Station Module Loadout

[Killsy]

So I've been going over my stations and realised that hte "high preset" only uses half of the available slots and rather mediocre weapons/shields.

I made a custom loadout for the defense modules/platforms thinking I could mass swap them over to the new loadout but I just noticed that as far as I could see, you need to manually do this for every module. Seeing as I've got around 10 stations, several of which are dedicated defense stations with a LOT of parts as well as a gigastation that consumes almost a full 10x10x10x10x1010 plot.

I'm gonna lose my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mind if I have to do all of this manually. Can anyone please tell me of an easier way?

I did save the loadout as a preset btw

[Wraith]

you don't need to arm your station that much.

A few defense module customized to take out enemy is enough to delete everything that come across it.

Modules don't need to be connected to the station itself so you can place a few disc around your station and everything will be deleted.

[Bozz 💀]

yeah you gona lose your ♥♥♥♥ on that one xD

But on a serious note, why so many ? Even in my current game where you can get attacked by fleets of 15 to 30 destroyers I don't need that much defense modules If I was you I would just keep them like that not gonna make a big difference is it ?

[Killsy]

Originally posted by Wraith:

you don't need to arm your station that much.

A few defense module customized to take out enemy is enough to delete everything that come across it.

Modules don't need to be connected to the station itself so you can place a few disc around your station and everything will be deleted.

Originally posted by Bozz 💀:

yeah you gona lose your ♥♥♥♥ on that one xD

But on a serious note, why so many ? Even in my current game where you can get attacked by fleets of 15 to 30 destroyers I don't need that much defense modules If I was you I would just keep them like that not gonna make a big difference is it ?

the main reason for this many defences is a lack of experience. I did not know what to expect.

the 2nd reason is: I've been bullied by a LOT of xenon as of late. occasionally having 5-6 xenon K branch 9 destroyers popping out of the gate in my xenon bordering sectors...

[Bozz 💀]

You can make one really strong station just next to the gate (=make a 1x1x1 station as close as possible and then expand it to 10x10x10 and uou will cover the whole gate, that way you can build defenses around the gate, I also like to put a 3 Pier dock under the gate and dock 3 destroyers with lots of turrets there for additionnal defense

[Killsy]

Originally posted by Bozz 💀:

You can make one really strong station just next to the gate (=make a 1x1x1 station as close as possible and then expand it to 10x10x10 and uou will cover the whole gate, that way you can build defenses around the gate, I also like to put a 3 Pier dock under the gate and dock 3 destroyers with lots of turrets there for additionnal defense

my current defense consists of a central spine consisting of the Terran dome thingy, the central rear area has 3x3m8s docks, the rest is just all defences. outside of that, I've got 3 syn destroyers in the area on standby and around 7 katana patrol groups in this sector

Note that this one is being fully refurbished and upgraded

example image below:
https://imgur.com/a/A5lZlN0

[Bozz 💀]

Originally posted by Killsy:

Originally posted by Bozz 💀:

You can make one really strong station just next to the gate (=make a 1x1x1 station as close as possible and then expand it to 10x10x10 and uou will cover the whole gate, that way you can build defenses around the gate, I also like to put a 3 Pier dock under the gate and dock 3 destroyers with lots of turrets there for additionnal defense

my current defense consists of a central spine consisting of the Terran dome thingy, the central rear area has 3x3m8s docks, the rest is just all defences. outside of that, I've got 3 syn destroyers in the area on standby and around 7 katana patrol groups in this sector

example image below:
https://imgur.com/a/A5lZlN0

xD if you playing vanilla I think you are very safe with that monstrosity

Edit: Would rather go with Argon Plasma for L turrets, I find them better at killing Xenon Capital ships

[Killsy]

Originally posted by Bozz 💀:

Originally posted by Killsy:

my current defense consists of a central spine consisting of the Terran dome thingy, the central rear area has 3x3m8s docks, the rest is just all defences. outside of that, I've got 3 syn destroyers in the area on standby and around 7 katana patrol groups in this sector

example image below:
https://imgur.com/a/A5lZlN0

xD if you playing vanilla I think you are very safe with that monstrosity

Edit: Would rather go with Argon Plasma for L turrets, I find them better at killing Xenon Capital ships

The main reason why I like the terran bolt turrets is because they are also rather competent at hitting smaller ships and it allows me to just *blanket* the area with the same gun instead of spending hours tweaking the perfect loadout for plasma/everything else.

yes my run is vanilla, yes I'm very safe there right now and yes I have almost 15 days on this save as "playtime"

the link contains a pic of my xenon containment fleet that I use to kill xenon stations(lost 2 syns and 10 katanas in a fight against 2 defence platforms and4 xenon branch 9 k destroyers as well as 2 other xenon destroyers)

You also called that station an abomination, The true abomination is included on the link as well. This station started out as just advanced electronics and quickly grew to this giga mess. The silicon demand is never ending

https://imgur.com/a/vEOeVgB

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by Killsy:

The main reason why I like the terran bolt turrets is because they are also rather competent at hitting smaller ships and it allows me to just *blanket* the area with the same gun instead of spending hours tweaking the perfect loadout for plasma/everything else.

I like the Terran Bolts as well but I agree with @Bozz that L Plasma are the way to go for dealing with Xenon capitals.

A defence disk has 16 L turrets and 8 M turrets. I like to put 8 L Plasma, 8 L Terran Bolts and 8 M Flak in them. Three or four disks like that scattered around a station and I don't get much trouble from Xenon or anyone else for that matter.

[Wraith]

Originally posted by Killsy:

my current defense consists of a central spine consisting of the Terran dome thingy, the central rear area has 3x3m8s docks, the rest is just all defences. outside of that, I've got 3 syn destroyers in the area on standby and around 7 katana patrol groups in this sector

Note that this one is being fully refurbished and upgraded

example image below:
https://imgur.com/a/A5lZlN0

That station need to be looked at a bit because it definitely overkill while at the same time ineffective.

Tons of those turrets modules because of the way the station is design (like the back defense modules of the squares will only be useful if your enemy is above or below the station but since it a superhighway they will always be in front of the station and not above or below unless they are fast fighter who get away the initial bombardments.

It armed more then enough to take out anything the xenon throw at it.
I would reduce the amount of defense module (especially the weird square shaped that look like it aimed to kill stuff above and below it)

Then I would shift the rotations of the remaining modules in a way that make more of their turrets face the gate.

This is for in sector battles btw.

Here some from the community builders in egosoft forum that I have used and tested because their ability to make stuff look nice is much better then mine and you can see how They sets up the angles for the turrets.

https://imgur.com/YWfdfYy
This one is similar to your in that it a great one to set in front of a superhighway while at the same time killing anything that get on the other side.

https://imgur.com/a/SkJgoES
Here another one from the community that I use and tested

I really like this one because it small sleak and not to overkill while at the same time looking really nice since I love using terran stations module and ships.