I'd like shipyards to cost an admin and to have a slew of available upgrades...
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With crusade having no constructors just a purchase cost for starbase upgrades, I wonder if you could give shipyards a area of influence like stabases, where any starbase within its range gets an X discount to its upgrades.
As for the other upgrades I agree, you could even have the upgrade which lets you build smaller ships in multiples once you get the required tech. Maybe even some hyperion shipyard upgrades could be cool.
Edit: If this was implemented you could maybe fix the issue of ships regaining HP 'slow' by having some techs where if ships are in its AOE they regain HP faster. Iconians having the best repair tech upgrade of course 