EVE Fiction

Hey guys,

Does anyone here know what the canon production times are for spacecraft? I have heard that you can just multiply the in game production times by 4 to get a reasonably correct answer but given that we could build 1km long ships in about a day using that method it seems a bit wrong.

It might seem counter-intuitive and require some suspension of disbelief, but manufacturing really is as fast as the game mechanics make it seem.

We don't have any clear PF about it, but I'd guess manufacturing is a lot like 3D printing. The assembly array is an incredibly complex system of nano-constructors and robotic manipulators. When a properly coded blueprint is uploaded to it, the assembly will adjust itself according to positions given in the blueprint, and carry out its construction programming (also described in the blueprint).

Minerals are poured into the system, and once the automated process starts it breaks down the minerals into the elements it needs. These are then either forged into components which are moved into place or perhaps practically poured into the position they're needed in.

Materials and Efficiency research would improve on the design of the equipment or on the actual programming of the assembly procedure.


EDIT: It is however possible that access to these top-of-the-line assembly arrays is extremely exclusive. It costs thousands of ISK just to rent an assembly line, but it's actually possible that capsuleers are given exclusive access to this manufacturing technology just to ensure they keep visiting stations. The faction navies would have access to it as well though, which is what allows them to crank out silly numbers of NPCs

I see it as a combination of nano-tech being used for stuff like precision welding and giant machines manufacturing things in huge batches along with a good dose of underpaid and overworked workers doing the other stuff like putting it all together and final assembly.

For example, to put the components required to build say, a carrier together yourself, from near-perfect ME/PE bps, it takes about a month from putting all of the raws and bps in the same station and hitting 'accept' on the quota window to when the last bp will come out. If you do NOTHING else except that, it takes two or three weeks at 10 jobs being constantly rotated and delivered. Final assembly again, takes about another two weeks from near perfect me/pe blueprints with all of the necessary components.

Thats pretty much what production that goes on 24/7 will do for you. Unions and work restrictions do not exist in EVE.