[Kosh]

Any theories on why they seem to have unlimited numbers of ships?

[Yogert]

They're very old. My guess would probably be on the order of millions of years. Given that much time they probably have a armada that makes the Sathanas fleet look like a quick response force (which it probably is).

[Cyker]

Maybe they grow them too!
Like, say, when a mummy Sathanas and a daddy Sathanaus get together and... um... actually lets terminate that line of thought.

WITH BEAM CANNONS!

[Nuke]

i wouldnt doubt that they grow their ships, i mean i find it hard to understand how a shivan could be a good construction worker

[Knight Templar]

Dey Maek there sheps fr0m Vazuden HEADz LOL!1

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Nuke
i wouldnt doubt that they grow their ships, i mean i find it hard to understand how a shivan could be a good construction worker

Inbuilt arc welders.

[Dekzar]

Originally posted by Nuke
i wouldnt doubt that they grow their ships, i mean i find it hard to understand how a shivan could be a good construction worker

Slave labor from destroyed races perhaps?

[InfernoGod]

Hull Plating: 1 Billion Standard Credits
Beam Weaponry: 10,000 Standard Credits
A Crew: 50,000 Standard Credits Once a Month Each
Having an Armada of Supernova Causing Ships: Priceless
There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Freespace.

[Kosh]

Originally posted by Dekzar


Slave labor from destroyed races perhaps?

How can dead people be slaves?

[Eishtmo]

Massive industrial base?  How else do you crank out that many freaking ships?

[Swamp_Thing]

How they get so many ships? Easy, it´s called "respawn". Whenever they need a new ship, they  write to the game designer and ask for a respawn code. What´s easier than that?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Eishtmo
Massive industrial base?  How else do you crank out that many freaking ships?

Maybe they just stole them?

[GoulMeister]

does anyone even fly shivan fighters, in the fmv`s shivans are gigantic  
would they fit in one?

[an0n]

I'm gonna say: 'Magic'

[Lynx]

BLACK magic

[an0n]

RACIST!

[Lynx]

Hehe, I smell a misunderstanding.

[Nuke]

whos masterbating?!?!

[MatthewPapa]

Their industrial capacity is obviously superior to the Terrans + the Vasudans. I would say that they probably control a good part of the galaxy in order to get enough resources to build all of those ships in such a short amount of time. Or, as the story goes, they are just spontaneously formed from subspace by an angry cosmos.

[Liberator]

If the ships are even partly organic(grown) that would cut down on both production time and cost.  Given the shapes that are predominant in Shivan design philosphy, spikes and smooth rounded curves, they seem to favor organic design structure over the purely aesthetic(vasudans) or utalitarian(terrans).  Also, the Shivans might have matter replication/editation capability and with such tech, resources become a matter of available energy.