I didn't think the StarBase speed boost worked on a TS... as there is no other way to do it, unless you speed boost all the constructors over there first, then build it and wait 10 turns.

Hey, just tried the fleet bubble thing and it does work. Using one ship, with a warp bubble, brought the fleet speed up to 4.

Nothing, because you're less than half right. 

It doesn't.  There is however another way to do it, and it's not the way Draslin found below.

Good eye.  That does work, with only the warp bubble ship in the fleet with the TS.

He's running 2.02. 

It is a fleet bug, but it's not a fleet bug.  It is required to use fleets for it, but simply fleeting/unfleeting (wasn't that the old fleet bug?) is by no means all of it-and in fact the unfleeting portion is not necessary.

No.

No, that's not it, either.

Think outside the box, people!

Is it fleeting a terror star with a bunch of huge hulled ships... then saving the game and reloading it, which gives the fleet a higher base speed (with TS included), and repeating? I remember there was some type of bug like this, but don't recall it happening on a regular basis, more of a thing that would just happen sometimes.

Hrm, if the unfleeting portion isn't required, but it IS a fleet bug, and its something that requires late game...

So:

1) Adding a ship w/ a warp bubble to the fleet AFTER the fleet has lost all, or all but 1 point of movement.  A tiny ship w/ a warp bubble and a high logistics skill could accomplish this if this bug is what exists

2) If a TS is fleet, can it enter orbit of a freindly planet?  Also, do the points from the WB return if you enter orbit with them spent and exit orbit w/in the same turn?  A combination of those two being YES may lead to some planet hopping on a packed galaxy

3) Not exactly controllable, but if fleeted with a ship w/ a Surveying module and hitting a Black Hole it could pop anywhere...the whole fleet pops away right, not just the survey ship?

20 karma would be cool.  I've been stagnant for months now and I think I saw over at the Elemental site something about high karma people getting into one of the betas even w/o pre-ordering.  I need a new rig before I think about playing that game however.

Note, I am just poking into the dark here.  If I'd just get around to starting up galciv I could test these theories lol.

The planet hopping would only have been an option IF all other things fell into place.

So, hrm...no WB's needed, TS fully constructed across an immense map in 1 week and able to unload the payload.

What about the ORDER of the ships in the fleet.  Does that somehow bug out with the TSs low speed?

Please stop picturing me sitting there like Winneh the Pooh tapping my head saying "think, think, think".  Oh crap, you probably weren't, but now are.  Where is that dag blasted Backspace key?

I'm not gonna give up yet.  With that bone you just tossed, I'll have to gnaw on for a bit and wonder what could you place in a fleet with the TS that would make it move faster, yet not be a ship w/ a module that...makes the fleet go faster.

I know there is a movement bug with constructors getting to a starbase, but I am not too sure how that could be exploited for such a task.  What I'm speaking of is that if you have a constructor w/ 0 movement left a parsec from a star base and you land another cosntructor w/ movement points remaining on that parsec then go to upgrade the star base, you can use the movement-point spent constructor to actually upgrade the base.  SLIGHT exploit of the starbase upgrade screen in the sense of 'constructors remaining'.

Fleeting a ship w/ autopilot already plotted cancels it's autopilot correct?  That would be a horrid bug, make a 300 point movement ship and have a TS intercept it's autopilot and fleet with it lol.

DAMNIT SS, I think you may do what I couldn't get myself to do for months....start up the game and try some stuff.  Did KP put you up to this?  I know he knows I cant resist a riddle akin to this.

I was exgaggerating a number...however that makes me wonder what could happen, with all race's passive speed & miniturization bonuses, a huge hull piled with nothing but engines, all the super projects/galactic achivements and the arcean buildings...and the mega event that doubles speed (I'm remembering this one correct?).

I doubt that bug never existed though...I'm just trying to to figure out some odd thing that shouldnt work, but it does.

Moving the TS along a line of ships/starbases perhaps..some sort of points used bug there?

There is an obvious answer, but I figured you weren't talking about the cheat for teleporting a ship.  Moving on...

Hard to pull off, but the UP proposal to move ships on war declaration and the nearest ZOC is next to their star thanks to influence bases.  Nope, not something you'd be able to use often.  Also, doesn't require a fleet.

Remember, you DID say 'think outside of the box' lol.  Your gonna start getting answers like this here soon if I don't boot up the game...

Ok, just to try to narrow it down a bit:

Can ANY race do this? or is there only certain races that may have this ability?

it does require fleeting and does require that you be far enough along in the game (which means that a certain tech/techs would have to be researched first in order to make it work).

It's gotta be some kind of screwy diplomatic bug then. Like giving another civ your terror star, then buying it back from them (which would require you to be an economic powerhouse). Usually though when you gift a ship it stays where it was at, but maybe the TS is bugged and moves it to the AI's planets. (of course, i've never tried that, and it's a big doubtful IF). The thing is if that did happen, how you could actually get it to go to the planet you want it to go to? Unless there is a bigger bug where the planet you select on the map and click 'speak to', makes the TS go there....

Then the Fleet option comes into play where you fleet your WB ship so that the TS can reach the star to blow it away.

Alright, enough of all that... i'm going to bed.

Did you disprove this as the method?  Would make sense on the economic juggernaught since you'd need a pile of ships.

Curiouser...curiouser.