Ship Design Issue

[chet]

After playing for a while (having bought the ship design update for my Kindle Fire) I designed and bought a ship, and the game took away the over $300K I paid for it, but I can't figure out how to get on board and use it.  It is sitting at the port where I created it, and it's a friendly port.  When I tap on Ship, I can see the new ship, but tapping on it only sets a path to go to that port.

How do I get to use the ship I created?  Or is this only going to work at the beginning of the game.  There must be something I am missing, but I can't find any instructions for the ship design upgrade.

Frustrated.

Thanks,

Chet

[xdesperado]

You need to have access to the military side of the starport.
Over there you can select dry docked ships and trade cargos between them or switch which ship your using.

If it's a faction planet you'll need to buy at least Rank 1 with them to access the military side.

[chet]

I finally got that -- the problem had been that when I designed the new ship, the dry dock was for some reason unavailable even though the game took my money and built the ship, I could not access it. Later on I returned to the same planet and the dry-dock was ready to use, and of course I was able to get my new ship.

Thanks all. And thanks Cory as well for the quick e-reply.

[Cory Trese]

There is a rumor ("Military Base Closed") that will hide the Dry Dock.