[billb in Austin]

Is there a way to quickly build warp modules after you have researched the technology? Even with a Level 3 ship yard on a populated planet, building a cruiser or battle cruiser with a warp closer or opener takes about 10 turns.

Now typically when one wants to build a battleship quickly one creates several models of it, each one with more modules and progressively more expensive than the previous model. Then, if you have an orbiting ship yard with many repair modules on it, all you do is build the cheapest model of the battleship, say crew quarters, bridge, life support and a few engines. And then once it is built, remodel that 4 or 5 times right then, and even though the ship you are going to build has 24 damage, because you have a lot of repair modules you can actually have it built on the next turn.

The problem is, how does that process work for a building a ship with a warp module? A warp module costs so much, about 60K points or something, that even if you try to remodel a dreadnaught several times over I do not think it is possible to get it built in one turn.

Once you have already built a ship with a warp module, then if you have the points it is immediate to remodel it with a later Version of the warp module, say Warp 3 or 4. But does anyone know the steps to remodel a ship in one turn into a warp capable ship?