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Starship Processing → Node View → Upgrade Starships → Upgrade behavior notice

Upgrade behavior notice

Selected ships receive reference statistics and S-class settings. Non-Corvette technology items are replaced entirely with reference equipment; existing extras, trails, figurines and module seeds can be lost. Corvettes preserve equipment/build parts and add missing technology. Capacity targets 60 technology slots; equipment/capacity failure can skip that portion while statistics/class still apply. Unsupported models or invalid statistics/class references are rejected.

Starship Processing → Node View → Upgrade Starships → Starship checkboxes

Starship checkboxes

All checkboxes start unchecked; tree selection is not upgrade selection. Named occupied ships display only their saved Name: duplicate names can look identical, and the ownership index is stored invisibly rather than shown beside the name. Unoccupied slots display Slot N - (unoccupied); unnamed occupied slots use Starship N (unnamed).

Rows remain in ownership-list order, including empty slots. Identify the intended zero-based tree index before opening the picker; its row is that index plus one when counting every checkbox from the top, including unoccupied rows. Select only the confidently identified row; Cancel if uncertain. Empty selection and Cancel perform no upgrade.

Starship Processing → Node View → Upgrade Starships → OK

OK

Accepts the selected ships, runs the upgrade, refreshes app data when changes exist and opens Starship Upgrade Results. It does not save the game files.

Before synchronization, formatting or a structured operation, copy EACH pending Raw JSON pane you need into separate external inspection files. Updating one tab can refresh ALL four editors and overwrite other pending text. Reapply, synchronize and verify only understood Bases, Starships or Teleport Endpoints edits, one pane at a time. Keep Inventory text externally: do not synchronize or Pretty Print it because its current update path is defective. Use the documented structured inventory tools from a trustworthy baseline instead. If pending Inventory text blocks a tool, preserve it, deliberately reload a trustworthy saved baseline when ready to abandon the pending app state, then recreate supported changes through structured tools. Never click Sync in every pending tab just to obtain green indicators.

Starship Processing → Node View → Upgrade Starships → Cancel

Cancel

Closes without upgrading or altering app data.

Starship Processing → Node View → Upgrade Starships → Starship Upgrade Results

Starship Upgrade Results

Lists every selected ship and its actual outcome.