Gravship hull

Acquisition[edit]

Gravship hulls can be constructed once the Basic gravtech research project has been completed. Each requires 7 Stuff (Metallic, 70 for SVMs) and 300 ticks (5 secs) of work modified by the construction speed of the builder and the work to build factor and offset of the material.

Once constructed, they cannot be re-installed, they can only be deconstructed.

Summary[edit]

Meditation[edit]

Ascetics can meditate at a gravship hull for a Meditation Focus Strength of 22%.

Analysis[edit]

Gravship hulls can only be constructed on gravship substructure—whether or not that substructure is currently within the radius of a grav engine or grav field extender. They function similarly to higher-HP walls, but they also block the movement of oxygen, which is essential when taking a gravship into orbit if you don't want to lose the ship's oxygen into the vacuum of space.

Compared to walls made of the same material, gravship hulls have 40% higher HP at 40% higher cost, which is generally a good deal if durability matters. They also have 0% flammability regardless of material, which is good for steel and excellent for bioferrite, making them viable for players who avoid flammable walls. Bioferrite gravship hulls have the third-highest HP (behind plasteel and uranium) and the lowest wealth, making them a sweet spot (although bioferrite is often in limited supply).

The higher HP is very useful for anomaly containment. For the wealth-optimized, bioferrite gravship hulls give +33 containment over granite walls; and for the strength-optimized, plasteel gravship hulls give +33.6 containment over plasteel walls. They are therefore preferred for any on-ship containment rooms.

Precious materials[edit]

Not technically a category in-game gold and silver walls are similar in that they are significantly more beautiful than regular gravship hull while offering very low HP. Whether you should invest your precious materials in gravship hull or sculptures depends on the expected quality of the sculpture and how many rooms the gravhip hulls are facing.

The increase in wealth of ten gravship hulls facing

One room is inferior to a small sculpture of at least normal quality,
Two rooms is inferior to a small sculpture of at least masterwork quality for silver and none for gold,
Three rooms is inferior to a small sculpture of at least legendary quality for silver,
Four rooms is inferior to a small sculpture of at least legendary quality for silver.

The increase in beauty of ten gravship hulls facing

One room is inferior to a small sculpture of at least normal quality for gold and silver,
Two rooms is inferior to a small sculpture of at least good quality,
Three rooms is inferior to a small sculpture of at least excellent quality for gold and good quality for silver, and
Four rooms is inferior to a small sculpture of at least masterwork quality for gold and excellent quality for silver.

Further advantages of walls are, however, that they don't reduce the room size and do not rely on having an artist.

Stats table

Gravship hull	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Gold	20	000,270 ticks (4.5 secs)	252	0%	700
Plasteel	0	000,660 ticks (11 secs)	1176	0%	65
Silver	6	000,300 ticks (5 secs)	294	0%	71
Steel	0	000,300 ticks (5 secs)	420	0%	14
Uranium	0	000,570 ticks (9.5 secs)	1050	0%	44
Bioferrite	0	000,750 ticks (12.5 secs)	840	0%	8
Obsidian	8	001,650 ticks (27.5 secs)	210	0%	41