 Construction Ship
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| Tag | CORCS |
| Class | CNSTR |
| Built by |
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| Tech Level | 1 |
| Metal Cost | 260 |
| Energy Cost | 2375 |
| Build Time | 5537 |
| Max Velocity | 25.2 m/s |
| Acceleration | 0.10 m/s/s |
| Turn Rate | 34 deg/s |
 Construction Ship
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| Tag | ARMCS |
| Class | SHIP |
| Built by |
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| Tech Level | 1 |
| Metal Cost | 255 |
| Energy Cost | 2130 |
| Build Time | 5121 |
| Max Velocity | 25.2 m/s |
| Acceleration | 0.11 m/s/s |
| Turn Rate | 33 deg/s |
The Construction Ship is a level 1 naval construction unit that is available to both CORE and ARM factions. Limited to exclusively building naval structures and towers (and the Light Laser Tower), Constructions Ships are the backbone of any sea-based campaign and absolutely essential on maps where it's either impractical to build units on land, or no land exists to build anything on at all. Each Construction Ship will passively generate +0.3 metal and +7 energy per tick, in addition to increasing the player's metal and energy storage capacity by 50 each; Construction Ships are also equipped with the most powerful nanolathe of all T1 units, but this is usually offset by naval units having higher build times compared to their respective land counterparts.
Construction Ships are the only practical way to increase metal generation on sea-only maps, as the Commander's heavily reduced underwater speed effectively shuts down its expansion capabilities, and the Construction Seaplane is too far down the build tree to be attainable before needing enough metal to build a fleet; adding to this, the Adv. Construction Sub is unable to build a structure that generates metal, cementing the need for Construction Ships to keep building Underwater Metal Extractors and Floating Metal Makers as the demand for metal grows. Despite the curious inclusion of the Light Laser Tower in its build list, a Construction Ship will often struggle to get close enough to a shoreline to successfully initiate construction of one, raising questions as to why it's even there in the first place.
Commander's Handbook[]
CORE[]
| Construction Ship Builds Level 1 & 2 fortifications and the Advanced Shipyard. |
ARM[]
| Construction Ship Builds Level 1 & 2 fortifications and the Advanced Shipyard. |
Build List[]
CORE[]
ARM[]
Trivia[]
- Prior to Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency and the introduction of the Advanced Construction Sub, the Construction Ship could be built in the Adv. Shipyard.
- Due to an oversight, the A.I. is still able to build the Construction Ship in the Adv. Shipyard, in addition to the Advanced Construction Sub.