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From version 2.50, it is possible for ships to get repairs, ammunition, units, and deployables at resupply ships belonging to their faction.
Resupply Ships and Capabilities
Two types of ships can be used to provide supplies for other ships:
Carriers
and Fleet Auxiliary Ships.
Carriers are able to repair and rearm ships that can dock at them. In general, these are ships that are of size-class S or M.
Fleet auxiliary ships are able to repair and rearm ships of all size-classes including Carriers and other Fleet Auxiliary Ships.
While repairs do not require resources; ammunition, units and deployables are built to order so, in order to fulfill orders for these items, resupply ships need certain resources.
Supplying Resupply Ships
Determining what resupply ships need:
To find out what a resupply ship needs, right-click on the ship and click on Information. The wares that it needs and the corresponding target amounts can be found in the Storage section of the Info menu for that ship.
Supplying resupply ships:
- You can manually order the resupply ship to purchase resources that it requires.
Note that the amount of scanning arrays is indicated in the trade menu in parentheses. - You can manually order one of your own freighters to deliver resources that it requires.
The number of scanning arrays that the Nomad needs is also indicated here in parentheses. - You can allow the resupply ship to acquire resources on their own.
- Both carriers and fleet auxiliary ships advertise trade offers for the resources that they need. Free traders will occasionally entertain these offers and spontaneously fly to these ships to deliver resources. Do note, however, that resupply ships deactivate these trade offers when they engage in certain activities such as going into combat. To verify that these trade offers are active, right-click on the ship's icon on the map and select Trade Offers.
This brings up a menu that details all of the wares and amounts that your resupply ship is trying to purchase.