...upgrade a Freighter...?

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How in the galaxy do I upgrade a Freighter after it's in a trade route?

-Wade
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You don't. It's doing the trade route.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah.But if I kill the trade route with the intention of then upgrading the freighter (so that it'll be much faster) that doesn't work. The freighter is "deleted" when a route is "killed". Strange.
What I've started doing is producing new,faster freighters and sending them on the same routes. Then I kill the old route wich has the slow freighter.This should free a new route.I'm just starting this now.

Is this the only way?

-Wade
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
No, that won't work. All trade routes have a speed of one, so you're wasting your money.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The only advantage to upgrading is to do something like the following:

Rush research trade, build basic freighters, establish as many routes as possible.

Research sensors (and possibly military stuff but probably not worth it), design an upgraded freighter with LOTS of sensors so you get your freighters wizzing back and forth acting like a sensor net.

Build a STANDARD freighter, launch it but don't send it anywhere. Upgrade this freighter to the new design but tick the upgrade all of this design box. Pay the changes and wait. After a few turns all of the freighters in all your routes will resume their missions with their shiny new sensors and show you everything you have been missing out on. You can now also send your new freighter to establish another route, or "upgrade" it to a transport/constructer etc.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
OK. Thanks Marcathonas and Quinff. That should be a cool upgrade stradegy. I didn't ever notice that speed does not matter once the route is established.

-Wade
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Or, build a eye of the universe wonder, it also turns your freighters into mobile sensor nets, with none of the upgrades.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i [i][love/i]the Eyes of the Universe! i can't imagine playing without it!