I never saw something like this! everyone want to know how to move a starbase but what that I find that it's moving itself!
so it was the last moments of the game and I had a lot of Freighters because I commend them to go to "Kona" and the U.P issue of a limit of trade routs told me that this is to much Freighters. But the Freighters I had are not the COM Freighters it was my own designed Freighter that I called him Trade Ship. so I didn't know what to do with all that ships So I clicked one of the ships, and I pressed the "Upgrade" button. I upgraded all my Trade Ships
into Constructors, but I forgot that I have trade routs with trade ships with it but I said "no matter". and then in the next turn I saw all my trade ships as Constructors, and they all had the ability to "build starbase" so I said: "what the?? Let's press the build starbase button!" so the next turn I had a star base! on the trade route! and I thought it can't move! but he moved as normal trade ship! on the trade route. I think it's a bug but you can try it out!
this is what I saw: one normal starbase and one "Trade Ship Starbase"
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Reply #1 Top
Now that's one heck of an interesting glitch...I think I'll try it out now!
Reply #2 Top
That's just horribly freaking awesome. I think I'll have to play with it.

I hope they leave that in, if it's true. It's just nifty, and being as this is only a single-player game...
Reply #3 Top
Try upgrading it with more constructor modules and see what happens.
Reply #4 Top
If you make it an Economic starbase with trade modules... will it always be within its own area of control, and thus always get a trade bonus (assuming you're still getting trade revenue)
Reply #5 Top
you know, you can add in alot of modules like attack asist! and when the Drengin Empire attacked one of my tade ships! ( the moving starbase) it stops and destroyed the ship!
Reply #6 Top
Does it stay stopped? I'm busy for a while, can't test this now.
Reply #7 Top
I've seen the AI have moving influence starbases several times and I've always been horribly confused because I couldn't find the technology that let my starbases move.
Reply #8 Top
Thats because you have to go to the secret bar and tell them Jabba sent you. Then you'll receive the plans for the moving Base. it'll be hidden in a mobile waste can. Look for the one thats beeping..
Reply #9 Top
You forgot to tell them where to leave the money, Starlost. Jabba will be mad. You know what he does when he gets mad.
Reply #11 Top
That is so cool. Please, Stardock, don't fix this bug!
Reply #12 Top
I tried it with my own designed ships, but it didn't work...

Did everyone else get it working, and if you did, did you use your own design or stock (core) ships.
Reply #13 Top
Hah - I got it working with version 1.2b or whatever the latest one is.

Only problem is that when the starbase got to the end of its route (Ymir III, Drengin, class 26 - worth 123-125bc a turn - base rate) the game wouldn't do anything, it just sat there in mid endturn sequence.

Oh yes, it only works if I actually click on the trade ship on its route and tell it to upgrade, it doesn't work when you tell the game to upgrade all the ships.
Reply #14 Top
no you don't understand, I upgraded all the tarde ships into constructors and then I pressed on them "upgrade"