An Illustrated Guide to CLS (Page 6 of 7)

Written by Kirlack

Part 2 - Using your CLS Pilots

Continued..

So, now your Waypoints screen should look like this:



Now you want to shift them to your TL. Click Add Ship and select the sector you're target is in.



That's a list of every ship in that sector which you own. It doesn't matter to the CLS pilot if that ship is in space, docked to a station, or docked to another ship which is docked to something else. All the CLS pilot cares about is that it's owned by you and it's in that sector. When your pilot makes the drop off he'll do it by transporter beam if the ship is in space, or station transfer if it's docked.

With your target selected your tasks page opens again. Select Unload.



Then do the following:



Now you decide your threshold for the receiving ship. Because I'm using a TL I'm setting it at 4000.

So my CLS will keep the ship topped up with energy, but it will never transfer more than 4k. If my TL sits around doing noting for ages it won't suddenly fill up with energy cells.

So that's the basics of setting up CLS pilots to actually do stuff. Before I move on though, here's a taste of what else you could do.

With the above example, let's say I want my TL to stock Mosquito Missiles as well. If I have a factory for them I can just load from there, or alternatively tell him to buy them. You can use the Generate Waypoints tool in the main CLS menu to help you find sources. You have to select a buy price and a number to purchase, but the same basics apply as with your own factories.



In this pic my CLS is set to collect jumpfuel and energy for the TL. Then he'll fly to my Mosquito factory and collect some missiles, before jumping to whichever sector my TL is in and delivering. The TL will never be stocked with more than 2k Mosquitoes and 4k energy because those are the thresholds set.

Ok. So you're confident setting up waypoints. What about making sure your pilot jumps across the universe and doesn't wander into Xenon sector and get eaten by a Xenon Q?



Use Jumpdrive is a simple switch yes or no. You can manually set JD energy and minimum range. This is where your refuel jump energy from your waypoints is taken into account. Every time your pilot carries out that command he'll top up to this many energy cells.