Spaceships

Ship designing

All the covert machinations on Earth and industrialization efforts in space are the path for factions to build fleets of ships to protect and advance their interests. Once the factions unlock the early-game orbital shipbuilding tech, and the follow-on space dock project for their habs, they can build interplanetary spacecraft.

With the right modules, ships can prospect and found habitats, but the primary role for most ships is combat.

At any time, you can design ships out of the modules you've developed. Once you have a shipyard, you can build the ships themselves out of your space resources and, if necessary, boost and money.

Individual ships are constructed at habs at a space dock, shipyard, or spaceworks module. Ships may be built out of a mix of resources mined in space and material boosted from Earth. When construction is complete, ships are deployed docked at the hab that built them.

Ship Performance

Ships have the following characteristics that need to be tracked:

• Wet Mass: Wet Mass is the total mass of the ship when fully loaded with fuel. Mass influences the ship's maneuverability. Higher mass decreases Delta-V and turn rate. Hovering over it shows a breakdown with the origin of all Wet Mass.
• Crew: How many personnel will serve aboard the ship.
• Cruise Acceleration: How quickly the ship can change its velocity in the strategy layer. Higher cruise accelerations allow ships to overcome a space body's gravity and take more direct trajectories to its destination.
• Combat Acceleration: How quickly the ship can change its velocity in the combat layer. Some drives are capable of short periods of higher acceleration in combat situations.
• Turn Rate: How quickly the ship can change its orientation in combat. This value is dependent on the length and mass of the ship; shorter ships will turn faster all things being equal.
• Heat Sink Capacity: Heat sinks serve as a temporary substitute for a ship's heat management while a its vulnerable radiators are retracted in combat. Higher values allow the ship to fight longer without extending its radiators.
• Battery Capacity: The ship's batteries store power from its power plant for use by most weapon systems when the power plant is unavailable. More advanced batteries are able to recharge during combat.
• Construction Cost: Resources required to build the ship. Boost and Money can be substituted for any resource that is lacking. This may increase build time as materials are delivered from Earth.
• Construction Time: How long it will take to build the ship once all required materials are at the shipyard. Larger shipyards reduce build time.
• Support: The monthly cost of supporting the ship. If support costs go unpaid the ship will be more vulnerable to other faction's attempts to seize the ship.
• Cruise Delta-V Determines where the ship can go and how fast it can get there. More propellant increases Delta-V. More mass on the ship decreases it.
  • Ships with less than 8 kps Delta-V may have trouble reaching the Moon from an Earth orbit.
  • Ships with less than 30 kps Delta-V will not be able to reliably perform interplanetary transfers from Earth.
  • Ships with roughly 60 kps will be able to perform more extreme transfers such as transfering from Mercury to Saturn.

Hull

Designing a ship begins with selecting a hull. The type of hull determines the number of nose and hull weapon hard points, the number of utility modules, and the length of the hull.

Shorter ships will have a lower moment of inertia, meaning they will rotate faster than their longer counterparts.

Hull	Base Mass (tons)	Base Crew	Base Turn Rate (deg/sec^2)	Construction Time (days)	Hard Points			Support Cost		Base Construction Cost				Required technology
					Nose	Hull	Utility	Mission Control	Money	Water	Volatiles	Base Metals	Noble Metals
Gunship	212	3	227.0	46/22.8	1	0	1	1	1	0.6	2.6	14	4	Interplanetary Warships
Escort	216	4	222.8	68/34.2	0	2	2	1	2	0.8	2.8	14	4
Corvette	382	8	96.9	68/34.2	1	1	2	1	3	1.6	5.1	24.5	7
Frigate	680	20	35.4	103/51.3	1	2	4	2	4	4	10	42	12	Patrol Vessels
Monitor	840	35	22.9	103/51.3	0	4	3	2	4	7	14	49	14
Destroyer	860	40	22.4	103/51.3	2	2	3	2	5	8	15	49	14
Cruiser	1090	60	12.6	148/74.1	2	3	6	3	10	12	20.5	59.5	17	Fleet Combatants
Battlecruiser	1130	70	12.2	148/74.1	3	2	3	3	12	14	22.5	59.5	17
Battleship	1470	80	8.2	148/74.1	2	6	4	3	15	16	27.5	80.5	23
Lancer	2100	100	4.6	182/91.2	4	3	6	4	20	20	37	119	34	Ships of the Line
Dreadnought	2430	120	3.6	182/91.2	3	8	6	4	25	24	43.5	136.5	39
Titan	2530	120	3.2	182/91.2	4	6	8	5	30	24	44.5	143.5	41

Role

Each ship has a role, which informs the game on whether the ship is a combatant or noncombatant, what range it should engage in during combat and how much propellant will it want. The role affects the autodesigner behavior and where the ship is placed in a combat formation.

• Ships with Long strategic range will emphasize propellant for interplanetary operations
• Ships with Short strategic range will limit propellant mass in favor of maneuverability

Role	Strategic Range	Preferred Combat Engagement Range
Troop Carrier	Long	Will avoid combat
Explorer	Long	Will avoid combat
Inner System Colony Ship	Long	Will avoid combat
Outer System Colony Ship	Long	Will avoid combat
Transport	Long	Will avoid combat
Strike	Long	Short
Interdictor	Long	Medium
Attack Bomber	Long	Long
Fighter	Medium	Short
Space Superiority	Medium	Medium
Standoff	Medium	Long
Interceptor	Short	Short
Patrol	Short	Medium
Defense Bomber	Short	Long

Ship Components

Power Plant

A ship's power plant provides energy to both the ship's drive and other ship systems. The mass of the power plant scales with the greater of the power requirement of the drive or the ship's systems. The power plant also produces waste heat that must be stored in heat sinks or expelled by radiators.

Note: Many drives require a certain class of power plant to function, and in some cases, a lower-tech power plant of the correct class may not be able to produce enough power to support an advanced drive.

Power Plant	Classification	Efficiency	Specific power (tons/GW)	Maximum Output (GW)
Fuel Cell I	Fuel Cell	70.0%	2,800	0.2
Fuel Cell II	Fuel Cell	70.0%	450	0.6
Fuel Cell III	Fuel Cell	72.0%	120	1
Solid Core Fission Reactor I	Solid Core Fission	75.0%	40	2
Solid Core Fission Reactor II	Solid Core Fission	75.0%	34	6
Solid Core Fission Reactor III	Solid Core Fission	75.0%	28	15
Solid Core Fission Reactor IV	Solid Core Fission	75.0%	12	60
Solid Core Fission Reactor V	Solid Core Fission	75.0%	8	125
Compact Solid Core Fission Reactor I	Solid Core Fission	80.0%	6	1.5
Compact Solid Core Fission Reactor II	Solid Core Fission	80.0%	5	5
Compact Solid Core Fission Reactor III	Solid Core Fission	80.0%	4	12
Compact Solid Core Fission Reactor IV	Solid Core Fission	80.0%	3	20
Compact Solid Core Fission Reactor V	Solid Core Fission	85.0%	2	20
Molten Core Fission Reactor I	Liquid Core Fission	85.0%	3	1
Molten Core Fission Reactor II	Liquid Core Fission	88.0%	3	750
Molten Core Fission Reactor III	Liquid Core Fission	90.0%	2.5	1300
Vapor Core Fission Reactor I	Gas Core Fission	90.0%	13	6
Vapor Core Fission Reactor II	Gas Core Fission	92.0%	8	8
Vapor Core Fission Reactor III	Gas Core Fission	92.0%	4	14
Gas Core Fission Reactor I	Gas Core Fission	90.0%	15	5
Gas Core Fission Reactor II	Gas Core Fission	91.0%	10	33
Gas Core Fission Reactor III	Gas Core Fission	95.0%	3	150
Terawatt Gas Core Fission Reactor I	Gas Core Fission	93.0%	10	1700
Terawatt Gas Core Fission Reactor II	Gas Core Fission	95.0%	3.5	1700
Terawatt Gas Core Fission Reactor III	Gas Core Fission	96.0%	1	1700
Salt Water Core Reactor I	Nuclear Salt Water Core	99.5%	0.45	32000
Salt Water Core Reactor II	Nuclear Salt Water Core	99.5%	0.080	230000
Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactor I	Electrostatic Confinement Fusion	95.0%	2	5
Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactor II	Electrostatic Confinement Fusion	95.0%	1	25
Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactor III	Electrostatic Confinement Fusion	95.0%	0.25	80
Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor I	Z-Pinch Fusion	96.0%	13	110
Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor II	Z-Pinch Fusion	98.5%	5	220
Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor III	Z-Pinch Fusion	99.0%	2	3500
Hybrid Confinement Fusion Reactor I	Hybrid Confinement Fusion	97.0%	4	2.5
Hybrid Confinement Fusion Reactor II	Hybrid Confinement Fusion	98.0%	2	2000
Hybrid Confinement Fusion Reactor III	Hybrid Confinement Fusion	99.0%	1	20000
Fusion Tokamak I	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	85.0%	28	30
Fusion Tokamak II	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	88.0%	14	30
Fusion Tokamak III	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	92.0%	10	212
Fusion Tokamak IV	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	93.5%	4	1200
Fusion Tokamak V	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	98.5%	1	4800
Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor	Z-Pinch Fusion	99.5%	0.0068	300000
Mirror Cell Fusion Reactor I	Mirrored Magnetic Confinement Fusion	93.0%	13.4	60
Mirror Cell Fusion Reactor II	Mirrored Magnetic Confinement Fusion	95.0%	6.5	360
Mirror Cell Fusion Reactor III	Mirrored Magnetic Confinement Fusion	98.0%	1.2	1400
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor I	Inertial Confinement Fusion	85.0%	17.6	5
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor II	Inertial Confinement Fusion	87.0%	12	30
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor III	Inertial Confinement Fusion	89.0%	10	200
Heavy Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor	Inertial Confinement Fusion	97.5%	20	650
Inertial Confinement Terawatt Fusion Reactor I	Inertial Confinement Fusion	95.0%	1	10000
Inertial Confinement Terawatt Fusion Reactor II	Inertial Confinement Fusion	99.0%	0.068	22000
Inertial Confinement Terawatt Fusion Reactor III	Inertial Confinement Fusion	99.9%	0.002	3000000
Antimatter Plasma Core Reactor	Plasma Core Antimatter	99.8%	0.45	1200
Antimatter Plasma Core Reactor	Plasma Core Antimatter	99.8%	0.05	7300
Antimatter Plasma Core Reactor	Plasma Core Antimatter	99.8%	0.005	42000
Antimatter Beam Core Reactor	Beam Core Antimatter	99.8%	0.00002	3000000

Drive

Drives expel propellant from the tail of the ship to make the ship go places. Drives come in a variety of forms, but are rated by two common values: thrust and exhaust velocity. High-thrust drives can achieve higher velocities more quickly, and high-exhaust velocity drives use less propellant to do so. Together these values determine the power required by the ship's power plant. Adding 100-ton propellant tanks to the ship increases the ship's Delta-V, or how much it can change its speed.

Note: Many drives require a certain class of power plant to function, and in some cases, a lower-tech power plant of the correct class may not be able to produce enough power to support an advanced drive.

Drive	Required Power Plant	Thrust Rating (single engine)	Exhaust Velocity Rating	Propellant (Propellant/Tank)
Apex Solid Rocket	N/A	14.9	1.4	Volatiles (1)
Meteor Liquid Rocket	N/A	14.9	1.6	Water (0.6), Volatiles (0.4)
Neutron Liquid Rocket	N/A	15.3	1.6	Volatiles (1)
Venture Liquid Rocket	N/A	14.2	2.2	Water (1)
Diana Superheavy Rocket	N/A	15.3	1.9	Water (0.6), Volatiles (0.4)
Nova Liquid Rocket	N/A	13.9	2.5	Water (1)
Super Kronos Liquid Rocket	N/A	12.3	4.4	Volatiles (0.998), Fissiles (0.002)
Resistojet	N/A	1.0	1.5	Water (1)
Tungsten Resistojet	N/A	4.3	3.3	Water (1)
Arcjet Drive	N/A	1.0	4.3	Water (1)
Plasma Wave Drive	N/A	1.3	6.3	Anything (1)
Lorentz Drive	N/A	5.3	6.8	Water (0.75), Metals (0.25)
Helicon Drive	N/A	5.3	8.3	Water (0.9), Metals (0.1)
Hall Drive	N/A	2.7	4.3	Metals (1)
Ion Drive	N/A	1.5	6.3	Water (0.9), Metals (0.1)
Grid Drive	N/A	4.3	7.7	Water (0.9), Metals (0.1)
Colloid Drive	N/A	4.0	5.4	Volatiles (1)
VASIMR	N/A	1.0	7.2	Water (1)
Pondermotive Drive	N/A	2.2	7.2	Water (1)
Pulsed Plasmoid Drive	N/A	1.1	8.7	Anything (1)
E-Beam Drive	N/A	3.2	4.3	Anything (1)
Amplitron Drive	N/A	4.6	3.3	Water (1)
Mass Driver	N/A	4.4	3.3	Anything (1)
Superconducting Mass Driver	N/A	5.3	4.9	Anything (1)
Kiwi Drive	Solid Core Fission	6.0	3.1	Water (1)
NERVA Drive	Solid Core Fission	6.6	3.0	Water (1)
Snare Drive	Solid Core Fission	7.2	3.1	Water (1)
Rover Drive	Solid Core Fission	7.8	3.2	Water (1)
Cermet NERVA	Solid Core Fission	8.1	3.3	Water (1)
Advanced NERVA Drive	Solid Core Fission	9.4	3.0	Water (1)
Dumbo	Solid Core Fission	9.6	3.1	Water (1)
Advanced Cermet NERVA	Solid Core Fission	9.8	3.3	Water (1)
Heavy Dumbo	Solid Core Fission	12.8	3.0	Water (1)
Pulsar Drive	Solid Core Fission	7.6	4.0	Water (1)
Advanced Pulsar Drive	Solid Core Fission	8.5	5.0	Water (1)
Pebble Drive	Solid Core Fission	8.4	3.3	Water (1)
Particle Drive	Solid Core Fission	9.4	3.3	Water (1)
Lars Drive	Liquid Core Fission	7.6	4.3	Water (1)
Fission Spinner Drive	Liquid Core Fission	10.1	4.9	Water (1)
Pegasus Drive	Liquid Core Fission	10.6	5.3	Water (1)
Vortex Drive	Gas Core Fission	9.4	4.3	Water (1)
Super Vortex Drive	Gas Core Fission	10.0	4.3	Water (1)
Cavity Drive	Gas Core Fission	6.8	4.3	Water (1)
Advanced Cavity Drive	Gas Core Fission	9.4	4.6	Water (1)
Quartz Drive	Gas Core Fission	7.9	3.4	Water (1)
Lightbulb Drive	Gas Core Fission	9.7	4.2	Water (1)
Pharos Drive	Gas Core Fission	9.8	4.4	Water (1)
Fission Lantern	Gas Core Fission	14.4	5.0	Water (1)
Fission Frag Drive	Gas Core Fission	3.2	8.3	Fissiles (1)
Dusty Plasma Drive	Gas Core Fission	1.5	11.9	Fissiles (1)
Burner Drive	Gas Core Fission	7.8	6.1	Water (0.98), Noble Metals (0.01), Fissiles (0.01)
Flare Drive	Gas Core Fission	12.8	5.1	Water (0.98), Noble Metals (0.01), Fissiles (0.01)
Firestar Drive	Gas Core Fission	13.3	5.6	Water (0.98), Noble Metals (0.01), Fissiles (0.01)
Neutron Flux Drive	Nuclear Salt Water Core	14.7	6.0	Water (0.5), Fissiles (0.5)
Neutron Flux Torch	Nuclear Salt Water Core	14.7	12.2	Water (0.5), Fissiles (0.5)
Z-Pinch Microfission Drive	N/A	4.6	7.3	Water (0.5), Fissiles (0.5)
Neutronium Microfission Drive	N/A	6.6	7.3	Water (0.99), Fissiles (0.01)
Antimatter Microfission Drive	N/A	8.5	7.0	Water (0.99)*, Fissiles (0.01)*, Antimatter (1 × 10−12)
Minimag Orion	N/A	10.3	6.5	Metals (0.4), Noble Metals (0.4), Fissiles (0.2)
Advanced Minimag Orion	N/A	11.9	7.3	Metals (0.4), Noble Metals (0.3), Fissiles (0.3)
Orion Drive	N/A	15.0	5.4	Metals (0.4), Noble Metals (0.3), Fissiles (0.3)
H-Orion Drive	N/A	15.6	6.9	Metals (0.3), Noble Metals (0.35), Fissiles (0.35)
Triton Pulse Drive	N/A	9.6	7.6	Water (0.995), Fissiles (0.05)
Firefly Torch	Z-Pinch Fusion	10.7	16.6	Water (1)
Lithium Fusion Lantern	Electrostatic Confinement Fusion	7.1	4.3	Water (0.5), Metals (0.5)
Hybrid Fusion Drive	Hybrid Confinement Fusion	4.8	5.7	Metals (1)
Icarus Drive	Hybrid Confinement Fusion	10.0	10.2	Water (1)
Icarus Torch	Hybrid Confinement Fusion	11.4	12.1	Water (1)
Triton Torus Drive	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	7.1	6.1	Water (1)
Triton Reflex Drive	Mirrored Magnetic Confinement Fusion	6.6	10.9	Water (1)
Helion Torus Drive	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	5.2	8.4	Water (1)
Advanced Helion Torus Drive	Toroid Magnetic Confinement Fusion	6.6	12.9	Water (1)
Helion Reflex Drive	Mirrored Magnetic Confinement Fusion	5.7	8.3	Water (1)
Advanced Helion Reflex Drive	Mirrored Magnetic Confinement Fusion	7.2	9.9	Water (1)
Zeta Helion Drive	Z-Pinch Fusion	9.4	11.8	Water (1)
Zeta Boron Fusion Drive	Z-Pinch Fusion	10.4	10.3	Water (1)
Mag Protium Fusion Drive	Any Magnetic Confinement Fusion	8.6	13.0	Water (1)
Triton Hope Inertial Drive	Inertial Confinement Fusion	3.5	9.4	Water (1)
Triton Vista Inertial Drive	Inertial Confinement Fusion	8.9	7.4	Water (1)
Helion Inertial Drive	Inertial Confinement Fusion	6.8	9.2	Water (1)
Daedalus Torch	Inertial Confinement Fusion	10.4	13.2	Water (1)
Boron Inertial Drive	Inertial Confinement Fusion	6.0	7.3	Water (0.5), Volatiles (0.5)
Boron Inertial Torch	Inertial Confinement Fusion	7.6	14.1	Water (0.5), Volatiles (0.5)
Protium Inertial Torch	Inertial Confinement Fusion	9.1	13.3	Water (1)
Protium Converter Torch	Inertial Confinement Fusion	17.6	13.3	Water (1)
Antimatter Pulsed Plasma Core Drive	Plasma Core Antimatter	11.6	7.9	Water (0.99997)*, Antimatter (0.00003)*
Antimatter Plasma Core Drive	Plasma Core Antimatter	12.8	9.2	Water (0.99991)*, Antimatter (0.00009)*
Advanced Antimatter Plasma Core Drive	Plasma Core Antimatter	13.3	11.5	Water (0.9999), Antimatter (0.0001)
Pion Torch	Beam Core Antimatter	14.3	13.8	Water (0.5), Antimatter (0.5)

*Rounded

Propellant

Each ship must have one or more 100-ton propellant tanks. The number of propellant tanks determines the ship's Delta-V value. There is no hard limit to the number that can be placed on a ship. However, each tank of propellant adds mass to the ship, which reduces its acceleration and gives diminishing returns for delta-V. The resources used to make propellant is determined by the drive.

Radiator

Radiators remove waste heat produced by the ship's power plant. They scale in mass based on the power plant's output and efficiency. Because these are highly vulnerable in combat, they can be retracted if the ship has heat sinks in one or more utility slots. However, once the ship's heat sink fills up, the radiators must be extended again to protect the lives of the crew.

Radiator	Combat Vulnerability When Deployed	Waste Heat (tons/GW)
Aluminum Fin	Very High	400
Titanium Array	High	181.8
Molybdenum Pipe	Moderate	222.2
Nanotube Filament	Moderate	153.8
Ionic Dust	Very Low	333.3
Cobalt Dust	Very Low	200
Tin Droplet	Very Low	125
Alien Exotic Spike	Low	83.3

Battery

The ship's primary battery stores energy from the power plant and provides it to weapons, life support, and other key systems when the main power plant is unable to do so, either due to damage or when the drive is operating on ships that don't have an independently powered drive. High-power weapons can drain the battery quickly in combat. Improved batteries will have a larger capacity or a faster recharge rate. You may add additional batteries of the same type in utility module slots for greater capacity.

Battery	Mass (tons)	Capacity (GJ)	Time to full charge (minutes)
Lithium-Ion	30	15	50
Lithium-Sulfur	35	21	56
Molten Salt	80	40	89
Salt Water	20	20	33
Graphene	120	48	32
Quantum	80	80	27
Superconducting Coil	2	40	9
Exotic Nanowire	10	60	10

Armor

Armor plating on the ship will absorb incoming weapons fire, preventing damage to internal components. Each point of armor will absorb 20 Megajoules of energy at a single location on the hull before vaporizing. Different armor types require a different thickness and mass to absorb a particular amount of much damage. Note that a point of lateral armor is much more massive than nose and tail armor because it had a greater surface area to cover.

Armor	Desnity (kg/m^3)	Bonus Resistance
Steel	7850	Chipping
Titanium	4500	Chipping
Silicon Carbide	3210
Boron Carbide	2520	Kinetic Damage
Composite	1930
Nanotube	1720
Adamantane	1800	Kinetic Damage
Exotic	2200
Hybrid	1400	Laser Damage

Utility Modules

Utility Modules perform a variety of functions to widen a spacecraft's capabilities. Extra batteries may also be put in utility module slots.

Utility Module	Mass (tons)	Effect
Mobile Space Science Lab	200	+5% Space Science Research Can prospect space bodies from interface orbits
Repair Bay	500	Improves damage control
Marine Assault Unit	200	Enables the Assault Hab fleet operation (assault value 1)
Advanced Marine Assault Unit	200	Enables the Assault Hab fleet operation (assault value 3)
Elite Marine Assault Unit	200	Enables the Assault Hab fleet operation (assault value 5)
Laser Engine	25	+5MJ laser weapon power
Advanced Laser Engine	50	+10MJ laser weapon power
Magazine	100	Projectile weapons gain additional ammo and mass
Component Armor	500	-50% Internal Damage during combat
ECM	10	20% Missile Immunity
ECM Mark II	10	40% Missile Immunity
ECM Mark III	10	60% Missile Immunity

Drive Enhancement Module

Drive Enhancement Modules requires a certain type of Drive to be used.

Utility Module	Mass (tons)	Ship Requirements	Effect
Muon Spiker	40	Nuclear Fusion Drive	+20% Thrust
Neutronium Spiker	40	Nuclear Drive	+35% Thrust
Antimatter Spiker	40	Nuclear Drive	+50% Thrust
Liquid Hydrogen Containment	5	Hydrogen Propellant	+10% Exhaust Velocity
Slush Hydrogen Tankage	10	Hydrogen Propellant	+25% Exhaust Velocity
Hydron Trap	20	Hydrogen Propellant	+50% Exhaust Velocity
ISRU Module	40	Anything Propellant	Can replenish Propellant at habs with a Mining Complex
Remass Scoop	40	Anything or Hydrogen Propellant	Can replenish Propellant in interface orbits of Jovian planets No aerobraking damage

Heat Sink

Heat sinks are important modules for combat ship so they may avoid exposing their vulnerable radiators to enemy fire.

Heat Sink	Mass (tons)	Capacity (GJ)	Specific capacity (GJ/ton)
Water	250	100	0.40
Potassium	205	110	0.54
Sodium	230	370	1.61
Lithium	128	525	4.10
Molten Salt	485	900	1.86
Exotic	250	1800	7.2
Heavy Water	500	200	0.40
Heavy Potassium	410	220	0.54
Heavy Sodium	460	740	1.61
Heavy Lithium	256	1050	4.10
Heavy Molten Salt	970	1800	1.86
Heavy Exotic	500	3600	7.2

Kit

Kits allow creation of a small hab with a construction module. Can be replenished by repairing the ship at a shipyard.

Kit	Mass (tons)
Solar Platform	200
Solar Outpost	200
Fission Platform	250
Fission Outpost	300
Fusion Platform	250
Fusion Outpost	300
Automated Solar Platform	250
Automated Solar Outpost	1200
Automated Fission Platform	300
Automated Fission Outpost	1800

Weapons

Weapons systems are either mounted on the ship's nose or on the hull. Nose weapons are typically more powerful than hull weapons of a similar size, but they have a limited field of fire. Hull weapons can fire in any direction around the ship.

Weapons also come in various sizes; larger weapon systems will take up multiple weapon slots in the ship's hull.

Certain weapons may only be used offensively against enemy ships and hab modules; others may only be used defensively to shoot down incoming projectiles and missiles, and still others can be used against both types of targets.

Weapons can be classified in certain general types:

• Guns: Use magazines, high ammo capacity. Cannot bombard. Low damage. Short range. Cheap.
• Missiles: Use magazines, low ammo capacity. Limited bombard. High damage. Will chase the target. Only available as hull weapons.
• Magnetic Weapons: Use magazines, high ammo capacity. Use energy. Can bombard.
• Plasma Weapons: Use energy. Cannot bombard. High damage. Only available in large sizes.
• Lasers: Use energy. Limited bombard. Never miss. More effective at close range.
• Particle Beams: Use energy. Cannot bombard. High damage. Never miss. Short range.

Missiles

Missiles can have different warheads:

• Fragmentation warheads do 50% damage to armor
• Penetrator warheads do 60% damage to armor
• Explosive warheads do 80% damage to armor
• Nuclear warheads do 100% damage to armor
• Shaped Nuclear warheads do 100% damage to armor in a 20-degree cone

Missile	Mass (tons)	Fire Modes	Damage (MJ)	Warhead	Acceleration (gs)	Delta-V (kps)	Magazine	Salvo	Can Bombard
Krait Missile Bay	31	Focus Fire	350.9	Explosive	2.5	3.3	10	2 shots / 5 s	No
Anaconda Missile Bay	29.2	Focus Fire	249.2	Explosive	5	3.7	16	3 shots / 5 s	No
Cobra Missile Bay	29.2	Focus Fire	396.1	Explosive	3.5	4.1	12	3 shots / 7 s	No
Rattler Missile Bay	33.8	Focus Fire, Defense	294.1	Fragmentation	7.5	3.4	24	3 shots / 5 s	No
Riverjack Missile Bay	33.8	Focus Fire, Defense	756.6	Fragmentation	5.3	3.9	18	3 shots / 7 s	No
Harlequin Missile Bay	24.2	Focus Fire	434.7	Penetrator	5	4.2	16	3 shots / 5 s	No
Keelback Missile Bay	24.2	Focus Fire	1003.5	Penetrator	3.5	4.5	12	3 shots / 5 s	No
Copperhead Missile Bay	39	Focus Fire	613.2	Explosive	3.5	5.8	10	2 shots / 5 s	No
Viper Missile Bay	33.8	Focus Fire, Defense	897	Fragmentation	5.3	6	12	2 shots / 5 s	No
Lancehead Missile Bay	34	Focus Fire	3003	Penetrator	3.5	5.5	10	2 shots / 5 s	No
Hera Torpedo Bay	38.8	Focus Fire	1042.9	Explosive	2	5.8	6	1	No
Hermes Torpedo Bay	33.8	Focus Fire	7095.9	Penetrator	2	5.8	6	1	No
Artemis Torpedo Bay	43.8	Focus Fire	2145.8	Explosive	2.5	7.7	6	1	No
Vulcan Torpedo Bay	38.8	Focus Fire	14346.3	Penetrator	2.5	5.8	6	1	No
Athena Torpedo Bay	43.8	Focus Fire	5469.7	Explosive	3	11.1	6	1	No
Ares Torpedo Bay	38.8	Focus Fire	37067.8	Penetrator	3	7.9	6	1	No
Cerberus Nuclear Torpedo Bay	52	Focus Fire	1129950000	Nuclear	1.5	2.6	5	1	Not Through Atmosphere
Hades Nuclear Torpedo Bay	47	Focus Fire	2448225000	Nuclear	2	3.6	5	1	Not Through Atmosphere
Nemesis Nuclear Torpedo Bay	47	Focus Fire	4519800000	Nuclear	2.5	5.1	5	1	Not Through Atmosphere
Olympus Shaped Nuclear Torpedo Bay	47	Focus Fire	3766500000	Shaped Nuclear	2.5	5.1	5	1	Not Through Atmosphere
Antimatter Torpedo Launcher	77	Focus Fire	22470010000	Antimatter	2.5	5.4	5	1	Not Through Atmosphere

Lasers

Lasers	Mass (tons)	Fire Modes	Wavelength (nm)	Cooldown (s)	Base Shot Power (MJ)	Targeting Range (km)	Shot Battery Consumption (GJ)	Build Cost	Can Bombard
Point Defense Laser Turret	20	Defense	1,080	3	50	250	0.2		No
60 cm Infrared Laser Battery	150	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	1,080	30	100	600	0.4		Not through Atmosphere
120 cm Infrared Laser Battery	200	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	1,080	30	150	700	0.6		Not through Atmosphere
360 cm Infrared Laser Battery	400	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	1,080	30	225	850	0.9		Not through Atmosphere
480 cm Infrared Laser Cannon	500	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	1,080	30	250	900	1.0		Not through Atmosphere
720 cm Infrared Laser Cannon	700	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	1,080	30	300	950	1.2		Not through Atmosphere
Point Defense Arc Laser Turret	20	Defense	1,080	3	50	300	0.14		No
60 cm Green Laser Battery	150	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	30	100	600	0.5		Yes
120 cm Green Laser Battery	200	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	30	150	700	0.75		Yes
360 cm Green Laser Battery	400	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	30	225	850	1.1		Yes
480 cm Green Laser Cannon	500	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	30	250	900	1.3		Yes
720 cm Green Laser Cannon	700	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	30	300	950	1.5		Yes
60 cm Green Arc Laser Battery	115	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	20	100	600	0.33		Yes
120 cm Green Arc Laser Battery	150	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	20	150	700	0.5		Yes
360 cm Green Arc Laser Battery	315	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	20	225	850	0.75		Yes
480 cm Green Arc Laser Cannon	395	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	20	250	900	0.83		Yes
720 cm Green Arc Laser Cannon	555	Focus Fire, Attack, Guardian, Defense	540	20	300	950	1.0		Yes
Point Defense Phaser Turret	20	Defense	1,080	2	50	350	0.11		No

Particle Beams

Particle Beam	Hull Slots	Nose Slots	Mass (tons)	Fire Modes	Cooldown (s)	Base Shot Power (MJ)	Targeting Range (km)	Shot Battery Consumption (GJ)	Build Cost
Point Defense Particle Beam	1		3	Defense	4	30	200	0.2
Particle Cannon Mk1		2	100	Focus Fire, Attack	60	90	250	0.9
Particle Cannon Mk2		2	100	Focus Fire, Attack	50	120	350	0.8
Particle Cannon Mk3		2	100	Focus Fire, Attack	40	180	450	0.9
Heavy Particle Cannon Mk1		3	500	Focus Fire, Attack	72	120	325	1.2
Heavy Particle Cannon Mk2		3	500	Focus Fire, Attack	60	180	425	1.2
Heavy Particle Cannon Mk3		3	500	Focus Fire, Attack	48	240	525	1.2
Spinal Particle Cannon Mk1		4	1000	Focus Fire, Attack	90	180	400	1.8
Spinal Particle Cannon Mk2		4	1000	Focus Fire, Attack	75	240	500	1.6
Spinal Particle Cannon Mk3		4	1000	Focus Fire, Attack	60	360	600	1.8

Refits

Factions may refit ships at habs with ship construction modules. Refitting is generally limited to replacing parts of a similar type.

• Hull cannot change.
• Power Plant can change, if the new Power Plant is of the same Class.
• Drives can add or remove thrusters to current drive, or substitute a drive with the same Classification, required Power Plant, and Reaction Product.
• Weapons can change if the new weapon is of the same Class and Mount. (so 1-hull laser can only be replaced by 1-hull lasers).
• Armor can change freely.
• Batteries can change to other batteries freely, but not change with other Utility modules.
• Heat sinks can change freely, but not change with other Utility modules.
• Radiators can change freely.
• Utility modules that aren't batteries or heat sinks can change to other modules with the same Class.