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 in ship yards of a given size.
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
