Terror stars don't count as ships, do they?

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Do the upgrades under the military tab on the starbase upgrade screen apply to terror stars? -meaning, the repair upgrade, the defense upgrade, the speed upgrades, etc...-

If I make a terror star with cultural upgrades, is it essentially a mobile cultural emporium? A kind of "Don't bother coming to Mcdonalds, Mcdonalds will come to YOU" franchise? Will aliens get pissed if I have a culture-upgraded terror star in their territory? What happens if I move a terror star onto a resource? Or if I make a starbase that was on a resource into a terror star? Or if I do that, then move it off the resource?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh, and is it possible to build so many starbases with interdictor modules that you are essentially making your sector a black hole from which no enemy ships can ever escape?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
The answer to all the questions is "yes" except for the following.

You can't move a terror star onto a resource and then mine it.

If a starbase built on a resource is converted into a Terror Star you now have a mobile resource.

The blackhole strategy is theoretically workable up to a point. I don't think you can reduce an enemy ship's movement below 1.
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Build a group of terror stars with max culture upgrades and everything nearby will flip to you. Go wandering through the galaxy and you'll get everything.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
A mobile resource? No kidding? Thats awsome.

Hey, if you make a starbase thats on top of a resource into a terror star, then disband it someplace else -deep in your territory, for example,- does the resource simply vanish, or is it now relocated?

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh and what happens if you do that, then the terror star is destroyed?
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
The resource stays at where ever you disbanded your Terror Star. And yes, it dissappears without a trace when you disband it, making it a complete waste of time and resources so I don't recommend disbanding those things on a whim.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh ya, and do speed upgrades and interdictor beams affect freighters? -not the ones that establish trade routes, the mini ones that go back and forth once a route has been established.-

For that matter, do defense upgrades affect those freighters?
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Re: Freighters

"No" to all.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
D'oh, didn't think so.