However, this does not allow the conqueror to control the occupied base instead, they receive 30% of the base's income. Once a base is constructed, it can be managed in the same manner as a player's existing bases.Ī player can also conquer other players' bases, which are then occupied by the conquering player. Thus, it is important to scout potential base locations first, to ensure that a player does not waste time by sending an outpost ship to an astro which already has a base or by building a base on a bad astro. The only way to build new bases is to construct outpost ships and send them to empty astros. As might be expected, they have a cost in credits and take a certain amount of time to research (this time determined by the base's research rating). More expensive and stronger ships require a higher level of shipyards and technologies to be produced. This much will allow you to build fighters, the cheapest ship.

Likewise, technologies can only be researched at bases which have built research labs. To build fleets (ships) at a base, there must be at least one level of shipyards, and you must have researched at least one level of the Laser technology. In addition, most ships require multiple shipyards to be built, and all ships have technological requirements that must be met in order to be built at all. Like structures, ships have a credit cost and will require a certain amount of time to build (determined by the base's production rating, again measured in a number of credits that can be spent each hour). Thus, it takes 1/12 of an hour to build the metal refinery, or 5 minutes.įleet (ships) can only be produced at bases which have shipyards at them. To determine how long it will take a base to construct a new structure, divide the credit cost of the structure by the base's construction rating (which is measured in a number of credits that can be spent per hour) for example, a new base can construct buildings at the rate of 12 credits per hour, and a metal refinery initially costs 1 credit. However, defenses will not protect the fleets of guild members who might be in orbit around that base. Most structures require one 'area' on the planet and one 'population' unit for each level, although there are some exceptions for example, Urban Structures do not require a population unit, and Terraforming and Orbital Bases require neither area nor population.ĭefenses are a special kind of structure that automatically help to protect a base from other players who attack it, and also protect that player's ships in orbit around the base. Player can build defensive structures at bases to protect the base, shipyards to produce starships, and research labs to research technologies, beside others structures.Īll structures cost a certain amount of credits, which directly affects how long it takes the structure to be built, and require a certain amount of energy as well. Having a base on an astro means that a player owns that astro, and can use it to build various structures, most of which boost the base's ability to construct new buildings, produce new ships, and research new technologies, and many of which improve its economy, thus boosting the player's credit income.

Astro empires ships