[DirectorTsaarx]

Uh, raynor; first, a ship-based space yard should probably be less capable than a planet space yard, due to the limited space, effort in transporting supplies back and forth, etc. Now, I think space yards on BASES should be better than space yards on a ship; but I'm not willing to accept that a base space yard should be better than a planetary space yard. And finally, the only way I know that a small planet can outbuild a large planet is when the small planet has a planetary space yard facility and the large planet does not. And even then, if it's a sufficiently large population, it may still outbuild the small planet. example: base is 2000 of each resource for planet without space yard. Space Yard I facility builds at 2500 of each resource per turn. A planet with 1M to 99M people and a SY facility would build at 2500 each per turn (neglecting happiness bonuses and racial bonuses, for simplicity). A planet with 3B to 4B people will build at 2600 of each resource per turn. So the SY facility makes up for those 3B to 4B people.

Now, that seems like a huge number, but have you ever tried building a car in your own garage vs. having it built in a factory designed to build cars?