FWSN looking to build some ships in the east

Zastaver · Space Emperor Joined: Feb 24, 2007

i am planning to reinforce fleets in the east and was wondering what yards that are avalable for FWSN or]der.

i plan on ordering several ships and atleast 4 luna class transports and several squadrons of fighters

Khizlek · Space Emperor Joined: Oct 07, 2007

Not that I want to harp on about this, but for a start, the DCIM assets could actually be consolidated into a proper fleet. If that were done, the remaining free DCI combat ships in Mveloem would be transferred to the DCIM fleet. Zitrod II also has a DCIM craft not moving, even though it now has a full load of fighters. The Zitrod-Pembrook warp point has an almost empty carrier not moving. There is even a full FWSN Firefly-H ship orbiting Pembrook I.

Regarding actual construction: Currently, all DCI Mveloem colonies are producing Obol orbital yards. All Obol yards in Mveloem are in use, with existing production of 3x Minus (to be converted to Minen III), 1x Dauntless II, 1x Cyclops (to be converted to Kownloon III). The remaining 5 yards in the next month will produce Speed (to be converted to Karyoku III) however they can produce other items if needed, though I would recommend some kind of retroseries craft - they are faster to build.

Fighters: There are only a small number available in-system - only 96x Archer, 40x Gahoch and 19x Telelance.
Kartogia - 60x Bastion, 15x Archer and 31x Telelance, and will take 3 months to reach Mveloem IV.
Pembrook - has 41x Bastion, 25x Gahoch and 21x Telelance, and will take 3-5 months to reach Mveloem IV.
Zitrod - 57x Archer, 73x Telelance, and will take 7-10 months to reach Mveloem IV

Skyburn · Space Emperor Joined: Mar 12, 2008

House Bifrost does not typically rent out specific yards for large (>1 ship) orders. We will build at whatever available yards open up; however, we can restrict it to specific systems.

Your request is a bit vague for me to evaluate precise costs and build times. I have a lot of my own construction to do, along with finishing up a couple of large orders. I'm always happy to build for the FWSN, and will do my best to accommodate any order you would like to make.

Khizlek · Space Emperor Joined: Oct 07, 2007

Indeed, there are still 10.3mT of fighters left with the current HB-DCI construction contract. Given that the bulk of that production is occurring in Zitrod (with a fair amount in Pembrook), and the sole destination of all equipment is Mveloem, I do not the remaining majority of the equipment to be sourced further south.

Given current FWSN assets, would the contract be large (above 80k of any resource), and would it be a long (over 2 years) contract, or to be paid out of their current coffers?

Zastaver · Space Emperor Joined: Feb 24, 2007

this is in the preliminary stages and im gitting a idea of what yards are avalable. the contract is going to be around 50k give or take

also as for DCIM assets i have pondered droping the DCIM contacts so a private citizen may pick it up. i will have further on the later once i make up my mind