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When you find a suitable location for a base and decide to build one, your ship's communication system sends a signal to the nearest regional Imperial HQ, and a ship with enough pre-fabricated materials to build 2 turrets ans 3 shield generators is sent. That vessel builds the base and bills you for 1,500,000 credits, before it departs. Bases serve 2 basic functions:
When you click Orbit in current sector, you see a list of bases already on a planet, and an option to build a new base. Every base listed displays the name, the owner, owner's alliance and the build level of the base. Build level represents the number of defensive buldings on the surface of the base. It is calculated by adding up all defensive structures (turrets, shield generators, drone hangars) and dividing the sum by 3. The more experienced you get, the more bases you are allowed to manage. When you reach level 10, you can own 2 bases. Base Status screen The status screen is the one you will see every time you land. It provides you with the knowledge of the base's defences and the merchants that have docked on the base. The menu items you see in the above status screen, will be further explained in detail here: Base Construction screen This screen is where you build all the buildings on a base. The first screen you jump to, has the details of the structure that is being built (name and estimated time of completion). The roll down menu allows you to select what you wish to build. A base's construction menu is divided into several categories, as is seen in the picture above. Here is a list of the buildings, and their tasks: Factories Currently empty Communication
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Maintenance Currently empty Return to Index Base Attack screen It is only available if you have a planetary Tri-Focus Plasma (PTFP) installed on your base. You enter the target merchant, by name or by his ID number, enter the sector you know or assume he is at, and press fire. PTFP has an accuracy rating of about 75%, and delivers 150 units of damage. Massive energy requirements result in a reload time of 60 seconds. Base Defense screen This screen displays the current shield and drone capacity of your base, and the amount of both installed. To install either, you must have them installed on your ship, having them in your cargo bays will not work. If you have a BMCU installed, the following screen will also be present here: Base Ownership screen In this screen you see the owner of the planet, and the alliance he/she belongs to. A base without an owner can be claimed by entering any password. An owned base however, can only be claimed if you know the password the owner set when the base was claimed. The name of the base can be changed here by anyone, but only the owner can change the last 3 options: Construction, Military and Stockpile access. If these are set to no, only the owner can start buildings, install shields and drones or stock the planet (respectively). NOTE: Even though bases are usually considered alliance property, since everyone helps to build them, when a merchant leaves an alliance, he takes all the bases in his posession with him. Return to Index Base Stockpile screen This part of a base has several functions. First and foremost, it stores goods needed for building facilities on the base. It can also function as a secondary hangar, storing every good, piece of technology and weapon, in the amounts that are allowed. Base amount allocated for stocking, when the base is built is 600 standard cargo units. This can be increased by building Goods Storage facilities, by 100 per facility. Base Scan screen The base scanner is similar to the one found on ships, but it only scans the immediate sector. Base Hangar screen The hangar usually the most used screen on a base. It stores your ships, money, technology, weapons, shields, armor, here you can install things on your ship, or strip it clean of everything. The first part of the hangar is the ship storage bay. The owner of the planet can have up to 3 ships stored on a base, while others can have only 1. Below the storage bay, is the planetary vault. The next sections of the hangar deal with storing technology and weapons, and installing the two on your vessel. There are two sections of a hangar, one is shared, the other is private. They are identical in capacity (500 shields, armor, cargo holds, power, scouts, mines, combat drones, 20 weapons per type), the only difference is that anyone can access items in shared, whereas the private is limited to the merchant. In order to install something onto your ship, it first has to be in the hangar, not in your ship's holds. Then select the amount you want to install, and press install. To store it on your ship, press store instead of install. First there are screens that deal with shared and private technology and weapons: The next screens deal with your ship: |
