This menu allows you to select from the various systems your race has developed
to be built and stored for future use on ships.  Once you have started into the
game, you can return to these factories any time you have a ship landed upon
your home world.

The FACTORIES screen has been divided up into several sections.  The first
section, on the left, lists all of the systems designed to be placed upon a new
ship.  These include all engines, shield generators, and weapons systems.  In
the upper right-most corner, you will see a small box which displays any
PLANETARY systems such as planetary defense shield generators and mining
equipment, which become very important as the game progresses.  (For more
information on planetary systems, see section II.III.)  Finally, the box
immediately below the planetary systems is a listing of the available minerals
left on your home world.  In the beginning, as you can see, there are very few
minerals left, and you must carefully make your decisions about what will be
built for your first ships.

To build a new system for your ship, simply select the button with the name of
the system you wish to build.  The number immediately to the right of the name
of the system represents how many of this system you have already built and can
use on your next ship.  For example, if one of the buttons read FUSION DRIVE: 3
then you have already built three engines, and selecting this button again will
build a forth, provided you have enough minerals.  Each component you build
requires a specific number of minerals.

Selecting the DESIGN SHIP button will allow you to enter the ship building
factory.
