I have looked high and low, searched the forums. No one seems to have any answer. I think it's the best kept secret in Elite next to finding Raxala.
How to get a shipyard in a recently colonized system
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Correct for now.
Unlike Raxxla I don't think it will take ten years to fail to get close to the answer, though. But it will take a few more weeks and perhaps months to test things out, if Frontier don't choose to document it.
For a comparison: the rule that determined where the Thargoids would choose to attack each week in the war was a pretty simple one, in the end. It took us almost four months of observations to figure out half of it and another four - with a lot of failed attempts! - to get close enough to the other half to be right most of the time.
Unlike Raxxla I don't think it will take ten years to fail to get close to the answer, though. But it will take a few more weeks and perhaps months to test things out, if Frontier don't choose to document it.
For a comparison: the rule that determined where the Thargoids would choose to attack each week in the war was a pretty simple one, in the end. It took us almost four months of observations to figure out half of it and another four - with a lot of failed attempts! - to get close enough to the other half to be right most of the time.
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My bad. I don't think these facilites ever have shipyard. I will need to wait until my coriolis is complete.
Note that these stns, and my orbital outposts all have Outfitting and Livery disabled.
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I can confirm it's tied to tech level. More tech, more stuff in the shipyard. I'd assume that also affects outfitting options. No idea how universal cartographics comes on, assuming it's either the same way or just disabled temporarily