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Refinement - the must-have ladder

Liquid refinery

The mid-game hinge: better liquids mean better shields, baths, and the modules that keep you alive under fire.

Liquid refinery

Once the solid press is humming, liquid refinement is the next must-have. Coolant jackets, shield matrices, and a lot of the quiet tech that turns a scout into a survivor all demand liquid stacks that have been climbed, not merely collected.

Commanders who treat this as optional spend the mid-game wondering why their fleets melt. Commanders who feed it properly show up with shielding and protection that make the same hull look like a different class of ship.

What it does

Raises the tier of liquid stacks while keeping them liquid. Requires Liquid processing research and a Solid refinery. Gates the Gas refinery and most phase converters. Climbing liquid tiers unlocks the better shield and protection components that define mid-game survival.

Requirements

Level 1 cost

Costs shown for the first level. Later levels scale up and can demand higher-tier materials.

  • Pig iron3,240
  • Crystal1,620
Maximum level
15

Unlocks

Everything below becomes reachable once this entry is in place.

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Liquid refinery. The mid-game hinge: better liquids mean better shields, baths, and the modules that keep you alive under fire.. Raises the tier of liquid stacks while keeping them liquid. Requires Liquid processing research and a Solid refinery. Gates the Gas refinery and most phase converters. Climbing liquid tiers unlocks the better shield and protection components that define mid-game survival.

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