Upgrade Shipyard: Level 16 is a station mission in Star Trek Fleet Command with one objective: raise the Shipyard to level 16. It needs only warp 1 to start and finish, and the game lists a recommended level of 1. The reward is 4,000 Tritanium, and finishing it unlocks Upgrade Operations to Level 17. That order is no accident: Operations 17 cannot be built until the Shipyard reaches 16.
Upgrade Shipyard: Level 16 objectives
The story line says to upgrade the Shipyard to gain access to new and more powerful ships. There is a single objective and no choice split:
- Upgrade Shipyard to Level 16.
No system is named and there is no hostile or donation. The mission completes when the upgrade does.
Where and what warp
Warp 1 to start and to complete, with no pickup system. The mission is played entirely on your station, and the recommended level of 1 does not matter; the upgrade is the gate.
Upgrade Shipyard: Level 16 rewards
The mission pays 4,000 Tritanium. Completing it also unlocks the next mission in the station chain, Upgrade Operations to Level 17.
What Shipyard 16 opens up
Shipyard 16 is a requirement for several other upgrades:
- Operations 17, together with Dilithium Vault 3.
- Ship Hangar 16, together with Operations 16.
- Refinery 16 and Scrapyard 16, each together with Operations 16.
The Shipyard’s own bonuses keep climbing. Ship Construction Speed and Tier Up Speed are both 24% at level 15 and 36% at level 20, so level 16 moves you a step along that range.
For a sense of cost, the milestone levels on either side look like this in current game data:
| Shipyard level | Cost | Build time | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 50 2★ Common Refined Crystal, 750 Tritanium, 45,900 Parsteel | 16h 24m | Operations 15, R&D Department 15, Dilithium Warehouse 12 |
| 20 | 4,250 Tritanium, 260,100 Parsteel | 2d 7h | Operations 20, R&D Department 20, Ship Hangar 15 |
How Level 16 compares with nearby steps
| Mission | Tritanium |
|---|---|
| Upgrade Shipyard: Level 15 | 3,000 |
| Upgrade Shipyard: Level 16 | 4,000 |
| Upgrade Shipyard: Level 17 | 5,000 |
| Upgrade Shipyard: Level 18 | 6,000 |
| Upgrade Shipyard: Level 19 | 12,000 |
The reward goes up by 1,000 Tritanium per level through the mid teens, then doubles at Level 19.
Tips
Queue Operations 17 straight after. The Shipyard upgrade is the requirement Operations 17 is waiting on, and the next mission pays 7,000 Tritanium and two 5 Minute Repair Speed Ups for it.
Check Dilithium Vault 3 as well. It is the other requirement for Operations 17, and that upgrade itself costs 2,100 Tritanium, 114,240 Parsteel, 700 Dilithium and some 2★ refined ore, with a build time of 1 day 19 hours. The 4,000 Tritanium from this mission covers its Tritanium cost.
The mission before this one is Upgrade R&D Department to Level 16, and the next is Upgrade Operations to Level 17. Other missions sorted by level are on the mission guide.
