Ship Yards

A shipyard is the most sophisticated, expensive endeavor a colony can be directed to undertake. Shipyards are relatively slow to construct and require huge amounts of metals. Once built, however, a shipyard is the most valuable possession one can have. With a large shipyard, one need never visit an Imperial base at all; in fact with a large enough shipyard you can build things the Empire would never dare sell to you.

The major occupation of a shipyard is the construction of fighter ships. These can either be accumulated on-planet, or exported for profit. Building fighters requires a large work force, and a good supply of metals. Since fighters are the basis for both the attack and defense of planets, an aggressive warrior will need a plentiful supply.

The shipyard may also be directed to produce ground-mounted laser turrets for planetary defense. A turret requires roughly the same amount of materiel and labor as a fighter.

In addition to fighter craft and ground defenses, the shipyard can build or repair your starship. Not only are simple repairs performed cheaper and more conveniently than in an Imperial yard, enhancements to the ship are more easily obtained in your own yard. The level of work the docks can do is proportional to the number of workers working there. The following table gives the size of the ship that can be fully repaired and purchase ship components in ship yards of a given size.

Item	Multiplier	Example 10 available hulls on planet
Torpedoes	2	20 hulls max
Fuel Tanks	5	50 hulls max
Lasers	10	100 hull max
Shields	10	100 hulls max
Life Support	5	50 hulls max
Fighter Bays	5	50 hulls max
Impulse Drive	4	40 hulls max
Warp Drive	2	20 hulls max
Note: There is a Warp Drive Limit for all Civilian Ships = 12340

This table shows the exact number of Ship Yard workers required to produce a given amount of hulls. Please Note The Following:

A.  4 to   8 hulls requires 280 SY workers for each hull above  3.
B.  9 to 200 hulls requires 800 SY workers for each hull above  8.

HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS
3	360	43	29760	83	61760	123	93760	163	125760
4	640	44	30560	84	62560	124	94560	164	126560
5	920	45	31360	85	63360	125	95360	165	127360
6	1200	46	32160	86	64160	126	96160	166	128160
7	1480	47	32960	87	64960	127	96960	167	128960
8	1760	48	33760	88	65760	128	97760	168	129760
9	2560	49	34560	89	66560	129	98560	169	130560
10	3360	50	35360	90	67360	130	99360	170	131360
11	4160	51	36160	91	68160	131	100160	171	132160
12	4960	52	36960	92	68960	132	100960	172	132960
13	5760	53	37760	93	69760	133	101760	173	133760
14	6560	54	38560	94	70560	134	102560	174	134560
15	7360	55	39360	95	71360	135	103360	175	135360
16	8160	56	40160	96	72160	136	104160	176	136160
17	8960	57	40960	97	72960	137	104960	177	136960
18	9760	58	41760	98	73760	138	105760	178	137760
19	10560	59	42560	99	74560	139	106560	179	138560
20	11360	60	43360	100	75360	140	107360	180	139360
21	12160	61	44160	101	76160	141	108160	181	140160
22	12960	62	44960	102	76960	142	108960	182	140960
23	13760	63	45760	103	77760	143	109760	183	141760
24	14560	64	46560	104	78560	144	110560	184	142560
25	15360	65	47360	105	79360	145	111360	185	143360
26	16160	66	48160	106	80160	146	112160	186	144160
27	16960	67	48960	107	80960	147	112960	187	144960
28	17760	68	49760	108	81760	148	113760	188	145760
29	18560	69	50560	109	82560	149	114560	189	146560
30	19360	70	51360	110	83360	150	115360	190	147360
31	20160	71	52160	111	84160	151	116160	191	148160
32	20960	72	52960	112	84960	152	116960	192	148960
33	21760	73	53760	113	85760	153	117760	193	149760
34	22560	74	54560	114	86560	154	118560	194	150560
35	23360	75	55360	115	87360	155	119360	195	151360
36	24160	76	56160	116	88160	156	120160	196	152160
37	24960	77	56960	117	88960	157	120960	197	152960
38	25760	78	57760	118	89760	158	121760	198	153760
39	26560	79	58560	119	90560	159	122560	199	154560
40	27360	80	59360	120	91360	160	123360	200	155360
41	28160	81	60160	121	92160	161	124160
42	28960	82	60960	122	92960	162	124960