Space Yard / Repair Bay questions

[QuarianRex]

Note that when upgrading the 50% is a factor of *each* resource not the total. For example, you cannot upgrade a ship costing 5000 min, 10 org, and 2000 rad to one that costs 5000 min, 50 org, and 2000 rad even though the difference in total resource cost (7010 vs. 7050) is well within the 50% barrier.

Trust me I encountered this a lot in my Borg mod. They tend to be somewhat retrofit happy and I was many times stymied by a negligible shift in the oft-neglected organics.

[Ratqueen]

Originally posted by QuarianRex:
Note that when upgrading the 50% is a factor of *each* resource not the total.

Thanks for the clarification. I always thought it was 50% of the total cost. I'll be sure to add that in my manual addendum.

Thanks also to everybody else who replied my original questions!

[capnq]

Note that when upgrading the 50% is a factor of *each* resource not the total.

This is not correct.

50% of the total cost, minerals+organics+rads.

This is correct.

[QuarianRex]

Just did a test and it looks like I was wrong. Retrofits are based on total resources after all. Must have been designing ships with too tight a margin for error and misattributed the problem.

My bad.

[Krsqk]

My bad.

Don't feel too bad. I did the same thing on the Newbie FAQ thread. Makes me wonder if it wasn't like this once, though, maybe in pre-Gold.

[Wardad]

Really good info guys.

Does anyone know how the retrofit surchagres are figured? Is it base surcharge, + removal, +install, and/or %?

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Woof!

[capnq]

Does anyone know how the retrofit surchagres are figured?

According to this old thread, it's 10% of the cost of the removed components plus 70% of the cost of the new components.