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Level 135 Engineering Skill
Syntax: buildship
Syntax: buildship clan
Syntax: buildship <ship frame> <part>
 
Buildship is a skill engineers get, and they use it to build a ship from a
blueprint that they come into possession of. Buildship does not allow the
engineer to make a FULLY CUSTOM SHIP, modify room desc/names, flags, or any
other builder-like functions. The blueprints are ships PRE-APPROVED by the
Immortals, and the ship will be the same as any other ship (minus TUNING and
UPGRADING).
 
With a ship blueprint in hand: 
 
buildship 
buildship clan
 
With no arguments, this will create the frame for the ship described in a
blueprint you hold in your hands.

With the optional 'clan' argument, the ship frame will be owned by your clan
instead of you. This is required for frigates or larger.

buildship <frame> <part> 
 
Assuming you have the part, this will add the part to the frame. If you want to
see how much is left on the frame, EXAMINE it.
 
Multiple Engineers can work on a frame, in fact ANY engineer can. The owner of
the ship will ALWAYS be whomever created the frame from the blueprint. 
 
The parts are: HULL, CIRCUITS, ENGINES and WEAPONS.
 
If you are an engineer by trade, when you EXAMINE the blueprint or the ship, it
will tell you how much the blueprint needs. It also reminds you of the names of
each part, as you must input the exact name of each part when you buildship.
 
Each component used to build the ship has an impact value set onto it. The
higher the impact value, the more impact the component has to building your
ship. You will want to use components that have the highest value possible. You
can determine the impact value of a component by examining the ship as you
build it.