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Resupplying at Resupply Ships

There are three ways to get ships to rearm and get repairs at resupply ships: automatic resupply, by ordering a resupply ship to resupply all docked ships, and by ordering a ship to resupply at a resupply ship.

1. Automatic: by default, all ships periodically check to see if they need supplies or repairs.  If they find a resupply ship that is owned by their own faction, they go there to rearm and get repairs.  Preference is given to resupply ships attached to their fleet, with further preference to resupply ships that they are already docked at when they do this check.
   
   When rearming in this manner, the equipment that they get is determined by the loadout level set for automatic resupply.  A global policy is set in the Global Orders section of the Empire menu:
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   Options are: Off, Low, Medium, and High.
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   In general, Low, Medium, and High sets the number and quality of ammunition and deployables that your ships get when they automatically rearm.  Off instructs them to never automatically rearm.  Default is Off.
   
   It is possible to override this global policy for each individual object.  This is done in the ship's Order Queue menu:
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   The per-object setting defaults to use their commander's setting.  In this way, you could change the loadout level of an entire fleet by setting a level of their commanding ship.
   
   
2. Order a resupply ship to resupply all docked ships: if you have a resupply ship that has ships docked at it selected, then right-click on it, you have the option to Resupply / Repair all docked ships.
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   Clicking on this option pulls up the Ship Configuration menu in a mode that allows you to select any of the ships docked at your resupply ship.  You could order any combination of ammunition and deployables as well as order repairs for them in this way.
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   The menu as well as this procedure is described in more detail in this section of the manual.
   
   
3. Order ships to resupply at a resupply ship: With one or more ships selected, right-click on a resupply ship that you own.
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   This will give you the option to Resupply / Repair at the resupply ship.
   Selecting this option will pull up the Ship Configuration menu where you can configure your selected ships.
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   The menu as well as this procedure is described in more detail in this section of the manual.
   
   Note that capital ships cannot resupply at a Carrier.
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   They would need either a Fleet Auxiliary Ship, a Shipyard, or an Equipment Dock.