Orbital Works

	Centralized manufacturing infrastructure for production of heavy industrial equipment, supplies, and weapons. Also capable of producing barely-spaceworthy starships; a nanoforge can be installed to improve production quality. Upgraded with an orbital component that further facilitates ship construction, resulting in fewer manufacturing defects.
–In-game description

Orbital Works is an industry. It can be built at any Colony by upgrading a Heavy Industry. It can be optionally downgraded back to Heavy Industry.

Statistics

Effects

Ships produced will have a +20% ship quality bonus, averaging 1 fewer D-mod per ship.

Upkeep

Orbital Works has a base upkeep of 6 000 credits, increasing by the same amount for each colony size past 3.

Production

Orbital Works produces the following commodities:

• Heavy Machinery: equal to colony size, minus two
• Supplies: equal to colony size, minus two
• Heavy Armaments: equal to colony size, minus two
• Ship Hulls & Weapons: equal to colony size, minus two

Demands

Orbital Works demands the following commodities:

• Metals: equal to colony size
• Transplutonics: equal to colony size, minus two

AI Cores

Orbital Works receives the following bonuses when assigned an AI Core:

• Gamma: reduces demand by 1 unit
• Beta: reduces demand by 1 unit, reduces upkeep cost by 25%
• Alpha: reduces demand by 1 unit, reduces upkeep cost by 25%, increases production by 1 unit

In addition, a Corrupted Nanoforge or Pristine Nanoforge can be installed, which will increase production by 1 and 3 respectively, as well as increase ship quality by 20% and 50% respectively.

Notes

• Increases Luddic Path cell interest moderately (2), increasing to 6 if a nanoforge is installed.

Change History

0.9

• Added to the game

At least two versions out of date. Last verified for version 0.9. Please refer to Version History and update this page.