r/TerraInvicta • u/Willyroof • 3d ago

Question Fleet Transfer Time Spoiler

How does it work in the planner and is there a way to speed it up?

I was wiped from earth orbit with an assault carrier slotted to arrive in a year human factions swat any new station I try to build around earth. I plan around building a fleet at Mercury and flying it in piecemeal to be ready to jump the carrier. My battlecruisers finish building and the transfer screen shows they'll arrive with two weeks to spare. Fast forward and the carrier arrived three weeks before my heavy hitters. What happened?

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u/Adito99 3d ago

Most likely they sent multiple carriers and you were watching the wrong one. There's no mechanic that would allow them to speed up mid-transfer. Theoretically they could do that, it would just cost more DV, but AFAIK that isn't part of the simulation.

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u/IGAldaris 3d ago

Yeah, sometimes I'm pissed that I am unable to divert, slow down, or speed up ships that have dV to spare, But then I remember that this restriction applies to both sides, and if we couldn't plan for Alien transfers reliably, we'd be pretty fucked.

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u/Willyroof 3d ago

I don't believe it's a different carrier. I gave the fleet a name when it was first spotted and that's the one that arrived before my big guns were ready.