Starbase Ship list suggestion

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The info on the ship list gives level, attack, defense and Hit Points of every ship. Starbases will always have a 0 for attack. My suggestion is for that number to show the Starbase's Defense Bonus.

The Defense bonus is a good indicator of starbase development as:
1) starbases usually builds up Defense along with 1 or more other improvements
2) Defense is usually the last bonus that I max-out
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
It would also be good to have an option to launch you ships out of the planet orbit after the completion. It can be placed somewhere in production screen I guess. I find that sometimes I am cranking out ships like there is no tommarow and each turn i have to go to ship list click on the ship to get me to the planet, click on planet, double click on ship to launch it, and than I can move it. It can be very tedious at times.

With "Launch out of orbit" option as soon as the production is over the ship will be out in space and as soon its your turn you will automatically be brought to it to move it. No clicking around like a space monkey :p
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
also if a ship is on autopilot and you click on it from the ship list it shoyuld drop out of auto so you can select a new destination - at the moment it just focuses on it, it moves, and tehn teh camera mopves off onto another ship.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I agree with Steve about the AutoPilot moving the ship as soon as you click it from the ship list. That is often the last thing you want when going to that window to find a ship.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Sometimes I want to know where a ship is on autopilot without altering its instructions. If it drops out of autopilot when I click on it, then I no longer know what its destination is. I would rather that it just changed the focus to where the ship is and let me click on the ship in the main display to take it out of autopilot. But I also feel that the ship should not move, just because I clicked on it in the ship list.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
There is a tactical map that became available in one of the earlier gamma builds that is very useful in conjunction with the planet and ship lists. You can hit F9 or the button on the top of the planet list to bring it up. It's like the minimap, except that it takes up the area of the sector map. When the tactical map is up, you can select autopilot ships without moving them, so you can change their destination.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Ewwww, now that's cool, and maybe that will satisfy what I wanted, which was on the upper right map to be able to zoom into a sector for a more detailed view when I'm playing a ginormous map.
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
WOW... I saw the tactical overview in the planet list but in that one you can not switch to ship list. F9 though lets you do it ... and I have to say I LOVE IT :D

Makes handeling the ships much easier...