Well, we know the Impulse Prototypes at least cost 2 Industry, so it's possible the Warp 5 Engine costs 4, but the +3 Industry cost increase is what confuses me a bit.
I'm... not sure I understand what you mean? AIUI the +3 is added onto the Stingray's 20 cost. Why would it be 6 Industry overall?
I believe the first is the new cost of a brand new Stingray, the second is the cost to upgrade an old one.
But then you have the Atomic Torpedoes option, with it's listed (2 Industry) (+2 Industry Cost)
No, it'd be hilarious, and somewhat gratifying.
No. The 30 Industry is the total industry needed to refit all of the already existing Stingrays. Mind that cost will be spread out over the years. The +3 is how much the cost will increase for a new Stingray with the new parts.
I think what they are getting at is that it would be six overall for the guns, like if we were building a new Stingray, the cannons on it would now cost 6. However that theory does not really get along with the top option.
Okay, this makes a lot more sense than what I was thinking.
The launchers and torpedoes are grouped together in the same price, so even installing atomic torpedoes on a new ship would still cost 2 Industry
It's also possible the Warp 5 Engine still only costs 1 Industry, same as the old Warp 3, though as I understood when our tech increases in complexity so does the cost. That would still at least align with the +3 Industry cost increase, given the Impulse costs 2.
So the Warp 5 engine is 3 more industry than the Warp 3 engine so the unit cost on new builds is increased by 3 so 20 to 23.
But that option specifically includes the Impulse Thrusters as well, which cost at least 2 Industry. And the old Warp 3 Engine only cost 1 Industry.
