Crystalline Cradle
Ships are grown in crystalline cradles shaped by probability fields. The Voidborn consider each vessel a unique sculpture.
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Stats
CategoryService
Level5
Build Cost0 cr
Build Time0 ticks
Labor Cost350
Always OnYes
ServiceShipyard
EmpireVoidborn
UniqueOne per station
Maintenance
Consumed continuously to keep the facility running. Starve it and it degrades.
SuppliedProbability fields coax hull alloys into impossible shapes, each vessel growing as unique molecular sculpture. The Voidborn observe with satisfaction.
StarvedThat's the philosophy, anyway. Growth patterns collapse into crude uniformity, probability fields losing coherence. Ships emerge functionally sound but philosophically offensive to their creators.
Upgrade Chain
Crystalline Cradle has no upgrade path — it is built once, at this level.
Lore
Conventional shipyards cut, weld, and bolt. The Cradle grows. Probability fields coax hull alloys into shapes that shouldn't be structurally sound but demonstrably are. No two ships from the Cradle are identical at the molecular level, though they conform to standard class specifications. The Voidborn find mass production philosophically offensive.