I found a thread from about 5 years ago discussing the topic of being able to build multiple classes from one tooled shipyard. Does anyone have any updated information regarding the requirements to be able to build ships of differing classes from the same tooled shipyard?
I know its not all about the BP of the ships as I have a 17700BP tug
Echos of Earth class Fleet Tug 286,200 tons 6070 Crew 17790.2 BP TCS 5724 TH 45000 EM 0
7861 km/s Armour 8-386 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 39 Max Repair 100 MSP
Tractor Beam
Internal Confinement Fusion Drive E0.48 (200) Power 225 Fuel Use 4.8% Signature 225 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 15,000,000 Litres Range 1965.3 billion km (2893 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
and a 2461BP group of cargo modules
Full Boxes class Freighter 262,600 tons 370 Crew 2461.4 BP TCS 5252 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 5-365 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 6 Max Repair 10 MSP
Cargo 250000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 50
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
that are able to be built in the same yard if it is tooled up for my Echos class. . . yet similar tonnage (and BP!) modules similar to my 'boxes for colonizing and orbital terraformers are not able to be built in the same yard.
Greener Pastures class Colony Ship 262,600 tons 1120 Crew 11961.4 BP TCS 5252 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 5-365 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 28 Max Repair 10 MSP
Colonists 1000000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 50
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Eden class Terraformer 257,400 tons 2065 Crew 6251.6 BP TCS 5148 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 3-360 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 15 Max Repair 500 MSP
Terraformer: 10 module(s) producing 0.012 atm per annum
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
I realize that the ships are rather large in terms of tonnage, but I have the yards to build them in my current game. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on here? I am not completely sure, but I think this topic fits better in the Academy or maybe the ATAC thread as opposed to Ship Design.
EDIT:
I have in the past managed to get all of these classes to "fit" in a single yard I am just having some difficulty in repeating that feat. It might also be useful to mention this in the Wiki.