What would be cool is if you could upgrade an existing ships components.
That is if you don't have the hull type, you cannot upgrade a ship, but lets say you salvaged a ship, you could upgrade it's existing components.
This should/would have to be done at a shipyard.
Building a new ship and sending it could be cheaper. Along with that upgrading ships would add micro and they want to reduce it.
Like many of my wants. They sound nice but not going to happen IMHO.
This would be for when you "can't" build a new ship of the same size.
For example if I have't researched medium Hull size, yet need to upgrade my initial survey ship. I already have the medium hull size I just want to add(or swap out) some components.
In the design screen make a new ship using the original ship of the one you want to upgrade.
Save it.
Now go to the ship and tell it to upgrade to the new design you saved.
Does that give you what you want.
You can add/subtract things but the hull size will stay the same.
He's not talking upgrading like in galciv. But more like panzer general. Where instead of tech research and customization you just pay to upgrade your unit which i like tech research better. You could compromise where instead of getting what you make. You have several levels of which item you research where your ships has certain built items which you pay for better versions. Kind of redundant. Never been done for custom built ships i think.
I'm talking about I have researched a new component, but not a new size hull. I have salvaged a Medium (or Large) hull ship, but would like to swap out equipment on that ship with better equip which I have researched. I want to upgrade (or swap) out a component for a different component.
If you can't build the hull you salvaged, your shipyards don't know how to upgrade one either. Neither do the invisible ship upgrade barges that upgrade your ship out in space for you. You are just going to have to face it and teach them the new hull tech. It's a pain, but what's a poor Galactic conqueror gonna do?
ec: I know, but that is why I put it under Future Ideas.
It would be nice if you could.
Maybe the devs would buy this idea if it was separated from the existing upgrade (by mysterious universally available nanotech or invisible space barges)?
I vote for a station-requiring Refit command, perhaps with a tech line of its own.
Basic function(s) cut costs for upgrading ships when you do them at an equipped facility: yards by default, bases with necessary module(s), planets with necessary improvement.
Higher functions enable reverse engineering, the component swapping described in OP, and higher returns on scrapping hulls you built...
Like the suggested options. Though refit research would have to be low hanging fruit, because if I can just research a hull quicker(or even equal), the refit would be of little use.
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