<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-GB">
	<id>https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/api.php?action=feedcontributions&amp;feedformat=atom&amp;user=78.148.23.89</id>
	<title>Tiny Empires 3k - User contributions [en-gb]</title>
	<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/api.php?action=feedcontributions&amp;feedformat=atom&amp;user=78.148.23.89"/>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/78.148.23.89"/>
	<updated>2026-04-17T15:15:25Z</updated>
	<subtitle>User contributions</subtitle>
	<generator>MediaWiki 1.43.6</generator>
	<entry>
		<id>https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Ranks&amp;diff=95</id>
		<title>Ranks</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Ranks&amp;diff=95"/>
		<updated>2009-03-16T12:05:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;78.148.23.89: /* Upgrades */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Ranks and Ships ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The price per ship is calculated as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;# of personal ships&amp;gt; * &amp;lt;# of personal ships&amp;gt; * 300&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! No.&lt;br /&gt;
! Title&lt;br /&gt;
! Fleet From&lt;br /&gt;
! Fleet To&lt;br /&gt;
! Commission/ship&lt;br /&gt;
! Dues&lt;br /&gt;
! SPF&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 0&lt;br /&gt;
| Pilot&lt;br /&gt;
| 1&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1&lt;br /&gt;
| Runner&lt;br /&gt;
| 2&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| 900&lt;br /&gt;
| 15%&lt;br /&gt;
| 350&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2&lt;br /&gt;
| Courier&lt;br /&gt;
| 10&lt;br /&gt;
| 19&lt;br /&gt;
| 800&lt;br /&gt;
| 15%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 3&lt;br /&gt;
| Merchant&lt;br /&gt;
| 20&lt;br /&gt;
| 49&lt;br /&gt;
| 700&lt;br /&gt;
| 20%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 4&lt;br /&gt;
| Trader&lt;br /&gt;
| 50&lt;br /&gt;
| 99&lt;br /&gt;
| 600&lt;br /&gt;
| 20%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 5&lt;br /&gt;
| Trade Baron/ess&lt;br /&gt;
| 100&lt;br /&gt;
| 499&lt;br /&gt;
| 500&lt;br /&gt;
| 25%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 6&lt;br /&gt;
| Broker&lt;br /&gt;
| 500&lt;br /&gt;
| 999&lt;br /&gt;
| 400&lt;br /&gt;
| 25%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 7&lt;br /&gt;
| Mogul&lt;br /&gt;
| 1,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 4,999&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
| 30%&lt;br /&gt;
| 250&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 8&lt;br /&gt;
| Captain&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,000&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| 200&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| Director&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 10&lt;br /&gt;
| Guild Leader&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ship pricing formulas are as follows:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Standard purchase formula: Price = SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
* Discounted purchase formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned)  * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
* Standard sale formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned - 1) * (Ships Owned - 1)&lt;br /&gt;
* Bonus sale formula: Price = 1.2 * SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
SPF is Ship Purchase Factor and is based on your current rank.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Limitations:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Players with less than 5 ships of their own cannot recruit.&lt;br /&gt;
* Players with less than 5 ships cannot receive ships as gifts.&lt;br /&gt;
* You can only give gifts to a maximum of 1 rank above you or 3 ranks below you&lt;br /&gt;
* You can recruit up to 5 ranks below your own.  &lt;br /&gt;
* You cannot choose a superior more than 3 ranks above your own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Upgrades ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Upgrades become available based on the number of personal ships you own. Each upgrade improves the fleet efficiency by 500cr / ship The initial cost is the cost of the upgrade at the minimum number of ships; if you choose to purchase the upgrade later its cost will be: number of personal ships x multiplier. So the initial costs are only when you buy the upgrade at the minimal required amount of personal ships.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! No. Ships&lt;br /&gt;
! Upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
! Initial Cost&lt;br /&gt;
! Multiplier&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 3&lt;br /&gt;
| Repair Bot&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
| 100&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| Cargo Pods&lt;br /&gt;
| 28,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 15&lt;br /&gt;
| Recalibrate Engines&lt;br /&gt;
| 108,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 21&lt;br /&gt;
| Scanner Upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 268,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 12,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 27&lt;br /&gt;
| VR Rigs&lt;br /&gt;
| 540,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 20,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 33&lt;br /&gt;
| Plasma cooled refrigeration system&lt;br /&gt;
| 957,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 29,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 39&lt;br /&gt;
| Merchant grade navigation system&lt;br /&gt;
| 1,528,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 39,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 45&lt;br /&gt;
| Install an Ops module&lt;br /&gt;
| 2,349,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 52,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 51&lt;br /&gt;
| Engine upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,304,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 64,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 57&lt;br /&gt;
| Cloaking device&lt;br /&gt;
| 4,560,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 80,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 63&lt;br /&gt;
| Second engine upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 6,098,400&lt;br /&gt;
| 96,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 69&lt;br /&gt;
| Low-power thrusters&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,948,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 115,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 75&lt;br /&gt;
| SUV&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,140,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 135,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 81&lt;br /&gt;
| Leprechauns to kill engine gremlins&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,935,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 135.000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 91&lt;br /&gt;
| Hire task manager&lt;br /&gt;
| 12,700,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 141,103&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 137&lt;br /&gt;
| Course-Plotting System&lt;br /&gt;
| 43,840,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 320,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 183&lt;br /&gt;
| Many Tiny Ships&lt;br /&gt;
| 64,562,400&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| Newfangled VR rigs&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>78.148.23.89</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Ranks&amp;diff=94</id>
		<title>Ranks</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Ranks&amp;diff=94"/>
		<updated>2009-03-16T12:05:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;78.148.23.89: /* Upgrades */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Ranks and Ships ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The price per ship is calculated as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;# of personal ships&amp;gt; * &amp;lt;# of personal ships&amp;gt; * 300&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! No.&lt;br /&gt;
! Title&lt;br /&gt;
! Fleet From&lt;br /&gt;
! Fleet To&lt;br /&gt;
! Commission/ship&lt;br /&gt;
! Dues&lt;br /&gt;
! SPF&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 0&lt;br /&gt;
| Pilot&lt;br /&gt;
| 1&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1&lt;br /&gt;
| Runner&lt;br /&gt;
| 2&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| 900&lt;br /&gt;
| 15%&lt;br /&gt;
| 350&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2&lt;br /&gt;
| Courier&lt;br /&gt;
| 10&lt;br /&gt;
| 19&lt;br /&gt;
| 800&lt;br /&gt;
| 15%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 3&lt;br /&gt;
| Merchant&lt;br /&gt;
| 20&lt;br /&gt;
| 49&lt;br /&gt;
| 700&lt;br /&gt;
| 20%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 4&lt;br /&gt;
| Trader&lt;br /&gt;
| 50&lt;br /&gt;
| 99&lt;br /&gt;
| 600&lt;br /&gt;
| 20%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 5&lt;br /&gt;
| Trade Baron/ess&lt;br /&gt;
| 100&lt;br /&gt;
| 499&lt;br /&gt;
| 500&lt;br /&gt;
| 25%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 6&lt;br /&gt;
| Broker&lt;br /&gt;
| 500&lt;br /&gt;
| 999&lt;br /&gt;
| 400&lt;br /&gt;
| 25%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 7&lt;br /&gt;
| Mogul&lt;br /&gt;
| 1,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 4,999&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
| 30%&lt;br /&gt;
| 250&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 8&lt;br /&gt;
| Captain&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,000&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| 200&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| Director&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 10&lt;br /&gt;
| Guild Leader&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ship pricing formulas are as follows:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Standard purchase formula: Price = SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
* Discounted purchase formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned)  * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
* Standard sale formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned - 1) * (Ships Owned - 1)&lt;br /&gt;
* Bonus sale formula: Price = 1.2 * SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
SPF is Ship Purchase Factor and is based on your current rank.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Limitations:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Players with less than 5 ships of their own cannot recruit.&lt;br /&gt;
* Players with less than 5 ships cannot receive ships as gifts.&lt;br /&gt;
* You can only give gifts to a maximum of 1 rank above you or 3 ranks below you&lt;br /&gt;
* You can recruit up to 5 ranks below your own.  &lt;br /&gt;
* You cannot choose a superior more than 3 ranks above your own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Upgrades ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Upgrades become available based on the number of personal ships you own. Each upgrade improves the fleet efficiency by 500cr / ship The initial cost is the cost of the upgrade at the minimum number of ships; if you choose to purchase the upgrade later its cost will be: number of personal ships x multiplier. So the initial costs are only when you buy the upgrade at the minimal required amount of personal ships.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! No. Ships&lt;br /&gt;
! Upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
! Initial Cost&lt;br /&gt;
! Multiplier&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 3&lt;br /&gt;
| Repair Bot&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
| 100&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| Cargo Pods&lt;br /&gt;
| 28,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 15&lt;br /&gt;
| Recalibrate Engines&lt;br /&gt;
| 108,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 21&lt;br /&gt;
| Scanner Upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 268,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 12,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 27&lt;br /&gt;
| VR Rigs&lt;br /&gt;
| 540,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 20,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 33&lt;br /&gt;
| Plasma cooled refrigeration system&lt;br /&gt;
| 957,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 29,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 39&lt;br /&gt;
| Merchant grade navigation system&lt;br /&gt;
| 1,528,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 39,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 45&lt;br /&gt;
| Install an Ops module&lt;br /&gt;
| 2,349,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 52,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 51&lt;br /&gt;
| Engine upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,304,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 64,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 57&lt;br /&gt;
| Cloaking device&lt;br /&gt;
| 4,560,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 80,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 63&lt;br /&gt;
| Second engine upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 6,098,400&lt;br /&gt;
| 96,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 69&lt;br /&gt;
| Low-power thrusters&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,948,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 115,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 75&lt;br /&gt;
| SUV&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,140,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 135,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 81&lt;br /&gt;
| Leprechauns to kill engine gremlins&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,935,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 135.000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 91&lt;br /&gt;
| Hire task manager&lt;br /&gt;
| 12,700,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 141,103&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 137&lt;br /&gt;
| Course-Plotting System&lt;br /&gt;
| 43,840,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 320,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 183&lt;br /&gt;
| Many Tiny Ships&lt;br /&gt;
| 64,562,400&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Newfangled VR rigs&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>78.148.23.89</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Ranks&amp;diff=89</id>
		<title>Ranks</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://malixu.me.uk/tinyempires3k/index.php?title=Ranks&amp;diff=89"/>
		<updated>2009-03-16T04:42:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;78.148.23.89: /* Upgrades */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Ranks and Ships ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The price per ship is calculated as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;# of personal ships&amp;gt; * &amp;lt;# of personal ships&amp;gt; * 300&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! No.&lt;br /&gt;
! Title&lt;br /&gt;
! Fleet From&lt;br /&gt;
! Fleet To&lt;br /&gt;
! Commission/ship&lt;br /&gt;
! Dues&lt;br /&gt;
! SPF&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 0&lt;br /&gt;
| Pilot&lt;br /&gt;
| 1&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
| n.a.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1&lt;br /&gt;
| Runner&lt;br /&gt;
| 2&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| 900&lt;br /&gt;
| 15%&lt;br /&gt;
| 350&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2&lt;br /&gt;
| Courier&lt;br /&gt;
| 10&lt;br /&gt;
| 19&lt;br /&gt;
| 800&lt;br /&gt;
| 15%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 3&lt;br /&gt;
| Merchant&lt;br /&gt;
| 20&lt;br /&gt;
| 49&lt;br /&gt;
| 700&lt;br /&gt;
| 20%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 4&lt;br /&gt;
| Trader&lt;br /&gt;
| 50&lt;br /&gt;
| 99&lt;br /&gt;
| 600&lt;br /&gt;
| 20%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 5&lt;br /&gt;
| Trade Baron/ess&lt;br /&gt;
| 100&lt;br /&gt;
| 499&lt;br /&gt;
| 500&lt;br /&gt;
| 25%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 6&lt;br /&gt;
| Broker&lt;br /&gt;
| 500&lt;br /&gt;
| 999&lt;br /&gt;
| 400&lt;br /&gt;
| 25%&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 7&lt;br /&gt;
| Mogul&lt;br /&gt;
| 1,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 4,999&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
| 30%&lt;br /&gt;
| 250&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 8&lt;br /&gt;
| Captain&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,000&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| 200&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| Director&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 10&lt;br /&gt;
| Guild Leader&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Ship pricing formulas are as follows:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Standard purchase formula: Price = SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
* Discounted purchase formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned)  * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
* Standard sale formula: Price = SPF * .75 * (Ships Owned - 1) * (Ships Owned - 1)&lt;br /&gt;
* Bonus sale formula: Price = 1.2 * SPF * (Ships Owned) * (Ships Owned)&lt;br /&gt;
SPF is Ship Purchase Factor and is based on your current rank.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Limitations:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Players with less than 5 ships of their own cannot recruit.&lt;br /&gt;
* Players with less than 5 ships cannot receive ships as gifts.&lt;br /&gt;
* You can only give gifts to a maximum of 1 rank above you or 3 ranks below you&lt;br /&gt;
* You can recruit up to 5 ranks below your own.  &lt;br /&gt;
* You cannot choose a superior more than 3 ranks above your own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Upgrades ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Upgrades become available based on the number of personal ships you own. Each upgrade improves the fleet efficiency by 500cr / ship The initial cost is the cost of the upgrade at the minimum number of ships; if you choose to purchase the upgrade later its cost will be: number of personal ships x multiplier. So the initial costs are only when you buy the upgrade at the minimal required amount of personal ships.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! No. Ships&lt;br /&gt;
! Upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
! Initial Cost&lt;br /&gt;
! Multiplier&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 3&lt;br /&gt;
| Repair Bot&lt;br /&gt;
| 300&lt;br /&gt;
| 100&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 9&lt;br /&gt;
| Cargo Pods&lt;br /&gt;
| 28,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 15&lt;br /&gt;
| Recalibrate Engines&lt;br /&gt;
| 108,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 21&lt;br /&gt;
| Scanner Upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 268,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 12,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 27&lt;br /&gt;
| VR Rigs&lt;br /&gt;
| 540,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 20,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 33&lt;br /&gt;
| Plasma cooled refrigeration system&lt;br /&gt;
| 957,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 29,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 39&lt;br /&gt;
| Merchant grade navigation system&lt;br /&gt;
| 1,528,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 39,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 45&lt;br /&gt;
| Install an Ops module&lt;br /&gt;
| 2,349,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 52,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 51&lt;br /&gt;
| Engine upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,304,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 64,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 57&lt;br /&gt;
| Cloaking device&lt;br /&gt;
| 4,560,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 80,000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 63&lt;br /&gt;
| Second engine upgrade&lt;br /&gt;
| 6,098,400&lt;br /&gt;
| 96,800&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 69&lt;br /&gt;
| Low-power thrusters&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,948,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 115,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 75&lt;br /&gt;
| SUV&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,140,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 135,200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 81&lt;br /&gt;
| Leprechauns to kill engine gremlins&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,935,000&lt;br /&gt;
| 135.000&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 91&lt;br /&gt;
| Hire task manager&lt;br /&gt;
| 12,700,800&lt;br /&gt;
| 141,103&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 137&lt;br /&gt;
| Course-Plotting System&lt;br /&gt;
| 43,840,000&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Newfangled VR rigs&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
| ?&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>78.148.23.89</name></author>
	</entry>
</feed>