Construction Drone allocation query

[Scoob]

Hey all,

Construction Drones. Needed for ship building and maintenance. However, I find myself wondering how the game allocates them when multiple Ship Fabrication Bays are present.

I build my first Wharf that had three S/M Ship Fabrication Bays. I allocated 300 Construction Drones to this, which seemed to be about 3x what would usually be used. However, I'd not maxed out all 24 (8x3) possible build slots at once, so that might explain it.

As time has gone on, I've added three L Ship Fabrication Bays and, most recently three XL ones. I just queued up three Destroyer (L-Class) to be built and noticed that the station is reporting 20 minutes per ship, which seemed a bit high as they were taking 16 previously - before the XL Bays were added. I check the station, and of 300 Construction Drones only 79 are in use. I did wonder if Construction Drones are allocated per bay, so a given bay has a set proportion of the total Drones allocated to it, even if not active. Thus, having more Fabrication Bays actually diluted those 300 Construction Drones. So, I added another 300, taking the total to 600 Construction Drones. However, only 79 are allocated still, perhaps this allocation is fixed until the next ship build is scheduled?

Basically, if anyone knows, I'd like to understand EXACTLY how Construction Drone allocation between multiple bays works. The number of Drones allocated to those three L-Class Bays has gone DOWN over time, despite more Drones being available and the other Bays being idle.

In the past, I've seen build times DROP on some build as others are finished. That's suggests Construction Drone "Dilution" is a thing over multiple builds. I just don't understand the exact mechanics of it.