This is most pertinent to the Beluga.
Some ships are unfairly hurt by the way normal ships consume fuel in SCO. The Beluga, in particular, can go over 10000 tons per hour, because of its class 7 fuel tank.(larger fuel tank = more fuel consumption).
This really hurts the beluga in particular, because its big strength IS its big fuel tank, and this turns that strength into a huge weakness.
So I'd like to propose(at first) a class 7 SCO optimized fuel tank; this would not change the flight characteristics, merely reduce fuel consumption in SCO fairly dramatically. This would be unlocked with thargoid materials perhaps, possibly meta alloys? If you wanted to, they could even have a slight advantage in fuel capacity.
As time passes, more SCO optimized fuel tanks could slowly be added, likely going from the bottom up and the top down, since the middle range of fuel tanks seem to be the most balanced. Class 1 SCO optimized fuel tanks might be a very simple and cheap purchase, for example, one not even taking any unlocking. And notably, the different pre-built ships could include the SCO optimized fuel tanks by default; the beluga prebuild in particular is pretty lame at present, and this could make it much more beneficial.
This way, in 2-3 years, as the allure of sco optimized ships starts to fade a bit, they can slowly re-integrate older ships a bit more.
Some ships are unfairly hurt by the way normal ships consume fuel in SCO. The Beluga, in particular, can go over 10000 tons per hour, because of its class 7 fuel tank.(larger fuel tank = more fuel consumption).
This really hurts the beluga in particular, because its big strength IS its big fuel tank, and this turns that strength into a huge weakness.
So I'd like to propose(at first) a class 7 SCO optimized fuel tank; this would not change the flight characteristics, merely reduce fuel consumption in SCO fairly dramatically. This would be unlocked with thargoid materials perhaps, possibly meta alloys? If you wanted to, they could even have a slight advantage in fuel capacity.
As time passes, more SCO optimized fuel tanks could slowly be added, likely going from the bottom up and the top down, since the middle range of fuel tanks seem to be the most balanced. Class 1 SCO optimized fuel tanks might be a very simple and cheap purchase, for example, one not even taking any unlocking. And notably, the different pre-built ships could include the SCO optimized fuel tanks by default; the beluga prebuild in particular is pretty lame at present, and this could make it much more beneficial.
This way, in 2-3 years, as the allure of sco optimized ships starts to fade a bit, they can slowly re-integrate older ships a bit more.
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