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The Gene Laboratory’s primary function is to produce genes from templates.
It is also capable of storing resources and producing ships but, unlike the
Mothership, the Gene Laboratory needs to be upgraded to perform either of
these functions.
There are two upgrades for the Gene Laboratory. The Storage upgrade gives
the Gene Laboratory the ability to store resources in place of the Mothership.
This is useful if you wish to send your Mothership into battle.
The Production upgrade, available only to Defiance Gene Laboratories,
allows production of Heavy Fighters, but this requires that the Mothership be
upgraded first. In addition, when a Production upgrade has been performed,
your maintenance limit increases.
Note: This is a unique ability that only the Defiance faction acquires — all
other factions are required to upgrade their Stations in order to produce Heavy
Fighters.
Gene Laboratories do not have the harvesting organ and thus cannot perform
Harvest or Invade actions.
Maintenance
Every ship in your fleet has a maintenance cost. This number
is shown in the production panel as part of a ship’s price.
The two numbers in the upper right-hand corner of the screen next to the
blood reserves are the current maintenance cost and the maintenance limit.
Once the maintenance limit is reached, you will be unable to produce more
ships unless some existing ships are destroyed or traded, or your maintenance
limit is increased.
There are two ways you can increase your maintenance limit:
1)Perform the production upgrade available from the Gene Laboratory or the
Station (explained above).
2) Invade another Station using the Invade ability (explained later).
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