[President_Elect_Shang]

Actually I am keeping very detailed notes. In fact if you read the FAQ in the SFTC download thread or the ReadMe.txt in the download itself it provides a very clear description that Retro-Construction is taking any hull you have developed and adding outdated components to it. But if your like me you don't read crap, just play and figure as you go. As for construction rates I strongly suggest you take good care of your ships and try not to get them killed. Money to build ships won't be your problem (this is in the FAQ too) it is the build time that will get your empire squashed. You must build up and build often. Mothballing is a well known and very heavily used tactic in the SF board game.