Refinery Section
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The contents of this page were introduced in the original Sword of the Stars. |
Summary
Besides carrying a large supply of fuel for other ships, this section can be ordered to stop in-system and convert resources in the area to fuel, replenishing its supply. Carrying this supply of fuel as well as processing equipment makes this section extremely slow and vulnerable.
The Refinery section is a Cruiser mission section that is an improvement over the Destroyer Tanker. The primary purpose is still refueling other ships, but it is also capable of harvesting an uninhabited systems resources much like the Miner. Refinery ships can be set to Auto-Refuel all ships in range or they can manually refuel ships using the Refuel Interface.
The Refinery section can be ordered to 'Refine' up to 50 fuel per turn, using up planetary resources in a 1 to 1 ratio. It is the only way of refilling the fuel tanks of Refining, Tanker and Gravboat sections outside colonies (no fuel transfer between tankers is possible). If left unattended, it will only consume resources when a new ship enters the system.
A Human Refinery holds enough fuel to refill 50 completely empty destroyers. Note that the amount of fuel required to fill an empty destroyer is not affected by its range. Thus the same amount of fuel is required to fill an empty Armor destroyer with standard Fission engines as to fill an empty Extended Range destroyer with Fusion engines. If a ship is not entirely empty, the amount of fuel taken from the Refinery is proportional to its expended range. Two ships with half of their range remaining require the same total amount of fuel as one empty ship.
Cruisers and Dreadnoughts require, respectively, 3 and 6 times more fuel to fill than Destroyers.
| Section Type | Mission Section |
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| Required Technology | None |
| Races Allowed | Hiver, Human, Liir, Morrigi, Tarka, Zuul |
| Ship Class Allowed | Cruisers |
| Version: | This information valid for Version 1.7.1 
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Cruiser Class
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| Crew | Health | Mass | Cost | Const. Cost |
Tac. Speed |
Turn. Speed |
Sm. Mounts |
Med. Mounts |
Lrg. Mounts |
Spec. Mounts |
Refueling Capacity | ||||||||
| Hiver | 35 | 1400 | 14000 | 50000 | 3600 | -20 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Human | 30 | 950 | 10000 | 40000 | 3420 | -20 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||||||
| Liir | 5 | 1050 | 12000 | 50000 | 3780 | -20 | -20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||||
| Morrigi | 30 | 1250 | 10000 | 33000 | 4600 | -20 | -20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 Drones | 50 | |||||||
| Tarka | 20 | 700 | 11000 | 30000 | 3150 | -20 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
| Zuul | 30 | 750 | 9000 | 30000 | 2700 | -10 | -10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 Boarding Pods | 65 | |||||||
Screenshots
A Tarka refinery ship under fire taken from trailer 3
