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February 20, 1995

GIBRALTAR MICHIGAN, USA.  Stardock Systems Inc., the makers of
Galactic Civilizations announced Shipyards for GalCiv today.
Shipyards gives GalCiv players and the computer players the
ability to design star ships from scratch.

Currently, users are given "pre-made" ships such as Battle Hammers,
Stealth Cruisers, etc.  With Shipyards, users can use existing
technologies like phasors, warp drive, photons, etc. and create
a brand new type of ship.

For example, you could build a custom ship called "Galaxy Class" which
has 4 banks of phasors, 2 photon torpedo bays, Hyperspace drive,
Tri-Andrium armor, Barrier class shields, etc..  The only limitation is
how advanced you are technologically.  The larger the ship you build,
the more expensive the ship becomes. Larger ships can take more damage
and carry more weapons.  You can also decide how the ship looks by
choosing one of the many different ship hull types.

"During the later stages of GalCiv development, many beta testers liked how
you could design your own types of ships like in 'Masters of Orion'.
We believed that such a feature in the base game would give GalCiv an
overly militaristic feel to the game. But with Shipyards, users now
have this ability and more." said Brad Wardell of Stardock Systems.

Furthermore, Shipyards has an AI module in it that allows the computer
players to design their own ships. So you will have to contend with
a virtually infinite number of alien ship types as the game progresses.
The ships also have their own unique sets of graphics so Shipyards' owners
will see brand new ships flying across their screens.

Because Star ship designs are treated as unique technologies, users will
be able to trade ship designs and steal ship designs from other players.
Moreover, you will also be able to keep track of how successful your
ship designs are by viewing sales reports in the Shipyards report screen.
This screen shows how other ship building companies are doing.  The more
of your ship designs are being built, the more money your ship building
company will make.

It also comes with "ItemEdit" which will let you modify the various
components that go into the ships.  For example, you could edit range
and power of Phasors or decide that you get TransWarp drive when you
achieve BattleShip technology instead of Warp Drive.  Users will have
maximum control over the components that they and the computer AI have.
The AI will automatically adjust its strategy to take into account the
modified values.

The documentation also includes the GalCiv technology tree

A number of snapshots from Shipyards are available on
hobbes.nmsu.edu in the /incoming directory. The file is Shipyard.zip.

Shipyards is available from Stardock Systems for $14.95.  Shipping is
$2 for USA and $5 outside USA.

Stardock Systems also sells Galactic Civilizations for $59.95.

You can reach Stardock Systems at:
Phone:  [phone]am to 4pm EST
Fax:    [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]
Cserve: 75763,3515
On Compuserve GO STARDOCK
Visa and Mastercard are accepted.
Stardock Systems Inc.
13405 Addison
Gibraltar MI 48173
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Shipyards for GalCiv v1.0.

REQUIRES GalCiv v1.01 or later.


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