Fleet shopping

Just to see so i've understood... After 14 days of membership i can start buying fleet ships, über-stuff at our starbase and all those lovely consoles from that darrling little ferengi at the dilithium mine?

If I have FC and that other military fleet ship thing I can buy fleet ship modules and than get me some ship?

Once you have been promoted to member which normally happens roughly 14 days after posting your introduction, though sometimes takes a bit longer depending on how often the people from membership can get on.

There is a fleet currency called fleet credits and everything you buy from the fleet including fleet ships costs it. You need to make sure you have earned fleet credits by donating to fleet projects. You can see how much fleet credits you have by opening your inventory by pressing the I key then clicking assets at the top.
Providing you have enough fleet credits and dilithium to purchase something then your all set. However the fleet base must have provisions to allow the sale. Unfortunately our dilithium mine is out of provisions right now which means buying things from the dilithium mine isnt really possible. However the starbase and embassy is fully stocked so you can purchase whatever you like from there.

Hopefully that answers any of your questions, feel free to grab me in game if you have any questions.

And how do we get those provision thingies for the mine? That Ferengi has stuff i must have or i will most surely die. :) And I'm contributing all day to the fleet. i have fleet credits en masse :)

Right... forgot... But I can buy fleet ships as long I have the required stuff as stipulated in the ship requisition shoppe? (like dilithium, credits and that other thing) :) No additional stuff apart from that?

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Right... forgot... But I can buy fleet ships as long I have the required stuff as stipulated in the ship requisition shoppe? (like dilithium, credits and that other thing) :) No additional stuff apart from that?

Correct

The lack of provisions is a fleet level thing, if you look closely at the fleet holdings interface there is a provisions tab for each of the 3 holdings.

The fleet has to queue provision projects in order to provide those provisions and every time someone buys something it uses a provision. The problem is provision projects give very little in the way of XP for a holding. So for the dilithium mine which we are trying to upgrade as fast as possible to unlock the best consoles and warp cores we cant queue provision projects. So right now the dilithium mine is not provisioned so you cant buy from it. As soon as it is levelled up we will immediately switch focus to provisioning elite fleet warp cores should become available in about 8 days and the mk xii consoles around 11 days after that.

The gist is dilithium mine is unavailable just wait till we have hit tier 3 on the red and yellow track before considering buying anything. You can find the current status on the fleet holdings menu ingame.

Ok... And just so i get things right: I don't have to be promoted to fleet 'member' to buy a fleet ship?

And... while writing; If I buy a fleet heavy escort with hangar(s), can i equip any ol' fighters in that hangar or must i use those sad little Peregrines? :)

You must be a member to buy from fleet stores and the heavy escort carrier can equip most fighters unless explicitly stated otherwise.

And buying a fleet ship is "to buy from fleet stores"? The answer was 'yes'? I have to be have the fleet rank of 'member' to buy a fleet ship? :)

I don't mean to be annoying with my questions, bu I'm quite new to all this and have ADD and Autism on top of 'newbie syndrome' :) I just want to make sure i don't get it wrong.

For the record, I typically promote people the night before their 14th day.


BronN, your 14th day is on 8-24-13

My sweet 14 :) :laugh:

ooooh on 3-4 days to go! Yaaaay!