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UNDER CONSTRUCTION - JUNE 2015 - IdeoPraxist

First Steps

To begin researching blueprints, an Inner Star Base (ISB) / Private Space Station needs to be constructed in Apollo. To obtain an ISB, the option to purchase a basic space station for 10,000 credits only becomes available in the SS Plato NPC (Non-Player Character) station in the Apollo star system when you complete the Susan Steele storyline for finding and delivering mining robots.

After purchase, in order to see your ISB in Apollo, you may need to leave the Apollo star system and return, or restart the game. When you return, open your Autopilot and look for Apollo Deep Space. This is the permanent location of your new ISB.

When you see the ring, the first object you want to construct is a Research Facility.

Blueprints in NPC Stations

As you visit NPC stations and look on the contracts board, the following random contracts may be offered for sale:

You then purchase Blueprints for modules to be built on your Space Station

Available Space Station Blueprints are:-

• Mining Robot Factory - build Mining robots to sell and use in Mines

• Farming Robot Factory - Build Farming Robots to sell or use on Farms

• Space Station Warehouse - Used to store manufactured goods, raw materials and food for your workers

• Electronics Factory - Needed to produce Robots and upgrade land based buildings

• Mechanical Parts Factory - Needed to produce Robots and upgrade land based buildings

• Research Laboratory - Research improvements to existing blueprints and developing new blueprints

Some Space Station Blueprints are researched in your Research Laboratory

• Fusion Power Plant - provides additional power to increase module production

• Shipyard - Used to make hulls and ship modules

• Ship module blueprints can be obtained in Janus A (some require completing the first two combat missions) and at Deep-6 after completing the tutorial. Many blueprints do not show up unless the player has enough credits to purchase them.

• The blueprints for high end ship modules do not show up until after the ship blueprint is purchased

• The gate part Blueprints, class 12 wormhole generator and class 12 promethium capacitor, do not show until after the seraph blueprint is purchased.

To build your settlement, you must purchase a blueprint for 13 of the 14 available building types. You can only get the Grain Farm blueprint through the tutorials.

You only need to buy the blueprint once, then you can build as many of that building type as you like on any planet you own a land deed for.

You do not need to have to have the money to accept the contract, you can accept a good price and pay for it later.

The available Planetary Blueprints are:-

• Grain Farm - for use on Ceres and outer colonies- only available from Susan Steele

• Iron Mine - for use on Vulcan and outer colonies

• Meat Farm - For use on Apollo and outer colonies

• Vegetable Farm - for use on Ubertus and outer colonies

• Fruit Farm - for use on Pomona and outer colonies

• Titanium Mine - for use on Veritus and outer colonies

• Aluminium Mine - for use on Vestra and outer colonies

• Carbon Mine - for use on Sol Invictus and outer colonies

• Warehouse - for central storage of goods and outer colonies

• Transport Grid - required to link your buildings together

• Power Plant - to supply power to your buildings

• Water Tower - to supply water to your buildings

• Residential Tower - to house your workers

• Entertainment Complex - to feed and entertain your workers - higher productivity

Blueprint Locations