Had my first ship out of fuel after getting damaged fighting a space beastie - do you simply build a fuel tanker and send it there? Does it auto fill with fuel - if i left it on auto would it take fuel to the stricken ship - which somehow after 30 mins sorted itself out and flew off anyway!
Tankers are busticated to be honest. Ship to ship refuelling just sucks, the implementation is horrible. Ships without fuel can still travel at 33% speed, so if you try to send a tanker to it, it will play an endless game of warp in, fail to catch up, go back to warp to try again. Repeat until both ships reach the destination anyway. All you do is tie up two ships instead of one.
And after about 8 hours gaming now, and exploring maybe 15 systems i still havent found a suitable colony if im sticking to the 20% rule - this sound normal?
That does sound a bit on the unlucky side, although by the time I shelved the game in my latest run, I'd only found one other suitable planet.