Construction

As time passes, you will undoubtedly want to build more units. Units take time and money to build, however. The Economic Point Value of a military unit is usually the same as its BPV (shown on the SSD). On occasion, there may be two values separated by a slash. In this case, the first number is the unit's EPV. The Dilithium required for the engines of a warp-powered vessel is listed here:

Hull	Dilithium
W-anything	0
YFF/YDD	1
YCL/YCA	2
YDN/YBB	3
FF	1
DD	2
CL	3
CA	4
BC	5
SHC	6
DN	7
BB	8

Variants on hulls require the same amount as a normal hull. Note that several races have CAs that are can be upgraded to a BC (or DD to CL, etc.). These upgrades will require the difference in dilithium costs.

Ships must be built in a facility designed for shipbuilding. Any Major Planet has the facilities for a Shipyard except for the Construction Docks. Each unit which can serve as a Construction Dock will have a listed capacity, and may only be built at a Major Planet (exception: YDKs may be built anywhere Starbases may, but those away from a Major Planet may not serve as Construction Docks).

Construction Docks may be specialized to build W-era or Y-era ships for 100EP/N where N is the largest size class the (non-specialized) Dock can build. Once specialized for a particular unit the dock may not build any other hull type, but ships of that hull type take one less turn to complete at that dock (minimum one turn). Some units (like fighters, PFs, and Ground Bases) require a specialized Dock, and so don't get any time bonus.

Construction Docks may only build a single unit at a time. Large docks may build ships of size class 2 and smaller, medium docks may build size class 3 and smaller, and small docks may build size class 4 and smaller. Specialized docks for ground bases, fighters, and PFs are exceptions:

Dock	Construction
Small	1 ground base (any size) -or- 6 PFs/INTs -or- 12 fighters
Medium	2 small ground bases -or- 9 PFs/INTs -or- 18 fighters
Large	3 small ground bases -or- 12 PFs/INTs -or- 24 fighters

1 medium ground base may be substituted for any two small ground bases. Note that specializations are unique, so a dock may not be used for both PFs and fighters, or fighters and bases (and so forth). Only one construction dock may be placed on each hex-side of a planet.

Mobile Bases may be built in standard construction docks or in docks specialised for ground bases. They may be built as a single Size Class 3 unit, or two Size Class 4 units. As an exception to the standard rules, large docks may build both SC4 sections simultaneously. For example, it will take two small docks one turn to build both sections, one medium dock two turns, and one large dock one turn.

Construction times differ according to the size of the unit.

Unit Type	Construction Time
Battleship	4 Turns
Size Class 2	3 Turns
Size Class 3	2 Turns
Size Class 4	1 Turn
Size Class 5	1 Turn