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- 1 Shield Production Facility 1GJ (no frigate is built in less than 19 hours which equates to 11 shields worth of production)
- 4 Shield Production Facility 1MJ (Valkyrie)
- 2 Shield Production Facility 200MJ (Katana)
- 4 Shield Production Facility 25MJ (Solano)
- 2 Shield Production Facility 2GJ (Xenon J)
- 8 Shield Production Facility 5MJ (Enhanced Pericles)
- 3 Impulse Ray Emitter Forge (Enhanced Pericles)(Xenon N is the runner up)
- 28 Flak Artillery Array Forge (Xenon J)(3 is enough for all other capital ships)
- 14 Ion Shard Railgun Forge (Xenon J)(4 is enough for Dragon/P)
- 18 Phased Repeater Gun Forge (Pirate Buzzard Vanguard)
- 18 Photon Pulse Cannon Forge (Xenon J)(9 is enough for Xenon K)
- 24 Pulsed Beam Emitter Forge (Pirate Scorpion)
- 4 Starburst Shockwave Cannon Forge (Osaka/Tyr)(Xenon K is the runner up needing 3)
- 3 Point Singularity Projector Forge (all equipping ships take forever to build while Xenon capital ships can mount the superior PPC)
- 9 Cluster Flak Array Forge (Xenon J)(3 suffice for the Astraeus Hauler)
- 3 Incendiary Bomb Launcher Forge (Tiger/Shrike)
- 22 Ion Disruptor Forge (Mako)
- 20 Particle Accelerator Cannon Forge (Enhanced Pericles)(Xenon N is the runner up)
- 3 Phased Shockwave Generator Forge (Paranid M7s)
- 5 Plasma Burst Generator Forge (Nova)
- 173 EM Plasma Cannon Forge (Valkyrie)
- 15 High Energy Plasma Cannon Forge (Pirate Scorpion)
- 92 Fragmentation Bomb Launcher Forge (Enhanced Pericles)
- 12 Matter/Antimatter Launcher Forge (Xenon J)
- 38 Mass Driver Forge (Drone Hauler)
- 17 Concussion Impulse Generator Forge (Xenon J)
- 6 Energy Bolt Chaingun Forge (Nova)(if the player manipulates the stock market using Energy Bolt Chainguns then there will be far more factories)
- 10 Gauss Cannon Forge (Xenon K)
- 2 Ion Cannon Forge (Thresher)
- 5 Ion Pulse Generator Forge (MedusaHydra)
As can be seen from this list the Valkyrie, Enhanced Pericles and Xenon J are very weapon and shield hungry ships
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