Orbital Shipyard
Orbital capacity for big projects.
What it does
Moves heavy production into orbit and adds high-capacity fleet construction.
Orbital yards take pressure off planetary production and make heavy fleet programs manageable.
What it enables
Adds parallel production capacity for late fleets and special ship programs.
Cost for level 1
Building time depends on the planet’s Robotics Factory and Nanite Factory levels and on the universe speed, so it is not a fixed number.
Cost per level
Each level multiplies the previous cost by ×2, so each further level gets steadily more expensive the further you push it.
| To level | Metal | Crystal | Deuterium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 500,000 |
| 2 | 8,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 5 | 64,000,000 | 32,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 10 | 2,048,000,000 | 1,024,000,000 | 256,000,000 |
| 15 | 65,536,000,000 | 32,768,000,000 | 8,192,000,000 |
Requirements
| Requirement | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Hyperspace Technology | Research | 6 |
| Nanite Factory | Planet | 3 |
| Shipyard | Planet | 8 |
Every one of these must be met before Orbital Shipyard can be ordered.
What it unlocks
| Unlocked | Type | At level |
|---|---|---|
| Titan | Ship | 3 |
How each race builds it
The four races share the same building rules but not the same hardware — each one names and renders it differently, and applies its own combat multipliers from its race profile.
More buildings
See all buildings or return to the codex index.