missing out on all events such as Thargoids.

But the lure of pristine, undiscovered systems a few jumps away is just too strong for me.

[Asirilin]

did you sleep or eat ?

[a sentient mcnugget]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Martin Magnus:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από put dispenser here:

Still waiting for colonization to be implemented in Colonia.

There will never be enough goods in 30-40 stations out there to suddenly build 300-500 systems

I'm not too knowledgeable about the workings of colonization but all I want is to build a small outpost on some desolate frozen planet.

I suppose you need to build a starport before building an outpost? If that's the case then I'll try to be patient and look at it as a long term endeavour.