[Krsqk]

My bad. I guess I should have tried a few more designs during my empty-shell-to-huge-planet-destroyer retroseries. The only connection I could find was the lack of rads. The total cost of the added engines must have been the problem. The corrected entry is as follows:

Repairs and Retrofitting
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1.4.5 A faster, but more expensive, method to build ships is to use a retroseries. First, build a basic Version of the ship, usually taking a single turn. Then retrofit through a series of designs which gradually add components to the ship. Remember, though, that there can only be a 50% difference in total cost. If you are building a stellar manipulation ship (which has a single very expensive component), you can use any combination of components to get the total cost close enough to the amount needed to add the stellar manip. component, at which point the other components can be removed. (Thanks to Imperator Fyron for clearing up my confusion on this issue.)

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[ May 15, 2002, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: Krsqk ]