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Shipyards is the option in the menu of a station that lets you buy and sell ships and also store ships if you have more than one. A system with a high tech economy are more likely than others to have many different ships to purchase but this is not always the case. In some systems with conflict zones, stations nearby will often have as many ships listed as a high tech one.
Shipyard is the option in the menu of a station that lets you buy and sell ships and also store ships if you have more than one. A system with a high tech economy is more likely than others to have many different ships to purchase but this is not always the case. In some systems with conflict zones, stations nearby will often have as many ships listed as a high tech one.


== Selling ships ==
== Selling ships ==
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In order to get more money back, players always sell the modules and parts of the ship and replace them with modules with lowest classes and grades as to get back as much money as possible.
In order to get more money back, players always sell the modules and parts of the ship and replace them with modules with lowest classes and grades as to get back as much money as possible.


For the smaller ships like [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Cobra Cobra], [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Viper Viper] and [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Sidewinder Sidewinder], a 10% loss of the ship value is not much, but when fully outfitted with modules with maximum classes and grades, a 10% ship value can be up to 200'000 credits. For bigger ships like [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Lakon_Type_7 Lakon Type 7], the loss is closer to 2 million credits.
For the smaller ships like [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Cobra Cobra], [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Viper Viper] and [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Sidewinder Sidewinder], a 10% loss of the ship value is not much, but when fully outfitted with modules with maximum classes and grades, a 10% ship value can be up to 200,000 credits. For bigger ships like [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Lakon_Type_7 Lakon Type 7], the loss is closer to 2 million credits.


This hidden game feature also makes it worthless to pursue trading, then selling the ship to do combat and then returning to trading or any other switch in game style that requires selling the ship. It is recommended to buy a ship and keep it permanently and then buy additional ships while keeping primary ships. Thus, if you want to go into a combat zone or switch profession, remember to keep the 10% of the ship value as an inevitable loss when you are done with that ship.
This hidden game feature also makes it worthless to pursue trading, then selling the ship to do combat and then returning to trading or any other switch in game style that requires selling the ship. It is recommended to buy a ship and keep it permanently and then buy additional ships while keeping primary ships. Thus, if you want to go into a combat zone or switch profession, remember to keep the 10% of the ship value as an inevitable loss when you are done with that ship.