Ship Yards

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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