LEGO Rock Raiders/Buildings

There are various buildings in Rock Raiders to fulfill many different purposes. Some may be necessary, while some are just to increase efficiency of production.

General Info
There are properties every building has
 * Dependence - All buildings require a power path to be constructed, and Rock Raiders to be present. Other than that, all buildings other than the Tool Store require certain buildings to have been constructed and upgraded to a certain level before construction can even begin.
 * Materials - Most of the buildings require a certain number of ore and energy crystals to be constructed.
 * Upgrades - Most buildings can be upgraded. The maximum upgrade level and effect of an upgrade varies from building to building.  A building always requires five ore to be upgraded one level.  When not upgraded at all, a building is at "lv. 0".
 * Training - Some buildings allow Rock Raiders to train with them. This might depend on the upgrade level.
 * Power - Some buildings require power to perform all of their functions, and when they do so they reserve an energy crystals' worth of power out of the power network. Without power the building will serve no purpose and cannot train workers.  The power can be manually turned off, so it can be arranged that only necessary buildings will receive power if there are not enough energy crystals in the network to supply all of the buildings.

Buildings
This is a list of all the buildings in Lego Rock Raiders. A building is implicitly assumed to require rock raiders being present, and a power path to be constructed next to.

Tool Store

 * Dependence: None
 * Materials: None
 * Upgrades
 * Allows the construction of the Teleport Pad
 * Can train Explosive Experts
 * Training: Explosive Expert (lv. 2)

The Tool Store is in many ways the most important building in the game, especially because every level will always start with at least one Tool Store. Rock Raiders can only acquire tools at a Tool Store, and it serves as the storage facility for ore and energy crystals. They can also be teleported down with this, and is in most cases the first way of teleportation. When dynamite or electric fences are needed, they came from this building. If upgraded twice, workers can train as an Explosive Expert, allowing them to use powerful dynamite to destroy hard rock which cannot be drilled with their tools.

Teleport Pad

 * Dependence: Tool Store (lv. 1)
 * Materials: 8 ore
 * Upgrades
 * Allows construction of Power Station
 * Training: Pilot

The Teleport Pad is one of the central buildings involved with vehicles, and represents the next level of teleportation power above the Tool Store. If a Rock Raider is in queue to be teleported to the planet, but all the Tool Stores are busy, Teleport Pads are used instead, so it can help to speed up teleportations of large groups of workers at a time. This building's main use is to teleport small vehicles to the surface. It's other important function is to train workers as Pilots, so they can use flying vehicles.

Power Station

 * Dependence: Tool Store (lv. 1), Teleport Pad (lv. 1)
 * Materials: 12 ore, 2 energy crystals
 * Upgrades
 * Allows construction of Support Station, Geological Center, Upgrade Station, and Ore Refinery
 * Training: None

This is one of the most important buildings, as it supports all the other buildings. It's only function is to provide power to power path networks, with the power supplied by energy crystals. After this building is constructed, workers will bring energy crystals to this building to be assimilated into the power network instead of the Tool Store for storage.

Support Station

 * Dependence: Tool Store (lv. 1), Teleport Pad (lv. 1), Power Station(lv. 1)
 * Materials: 15 ore, 3 energy crystals
 * Upgrades
 * Allows construction of Super Teleport
 * Training: Driver

One of the gateway buildings, and also one of the central buildings related to vehicles. It serves many purposes, one of the most vital replenishing air consumed by workers. Workers will automatically eat sandwiches here when they are hungry, so they will always be in an efficient working state. Rock Raiders are trained as drivers here. This building allows the construction of the Hover Scout, Small Digger, and Small Transport Truck, and Rapid Rider (if a Docks is built).