<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104036.msg4744518#msg4744518">Quote from: Christopher28 on 05-06-2011, 18:51:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">  Ouch.  So we essentially need to make 15 tests in a row to equip our cruiser and orbital satellites?  Say it isn't so!  *cries pathetically*<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It is so. The orbital stations aren't starship components or starships in their own right, so I think we can get them in bulk, but buying the weapons can't gain scale modifiers.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">What?  I don't understand.<br/><br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You had it right. Each endeavour requires X total Achievement points to be completed, with certain objectives valued at Y achievement points each. Thus, if we spend achievement points, we are that much further away from completing the endeavour (and if we spend enough, that endeavour becomes impossible).