Construction units

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Construction Units

Note: This details construction units for XTA. If you were looking for the AA unit list, I suggest you head here.

Overview

Construction units in XTA do the obvious: they construct things. They can also reclaim things (mostly features) for resources, and repair things. There are 2 levels of construction unit, a well as two special ones (One each for Arm and Core). There are vehicular, kbot, airplane, seaplane, hovercraft, and naval construction units. Also, to make production faster, multiple units can construct a single thing at a time. Constructions unnits can help eachother make buildings, or factories to make other units.
As a general rule:
Mobility: Aircraft>Kbot>Vehicle
Nanolathing (build) Speed: Vehicle>Kbot>Aircraft

As naval is special (water, not land), it wasn't included above. However, it actually has a faster build speed than every other standard hovercraft. Also, you can build a construction seaplane and construction hovercraft. They are basically level 2 units that build level 1 structures.

Build Trees

Level 0 - The Commander

Nanolathe Speed: 300.
Although this isn't an actual tech level, I am putting this here for sake of clarity.
Can Build:

• Construction Structures
  • Land
    • Kbot Lab
    • Advanced Kbot Lab
    • Tank Factory
    • Advanced Tank Factory
    • Airbase
    • Advanced Airbase
  • Special
    • Seaport
    • Advanced Seaport
    • Hovercraft Platform
    • Seaplane Factory
• Economy Structures
  • Energy
    • Land
      • Solar Panel
      • Windmill
      • Energy Storage
    • Sea
      • Tidal Generator
      • Underwater Energy Storage
  • Metal
    • Land
      • Metal Extractor
      • Metal Maker
      • Metal Storage
    • Sea
      • Underwater Metal Extractor
      • Floating Metal Maker
      • Underwater Metal Storage
• Defense Structures
  • Land
    • LLT (Light Laser Tower)
    • Shortrange Radar
    • Dragon's Teeth (Wall Segment)
  • Sea
    • Torpedo Launcher
    • Shortrange Sonar
    • Floating Dragon's Teeth (Floating Wall Segment)

Land Level 1

Nanolathe Speed:

• Air: 50
• Kbot: 80
• Vehicle: 100
• Seaplane: 100
• Hovercraft: 200

(As all units of the same level, other than the naval, appear to have the same capabilities, this list applies to the air, kbot, and vehicle styles of construction unit.
Can Build:

• Everything commanders can EXCEPT most naval (exceptions below)
• Construction Structures
  • Seaport
  • Advanced Seaport
  • Seaplane Platform
• Economy Structures
  • Energy
    • Geothermal Powerplant
• Defense Structures
  • HLT (Heavy Laser Tower)
  • Missile Turret
  • Pop-up Heavy Cannon

Land Level 2

Nanolathe Speed:

• Air: 100
• Kbot: 160
• Vehicle: 200

Can Build:

• Everything Land level 1 can, except ALL naval
• Production Structures
  • Land
    • Krogoth Gantry (Core Only)
• Economy Structures
  • Energy
    • Fusion Powerplant
    • Cloakable Fusion Powerplant
  • Metal
    • Moho Metal Extractor
    • Moho Metal Maker
• Defense
  • Energy Weapon
  • Plasma Battery
  • Shortrange Radar Jammer
  • Longrange Radar
  • Flak Cannon
  • Nuclear Missile Defence System
  • Fortification Wall
• Special
  • EMP Missile Launcher
  • Nuclear Missile Launcher
  • LRPC (Long-Range Plasma Cannon)
  • RFLRPC (Rapid-Fire Long-Range Plasma Cannon)
  • Radar Targetting Facility
  • Airpad (Repairs Aircraft)

Sea Level 1

The only level 1 sea unit is the construction boat, with a nanolathe speed of 125. It, being a boat, is restricted to water.
Can Build:

• Construction Structures
  • Land
    • Kbot Lab
    • Advanced Kbot Lab
    • Tank Factory
    • Advanced Tank Factory
    • Airbase
    • Advanced Airbase
  • Special
    • Seaport
    • Advanced Seaport
    • Hovercraft Platform
    • Seaplane Factory
• Economy
  • Energy
    • Tidal Generator
    • Underwater Energy Storage
  • Metal
    • Underwater Metal Extractor
    • Floating Metal Maker
    • Underwater Metal Storage
• Defence
  • Torpedo Launcher
  • Floating HLT (Heavy Laser Tower)
  • Floating Missile Launcher
  • Shortrange Sonar
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Floating Dragon's Teeth

Sea Level 2

Nanolathe Speed: 250
Can Build:

• All NAVAL that sea level 1 can
• Construction Structures
  • Airbase
  • Advanced Airbase
  • Hovercraft Platform
• Economy
  • Energy
    • Underwater Fusion Powerplant
• Defence
  • Heavy Torpedo Launcher
  • Longrange Sonar
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fortification Post
  • Longrange Radar
  • Shortrange Jammer

Special Construction Units

There are two special construction KBots in XTA. Arm has the FARK (Fast Assist-Repair KBot), while Core has the Necro Rez KBot. The FARK has the fastest nanolathe speed in the mod, at 860. Although it can build little on its own, it is the fastest moving construction unit, and it also gets built quickly. The Necro still has a very fast nanolathe speed (720), but takes longer to build and moves less quickly. However, this is offset by 2 advantages: It is both cheaper, and it can revive destroyed units and structures. This is much cheaper than building another, and is also quicker.

FARK (Fast Assist-Repair KBot) Buildtree

• Production Facilities
  • Land
    • KBot Lab
    • Advanced KBot Lab
• Economy
  • Energy
    • Geothermal Powerplant
  • Metal
    • Moho Metal Extractor
• Defence
  • LLT
  • Sentinel HLT
  • Flakker Flak Cannon
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fortification Wall
  • Advanced Radar

Necro Rez KBot Buildtree

• Production Facilities
  • Land
    • KBot Lab
    • Advanced KBot Lab
• Economy
  • Energy
    • Geothermal Powerplant
  • Metal
    • Moho Metal Extractor
• Defence
  • LLT
  • Gaat Gun HLT
  • Viper Pop-Up Heavy Laser
  • Cobra Flak Cannon
  • Dragon's Teeth
  • Fortification Wall
  • Advanced Radar
  • Immolator Plasma Tower

A note on build time

You may notice that build times are extremely high. That is because that is not the build time, but build power necessary to construct that unit/structure. To find the actual time (in seconds), do the simple equation:
time(seconds)=Buildpower necessary/Nanolathe Speed of all units constructing

This means that if you were to build a structure with a buildtime of 1000 with a level 1 vehicle (Nanolathe:100), it will take 10 seconds to build. (10=1000/100)