Retrofitting Captured Ships

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by SgtBigG:
I recently captured two dreadnoughts which had psychic weapons. The weapons had been destroyed in battle. I then designed a new ship which had the same components as the captured ships and subbed in different weapons. Then I retrofitted the captured ships to the new design. The question is, is this cost effective? Would I be better off scrapping the captured ships and building new ones from hull up? Thanks.

G

IMHO, what you did was a better deal. I don't know what scrapping returns, but the Ultra Recycler I is needed to get 40 % return (maybe it's 30 % return by default?)

I often don't even build dreads, a shipyard 1 can take 7 months for an advanced design. But retrofiting a captured ship can be done in two turns or less.