Each ship purchased becomes part of the local fleet. At the time the ship is built, the ship is assigned specifications based on ship type and the current level of planetary technologies. In other words, a Destroyer built a month ago could have lesser capabilities than a Destroyer built today, assuming one or more of the ship technologies improved over that time. Ships can be additionally enhanced through alien artifacts and by gaining veteran status during combat.
Ships can not be built unless there are points in each of the ship technologies. It will be hard to perform star to star travel without significant Ship Propulsion technology. Ship Propulsion relates directly to how fast the newly built ship can travel. Futhermore, Planetary Defense Bases (PDB) or ships can not be built or repaired unless the Shipyard is large enough to handle it.
All ships and PDB require Soldiers as part of the purchasing resource. Only Colony Ships, Small Cargo, Large Cargo and Salvage Ships require Personnel as a purchasing resource.
Parameter | Shipyard Required |
Tonnage | Product Cost | Metal Cost | Energy Cost | Consumable Cost | Soldier Cost |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colony Ship | 150 | 1,200 | 1,950 | 1,525 | 1,525 | 1,850 | 5,000 |
Small Cargo | 250 | 400 | 200 | 400 | 200 | 200 | 100 |
Marine Transport | 350 | 1,200 | 600 | 900 | 600 | 600 | 400 |
Salvage Ship | 400 | 2,000 | 600 | 800 | 600 | 700 | 150 |
Recon | 500 | 1,800 | 600 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 100 |
Corvette | 700 | 1,600 | 900 | 1,500 | 700 | 700 | 300 |
Frigate | 1,000 | 3,200 | 1,500 | 2,700 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 700 |
Large Cargo | 1,300 | 2,000 | 1,200 | 2,200 | 1,000 | 900 | 400 |
Destroyer | 1,700 | 5,600 | 2,500 | 4,500 | 2,000 | 1,400 | 1,300 |
Black Ops Ship | 2,000 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 900 | 450 | 40 |
Light Cruiser | 2,200 | 13,200 | 4,875 | 9,500 | 4,500 | 4,000 | 2,100 |
Heavy Cruiser | 2,800 | 19,200 | 6,750 | 12,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 3,100 |
Battleship | 3,500 | 34,400 | 12,000 | 19,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 4,300 |
Dreadnought | 4,000 | 48,400 | 20,000 | 32,000 | 16,000 | 12,000 | 5,700 |
Mobile Shipyard | 4,000 | 21,000 | 13,000 | 11,000 | 9,000 | 6,000 | 2,500 |