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