Creators Shipyard

**[E-Grade Medium Scale Iliex Shipyard. Upgradeable.]** was awarded to Port Atwood for closing the Azh'Rezak Clan incursion on New Earth. (**Chapter 69**) The administration golem is Rahm, the name of the foremen Karunthel.

## Description

"The cliffs were magically rearranging themselves in a baffling manner. It was as though an earth mage untold times more powerful than the demon mages was reconstructing the whole shoreline to his liking. The previously natural cliffs flattened out into orderly land.

Huge rectangular breakwaters grew out from land and created a sheltered basin hundreds of meters across and two piers emerged out of the sea, displacing all water into mighty waves. Furthermore, fractals appeared on the emerging rock-formations as all the various changes took place, glimmering in a mysterious golden hue. They expansively covered the whole shore-line, the piers, and the breakwaters. The script itself differed from both the system’s fractals and the simpler demonic inscriptions, and it actually reminded Zac of the squarish text in very old computer environments.

The changes didn’t only happen on land though, and the duo was forced to scramble to safety as the ground gave out and created a wet dock where they stood. Next, various buildings flashed into existence. The largest was an enormous warehouse-looking building that was at least 300 meters long and 100 meters wide, where one of the short sides ended close to the sea-line. It was probably the largest building Zac had ever seen, and he thought few structures on earth would be able to match it.

Soon the rumbling subsided, and Zac looked out over the majestic harbor that cropped up in under a minute. The design was cubic and looked extremely robust, and Zac felt that not even the worst storm would be able to do any damage to the structures. The cubic fractals covered all the structures as well, and Zac started to believe that they were some sort of protective inscription.

## Value of the shipyard

“Just how high is your luck human? A Creator’s Shipyard. This changes everything,” Ogras said, ignoring Zac’s attitude.

“It says it’s an Iliex shipyard though? And why are you getting so excited?” Zac couldn’t understand his reaction. It was a nice-looking shipyard, but that was it. He was likely going to build or buy one like this sooner or later since he was on an island so it was nice being able to save in on that expenditure. But he’d much rather have a town protection array or some turrets as a reward since there were monster hordes incoming.

“Truly pearls before swine. The Iliex is a race of living golems who are among the greatest builders in the multi-verse. Most just call them Creators, since that’s pretty much all they do. A shipyard that’s manned by the Creators will create faster, stronger and more durable ships compared to normal ones. But more importantly, the shipyard is upgradeable.”

### Cosmic ships

“Well… Creators can also make some of the most sought after cosmic ships and sky fortresses. Owning a shipyard means you can sell those in the future. It can net the Lord hundreds of times more income compared to the crystal mines in the mountains.” He explained after a brief hesitation.

“Cosmic ships? Like spaceships?” Zac asked, now starting to get excited as well.

“Something like that. Ships that can traverse the endless distances of the multi-verse. They can travel to any points on a planet in seconds as well, very convenient. But they are not ‘spaceships’. They are Spiritual Ships that travel using the Dao of Space and cosmic energy, rather than relying on technology.”

“How much do you think it costs to buy one of those cosmic ships?” Zac asked eagerly.

“Slow down, an E-grade shipyard can’t create things like that. I think it must be D-grade, maybe even C-grade before you can create those kinds of things,” Ogras immediately doused the burning desire Zac was building up. “We need to upgrade the shipyard first before we can start reaping the benefits. And before that we need to keep it safe and hidden.”

“You can’t just buy a shipyard from the Creators when you wish. There are so many requirements that have to be met. They are extremely picky who they work with and where they work. You’d never be able to build such a thing on this planet if it wasn’t a reward from the System. This applies for most of the good things, just check your Town Shop.“ Ogras impatiently explained. Clearly he knew it wasn’t a purchase of Zac, rather a reward, just from how rare this thing was."

### Shipyard camouflage

“Yes, hidden. This shipyard is a treasure, and any force would drool after it. If the word spreads that you control a Creator Shipyard you will have endless troubles coming your way,” Ogras said after a smug smile at Zac’s mistake. “As for upgrading it? No idea, try asking the Creators.”

Zac payed the Illex 525.000 Nexus coins for them to camouflage the shipyard, golems and built ships to appear like from the Allbright Empire.

## Upgrades

### Early D-Grade

Materials for Karunthel (Unique, Limited): Acquire 100 Kilograms of [Urgarat Flakes], 1 kilogram of [Realm Locus], 1 living [Ferric Worldeater], 1 [Daemonic Manastone] Reward: Upgrade Iliex Shipyard to Early D-Grade. 1 Custom-Designed Early D-Grade Vessel. (0/4) **Chapter 532**

1. Simultaneously, four chains shot toward the massive pillar of **[Realm Locus]**, and a snap echoed out as they ripped the pillar off the ground and dragged them back to Zac, who threw the pillar into his Spatial Ring. **Chapter 657**
2. His and his people’s outings had at least come with some good news; he had not only snatched up the second material for Karunthel’s quest, but also a third. He had lucked out and gotten his hands on a **[Daemonic Manastone]** himself during one of his rare outings. **Chapter 662**
3. The other item he had gathered was unsurprisingly the **[Urgarat Flakes]**. Zac had discovered that one of the teleportation tokens in his possession led to a faction in the same area as a planet where you could harvest the natural run-off material. He had sent one of his people to stay in the town for five months, and the flakes eventually appeared in an auction. **Chapter 662**
4. That left only one material to upgrade the shipyard; the **[Ferric Worldeater]**, and Zac already knew where to find it. **Chapter 662**

A D-grade Shipyard at Port Atwood will take up roughly 52.2 times of the current E-Grade area. 57.8 times with the requirements for privacy and camouflage. The production platforms for Cosmic Vessels are quite complex. The Creators need to set up everything from foundries to array furnaces, tempering lakes, and the actual construction lines. **Chapter 856**

### Middle D-Grade

Mercantile Empire (Unique, Limited.): Sell 2,000 D-grade Cosmic Vessels. Have your products destroy 4,000 vessels. Turn the Atwood Empire into a Middle D-grade force. Reward: Upgrade Iliex Shipyard to Middle D-grade. 1 Custom-designed Vessel upgrade. (1392/2000) ( 133/4,000 ) (0/1).

## Ships

### E-Grade (naval)

* Scout
* Frigate
* Carrack

### D-Grade (cosmic)

Zac hadn't gotten access to the millions of designs in the Creators' repository, but rather nine distinctive designs picked by the System rather than Karunthel.

They all had great synergy and were designed to be parts of a Stellar Navy, with a mix of destroyers, personnel carriers, logistical vessels, and even a command ship that could link up with and even control the other vessels in the fleet. **Chapter 939**

 IL-32 Farsight
 Wingstorm

## Named Ships

* Yphelion - personal ship of Zachary Atwood
* Temptress - IL-28 Starflash

## Production volume

*Our order book is filled for the next twelve years.*

The production capacity of Lord Atwood was only a few vessels a week on average. **Chapter 960**

Zac states that 608 ship could be produced in roughly a year if he had the shipyard focus on only building the simplest models rather than the drone hangars or command ships.

The production of the first batch of ships was finished with Chapter 946. Calrin started selling ships in Chapter 960. This results in a production of 1.392 ships in a timeframe of ~3 years. Rule of thumb is 10 ships per week as an early D-Grade shipyard.

## Revenue

Lord Atwood's goal was to make at least five C-grade Nexus Coins before the war started, which meant each vessel would have to have an average profit of almost 6,000 D-grade Nexus Coins. Certainly, such a margin was, in fact, quite modest considering the production prices, just 25% compared to the average of 50%. **Chapter 960**

Three month into the war 1.392 ships were produced. With the stated profit margin Zac should have made more then six C-Grade Nexus Coins.

"Most major coalitions have standing orders where they'll take anything they can get their hands on," Vikram said. "These orders offer sixty to seventy percent more than our original pricing." **Chapter 1.081**