Xenon I on the cheap

[Reven]

I just finished reverse engineering the Xenon I, and wow! No one had production costs for it, so I was in the dark. I expected something at least in line with the Kyoto or Megalodon. The relatively short period of time it took to reverse engineer suggested it was going to be cheap to build, but I was shocked to see it actually cost just less than a Galleon. Fully one third the cost of a Valhalla. I thought this was a mistake, but the K is the same way - itself cheaper than most M7s.

I guess leave it to a machine race to make ships that are easy to manufacture. And no wonder the Xenon keep coming, they can build three major warships for the same resources it takes everyone else to make one. I think I've found my standard sector guardians now.

EDIT: Here are the exact numbers for anyone who is interested

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Energy Cells        77053
Ore 	              3209
Teladiunium 	      2406
Silicon Wafers       2406
Rastar Oil 	       1604
Microchips 	       1604
Cloth Rimes 	       802
Crystals 	          802
Quantum Tubes 	     802
Computer Components   802
Credits 	    22,730,784

[RAVEN.myst]

Js and Ks are phenomenal in that regard, being cheaper/quicker to build than frigates, so it's not a *complete* surprise that the I is also cost/time-effective, but it's good to get a confirmation - thanks!

[TTD]

you play this game for years and someone still finds out something you did not know before !!!

[jlehtone]

Inspired by this thread I finally went to "purchase" an I. It was costly, very costly. Many good marines KIA. (But the Xenon we generous enough to add a K into the deal. Bit late for Cyber Monday ...)

Two new ships for the engineers. Too bad there is almost three ingame days of other stuff on their desk at the moment.

[zazie]

@jlehtone:
If you really want to go into serious ship building, then play a mod that offers player-owned Shipyards. You will enjoy it

My experience: XTC . In a sector that has a lot of ressources (=asteroids) I have a complex to produce everything used in Shipyards. In my actual game, this complex provides the ressources for four Teladi-Shipyards, with four production lines each.

Actually, I have several I, K and Kha'ak Dreadnoughts in production. I also use those shipyards for repairs of bailed M2 - much cheaper than 'auto-repair' by drones (optional in the ship's main menu).

[Reven]

I have standardized on the I now as my standard sector defense ship. I find it quite an attractive ship too - if you turn the saturation up in the PHQ, you can get a paint job on it that where has a nice subtle blue or purple hue that makes it look somewhat mysterious.

I also have a newfound appreciation for the Q. Cheap to build, and a fantastic OOS augment to an I. A trio of Q's on a "protect" mission will triple the firepower of the I while the I can take a beating. This setup routinely turns the full battle groups the pirates and Xenon send into new material for planetary rings.