Talk:Recycler

Using a Recycler as a Transport
Can a Recycler be used as a normal cargo ship like Small or Large Cargo ship to transport resources?
 * Any ship can transport resources. Recyclers are pretty slow and use a lot of deut though. -- Jeffoh (talk) 21:16, 26 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * You could use a recycler in place of a cargo if you wanted, it would bring down the speed of the fleet though. Spazbutt 14:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Mixed fleets of Recyclers and Transporters
Can a mixed fleet of Recyclers and Transporters harvest more ressources?

For example: If I have a mixed fleet consisting of a Recycler and four Transporters, can I harvest 20,000 ressource units or 120,000? 86.56.48.12 22:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Basically, it depends on what you're talking about. If you're talking about harvesting a debris field, then no. The only ship that can harvest a debris field is a recycler. Therefore sending large cargos with your recyclers is pointless, however it is a good way to fleet save.

Why can't I harvest the debris around a planet?
I am new to this game. I have a recycler but I can't harvest the debris. I just wanted to know why I can't. "Click Fleet (left side of screen), select as many ships as you like, but you must include at least one recycler. Other ships do not do anything during the mission. Target coordinates are the coordinates of the planet, but be sure to select 'DF' from the drop-down next to the coordinates. Without selecting 'DF', it assumes you want to send the ships to the planet itself. When you click Continue, your mission options should now include Harvest. No need to send any resources with the fleet, and just select Continue. Now just sit back and wait for the recycling —Dekker500 17:26, 30 October 2008 (UTC)"

It would be great if someone could add/explain the entire idea surrounding this concept. For example, do you need to engage planetary defenses in order to harvest a debris field? Is there any way a planet can stop ou from harvesting their debris field? Does a planet know that there is an incoming fleet to their debris field?

Clarifying ideas like this would be good, as the in game instructions are sparse at best.

Tyler
 * The response to this suggestion for clarification belongs on the harvest page, and I have answered your questions there. Dekker500 13:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Recycler in Fleet
If a recycler is in a fleet will it collect the debrie field left by the fleet? 75.27.123.238 04:48, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

no

Trivia
"The new picture of the Heavy Fighter is the old picture of the Cruiser, with better graphics and from a different angle of view." What does this trivia have to do with the Recycler? 96.235.147.122 04:06, July 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * This is integrated in the template and will be removed from there. Hunter789 15:24, July 24, 2011 (UTC)

Base speed triples with hyperspace 15 to 6000.
with hyperspace 15 and no class related boosts recycles travel at 33,000 speed 6,000+(15x1800)=33,000