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Upgrades

Upgrades are crucial to your success. There are two primary sources for upgrades, one is the Upgrade Center which is located throughout the galaxy in both Sector 1 and other Mall Sectors(green on the universe map). Other upgrades are located in Race Houses which are shops that move randomly to a new sector at the Maint and carry upgrades specific to a particular race.

Some upgrades provide boosts to standard ship stats, such as an increase in shields or armor. Others may be single-use upgrades such as a Yap Bomb. These single-use upgrades will give your upgrade slot back once the upgrade is used.

Some Upgrades You Will Find in Quest for Yap

Ship Stat Upgrades(shields, armor, etc)

War Upgrade
Cost: 2500000
Found At: House of Krioni
Use: Adds 180 max shields, 225 max armor, and 90 drones to any ship it is added to.

Neo Upgrade
Cost: 2000000
Found At: House of Neothan
Use: Adds 100 Max Armor, 50 Max Drones, and Advanced Cloak to any ship. Advanced Cloak only applies the first time the upgrade is used.

Defense Upgrade
Cost: 750000
Found At: House of Yodi'ki, Hyperion
Use: Adds 250 max shields, 300 max armor

Maximize
Cost: 1200000
Found At: House of Human
Use: Adds 100 shields, 100 armor, 30 drones, 75 cargo, 1 maneuverability, and boosts weapon damage by 10%. Uses 1 upgrade.

Draco Upgrade
Cost: 2200000
Found At: House of Draconia
Use: Adds 2 maneuverability much like the standard maneuver upgrade, but also adds 100 shields and 20 drones. Cannot be placed on Hyper Merchant.

Targetting Computer
Cost: 250000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Adds 20% damage(15% in Melee) to the weapons on your ship. Only affects the weapons your ship currently has, so if you add weapons later they do not get the increase.

Maneuvering Thrusters
Cost: 150000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Adds +2 Maneuver to any ship.

150 Max Shields
Cost: 150000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Increases the number of shields your ship can hold.

120 Max Armor
Cost: 150000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Increases the amount of armor that can be placed on your ship.

25 Max Drones
Cost: 120000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Increases the drone capacity of your ship.

Weapons and Minelayers

Hyper Laser
Cost: 500000
Found At: House of Hyperion
Use: 120/200 damage weapon. Takes up 1 Turret.

Yap Laser
Cost: 3000000
Found At: House of Hyperion
Use: 800/1000 damage weapon. Takes up 5 Turrets.

Wonder EMP
Cost: 3000000
Found At: House of Human
Use: 5000/0 damage weapon, built for planet busting.

Super Minelayer
Cost: 500000
Found At: House of Yodi'ki, Hyperion
Use: Lays 75 mines, takes up 1 turret.

Spider Web
Cost: 700000
Found At: All Race Houses
Use: Minelayer for the Spider ship. Lays 110 mines, taking up 1 turret.

Yap Grenade
Cost: 300000
Found At: Upgrade ceneters
Use: Adds 125/125 damage to any ship, acting like a weapon. Takes up 1 upgrade slot.

Trade and Movement Upgrades

Propulsion Upgrade
Cost: 50000000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Cuts the turn cost in half when this upgrade is on your lead ship. Can only be placed on multi-purpose ships(merchants and a couple others). Very important when trading, planet busting, or doing anything else with more than 1 ship.

Trade Upgrade
Cost: 1500000
Found At: House of Artes
Use: Adds 500 Cargo to any ship.

100 Cargo
Cost: 150000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Adds 100 cargo.

Steel
Cost: 100
Found At: House of Artes
Use: Cheap steel sold at the Artes House. Bought just like normal cargo, but no fill fleet option so watch out for hunters!

Hydrogen Compressor
Cost: 500000
Found At: House of Human, Hyperion
Use: Increases Hydrogen density and therefore value when sold at a port. One compressor doubles the value. 3 compressors multiply the value by 6, etc.

Advanced Propulsion Upgrade
Cost: 50000000
Found At: House of Draconian
Use: The Advanced Propulsion Upgrade is similar tot he regular propulsion upgrade, but it reduces turn cost to 1/3 instead of 1/2. It uses 2 upgrade slots and can only be placed on "multi-purpose" ships(such as Merchants).

Single-Use Upgrades

Yap Bomb
Cost: 60000000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Does 400 damage to EVERY ship in the sector. Takes up 1 upgrade slot.

Yap Mine
Cost: 40000000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Placed in any sector that you own. Does 200 damage to any enemy ship upon entering the sector. Does not hurt clan mate's ships.

Nuke
Cost: 25000000
Found At: House of Hyperion
Use: An anti-planet weapon created by the Hyperions. Destroys 20% of colonists, buildings, and drones. Can only be used when there are no shields on the planet. Single-use.

Bio-Missile
Cost: 200000000
Found At: House of Yodi'ki
Use: A weapon formulated by the Yodi'ki. Kills 15% of the population on a planet. Takes 2 upgrade slots. Single-use.

Solar Mirror
Cost: 50000000
Found At: House of Human, Hyperion
Use: Deflects solar rays of the sun onto a planet, destroying 15% of the planet's buildings. Takes up 2 upgrade slots. Single-use.

Grav Trap
Cost: 9000000
Found At: House of Neothans
Use: The Grav Trap can be dropped in any non-mall sector. When an enemy ship hits the Grav Trap, they will be stuck in that sector for 2 hourly maints. Clan mates ships are not affected by the grav trap. Grav Traps can be countered with a Grav Trap Releaser. Only one Grav Trap will attach per sector entry per player laying traps.

Grav Trap Releaser
Cost: 3000000
Found At: House of Human, Krioni, Neothan, Artes, Yodi'ki, Hyperion, Draconia
Use: One use upgrade, removes a Grav Trap from a ship. can be used on the ship that has the releaser, or in a "medic" role on a friendly ship in the same sector. Takes 1 upgrade slot.

Yap Mine Trap
Cost: 28000000
Found At: House of Neothan
Use: When an enemy ship hits the Yap Mine Trap, it secretly attaches itself to their ship. After 6 hourly maints, it explodes, doing 200 damage to everything in the sector. This will not attach to clan mate's ships. If the fleet leader has advanced sensors, the Yap Mine Trap will be detected and swept. Only one Yap Mine Trap will attach per sector entry.

Wormhole Trap
Cost: 5000000
Found At: House of Neothan
Use: Similar to the wormhole random event when crossing the 7/510 warp. Sends entire enemy fleet to a random sector. Clan mate's ships are not affected. Only one can be placed per sector.

Pirate Trap
Cost: 4000000
Found At: House of Neothan
Use: Places a one-time Pirates random even in the sector. Clan mates WILL be affected by this, however, ALL Neothan players are immune and will receive a friendly wave.

Sensors and Cloak

Sonar Sensors
Cost: 2500000
Found At: House of Human, Artes, Hyperions and Draconians
Use: Sonar Sensors allow the ship carrying them to see and attack cloaked ships.

Advanced Sonar Sensors
Cost: 5000000
Found At: House of Human, Krioni, Hyperions
Use: Advanced Sonar Sensors are required to see ships using Advanced Cloak. This takes up 1 upgrade slot. Krioni do NOT automatically have Advanced Sonar Sensors and they will need to buy it.

Cloaker
Cost: 1000000
Found At: House of Neothan
Use: Adds Standard Cloak without using upgrade slots. Can also be used to re-cloak a ship that has been decloaked with a pulse.

Draco Scanner
Cost: 4000000
Found At: House of Draconian
Use: Allows a Draconian to see more stats of an enemy ship. The scanner is not precise, but gives general information about shields, armor, drones, and weapons. The Draco Scanner cannot scan cloaked ships. This does not take up an upgrade slot.

Illusion: Merchant
Cost: 8000000
Found At: House of Draconian
Use: This upgrade allows any Draconian ship appear to be a Merchant(0/2). There is no way to see past the illusion, unless you scan the ship with a Draco Scanner. Great way to sneak up on an unsuspecting enemy and kill him with your “Merchant.” Note that illusion does NOT change the NAME of the ship, only the type and attack/defense rating. Rename your ship for a better effect.

Illusion: Frigate
Cost: 8000000
Found At: House of Draconia
Use: This upgrade allows any Draconian ship appear to be a Frigate(28/19). There is no way to see past the illusion, unless you scan the ship with a Draco Scanner. Note that illusion does NOT change the NAME of the ship, only the type and attack/defense rating. Rename your ship for a better effect.

Advanced Probe Sensors
Cost: 7000000
Found At: House of Draconia
Use: Upgrade for Probes only, adds Draco Scanner and Advanced Sonar Sensors. Does not use an upgrade(Probes have 0 upgrade slots).

Miscellaneous

Trailer Hitch
Cost: 6000000
Found At: House of Neothans
Use: Adds 4000 cargo holds to the Pirate for use in capturing Yap from destroyed ships. Can only be added to Pirates(including Piratized ships). Uses 1 upgrade slot.

Piratize
Cost: 500000
Found At: House of Neothan
Use: Changes the ship into a Pirate. Stats remain the same, but the ship can now capture Yap, cannot visit ports, levels up like a pirate, and can be given Trailer Hitches.

Colonist Transport Upgrade
Cost: 600000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: +500 cargo to a Colonist Transport only. An unlimited number of these upgrades can be added to the colonist transport, but the ship will take 1 more turn to move for every 2500 cargo total(for Yodi'ki it is 1 per 3500).

Guardian Upgrade
Cost: 3000000
Found At: Upgrade Centers
Use: Can only be placed on Guardians. Each Guardian Upgrade increases minelaying by 50%. Only affects minelayers currently on the ship(much like targetting computer).