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  12 hulls requires  800 SY workers for each hull above  8.
C. 13 to  30 hulls requires 1600 SY workers for each hull above  12.
D. 31 to  74 hulls requires 3200 SY workers for each hull above  30.
E. 75 to 200 hulls requires 6400 SY workers for each hull above  74.

HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS	HULLS	WORKERS
3	360	43	85760	83	242560	123	93760	163	125760
4	640	44	88960	84	248960	124	94560	164	126560
5	920	45	92160	85	255360	125	95360	165	127360
6	1200	46	95360	86	261760	126	96160	166	128160
7	1480	47	98560	87	268160	127	96960	167	128960
8	1760	48	101760	88	274560	128	97760	168	129760
9	2560	49	104960	89	280960	129	98560	169	130560
10	3360	50	108160	90	287360	130	99360	170	131360
11	4160	51	111360	91	293760	131	100160	171	132160
12	4960	52	114560	92	300160	132	100960	172	132960
13	6560	53	117760	93	306560	133	101760	173	133760
14	8160	54	120960	94	312960	134	102560	174	134560
15	9760	55	124160	95	319360	135	103360	175	135360
16	11360	56	127360	96	325760	136	104160	176	136160
17	12960	57	130560	97	332160	137	104960	177	136960
18	15360	58	133760	98	338560	138	105760	178	137760
19	17760	59	136960	99	344960	139	106560	179	138560
20	20160	60	140160	100	351360	140	107360	180	139360
21	22560	61	143360	101	357760	141	108160	181	140160
22	24960	62	146560	102	364160	142	108960	182	140960
23	27360	63	149760	103	370560	143	109760	183	141760
24	29760	64	152960	104	376960	144	110560	184	142560
25	32160	65	156160	105	383360	145	111360	185	143360
26	34560	66	159360	106	389760	146	112160	186	144160
27	36960	67	162560	107	396160	147	112960	187	144960
28	39360	68	165760	108	402560	148	113760	188	145760
29	41760	69	168960	109	408960	149	114560	189	146560
30	44160	70	172160	110	415360	150	115360	190	147360
31	47360	71	175360	111	421760	151	116160	191	148160
32	50560	72	178560	112	428160	152	116960	192	148960
33	53760	73	181760	113	434560	153	117760	193	149760
34	56960	74	184960	114	440960	154	118560	194	150560
35	60160	75	191360	115	447360	155	119360	195	151360
36	63360	76	197760	116	453760	156	120160	196	152160
37	66560	77	204160	117	460160	157	120960	197	152960
38	69760	78	210560	118	466560	158	121760	198	153760
39	72960	79	216960	119	472960	159	122560	199	154560
40	76160	80	223360	120	479360	160	123360	200	155360
41	79360	81	229760	121	485760	161	124160
42	82560	82	236160	122	492160	162	124960