How can I build the fastest possible spaceship to Alpha Centauri?
Build it with 16 components and 33 structurals. It will take 5.7 years. You must launch it no later than 2014 to win. After that point, you must send out your troops to win. The following is a chart made in 1998 to answer this question (it assumes you only send 10,000 colonists *and* that the ship is fusion powered): Components, structurals, Years to AC • 6, 15, 15.7 • 8, 17, 13.2 • 10, 21, 10.0 • 12, 25, 8.3 • 14, 29, 6.7 • 16, 33, 5.7 This is the fastest ship you can build. For example, a 3 module ship that is fusion powered: 6 components, 15 structurals, 15.7 years to reach AC Only 33 structurals are needed for a 16 component 12 modules spaceship which takes 11.7 years to reach AC. This is the fastest time to AC for a ship with the most modules. Also note that years are rounded down, so if you are trying to reach AC before 2020, that takes 11 years, meaning a launch in 2008 will reach AC before ‘the final buzzer’. Top -4- Test of Time 4.1 What is TOT? Test of Time is the latest rele
