Life support

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Life support is a type of ship component that extends the Unrecognized icon name Ship Range, the maximum distance a ship can be from a planet or starbase.

The Unrecognized icon name Interstellar Travel technology branch provides upgrades.

Life support modules in Crusade

Life Support	Unrecognized icon name Ship Range	Unrecognized icon name Value	Unrecognized icon name Life Support Mass	Unrecognized icon name Life Support Cost	Resource	Technology Required
Life Support	6	0.3	1% + 3	2	None	Unrecognized icon name Engineering
Environmental Support	10	0.5	1% + 4	2	None	Unrecognized icon name Interstellar Travel
Stellar Support	12	0.75	1% + 5	4	None	Unrecognized icon name Life Support
Deep Space Support	14	1.0	1% + 6	8	None	Unrecognized icon name Support Field Generation
Support Field Generator	16	1.25	1% + 7	12	1 Unrecognized icon name Promethion	Unrecognized icon name Promethion Support Systems
Stasis Field Generator	18	1.5	1% + 8	16	2 Unrecognized icon name Promethion	Unrecognized icon name Lossless Support Systems

Life support support modules in Crusade

Module	Effect	Unrecognized icon name Threat	Unrecognized icon name Value	Unrecognized icon name Support Module Mass	Unrecognized icon name Construction Cost	Resource	Technology
Environmental Shield Module	Immune to Nebulae on Fleet	2	4	5% + 15	34	1 Unrecognized icon name Promethion	Unrecognized icon name Support Field Mastery
Stasis Shield Module	+12 Unrecognized icon name Ship Range on Fleet	0	6	5% + 15	65	1 Unrecognized icon name Promethion	None

Life support modules in the Lost Treasure DLC

Ancient Promethion Cleanser

The Ancient Promethion Cleanser is available from the Ancient Promethion Cleanser event.

Choice	Unrecognized icon name Ship Range	Unrecognized icon name Value	Unrecognized icon name Life Support Mass	Unrecognized icon name Life Support Cost
Pragmatic	50 + 1 per Level	0.25	1% + 10	5
Malevolent	100 + 1 per Level	0.25	1% + 10	5

Strategy

Any ship benefits from life support, although colony ships, constructors, and scouts will benefit most from the added Unrecognized icon name Ship Range.