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