Ship component

When you design and build ships in the Ship designer, you can equip these ships with various parts. More parts become available as you research and progress through the Technology tree. There are two general types of parts that can be added to ships: cosmetic and equipment. Cosmetic parts allow the designer to make virtually any appearance of ship he or she desires, however, this parts have no affect on the performance of the ship whatever; they are purely aesthetic. Equipment parts, on the other hand, determine the performance of the ship, for example, its speed, type of weapons, special abilities, range, and so forth. In the main menu, if you click the designer tab at the upper left of the screen, you will see a default ship displayed with this ships details on the right and a menu listing ships that can currently be build on the left. You can click on any ship in this list and then click the "Use Design" button at the bottom of the list to modify that particular ship; or you can start by clicking "New Design" to start crafting a ship from scratch. In either case the menu on the left will change. At the top you will buttons for "Design Mode" and for "Eguip". Design mode indicates that only custom parts are available; Equip Mode shows functional parts that can be chosen to change the performance of you ship. If the equip mode is chosen the second row from the top of the left menu will display a serious of five buttons: Engines, Weapons, Defenses, Modules, and Support. As each button is click a list of available parts will be displayed that depends on what technologies you have researched.

In the following a detailed description of each type of Equip Mode part is listed, with an indication of where they are found in the Equip Mode Menu. NOTE: the values that you actually encounter in-game may differ significantly from those found in this table, as this table is the raw values and DO NOT include miniaturizations, cost reductions, or other general modifications that one may obtain in-game.

Engines

Engines can be used for interstellar travel or to increase tactical speed in battles. Special Augments are also available, however, they require rare resources.

Interstellar Drives

Drive Type	Drive Mass	Moves	Drive System Cost	Maintenance	Value	Technology Required
Hyper Drive	10	1	9	0	0.25	None
Hyper Drive Plus	12	2	9	0	0.5	Interstellar Travel
Ion Drive	14	3	18	0.25	0.75	Ion Drive
Warp Drive	16	4	34	0.25	1.0	Warp Field Theory
Hyper Warp Drive	18	5	65	0.75	1.25	Hyperwarp Waves
Stellar Folding	20	6	123	1.25	1.5	Stellar Folding

Sublight Drive

Drive Type	Drive Mass	Tactical Speed	Acceleration	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Technology Required
Thrusters	8	10%	10%	7	0	0.25	Interstellar Travel
Ion Thrusters	9	20%	20%	13	0.25	0.5	Ion Drive
Field Thrusters	10	30%	30%	25	0.25	0.75	Warp Field Theory
Inertial Acceleration	12	40%	40%	48	0.5	1.0	Hyperwarp Waves
Gravity Manipulation Field	15	50%	50%	92	1	1.25	Stellar Folding

Interstellar Drive Augments

	Resource Cost	Drive Mass	Moves	Cost	Maintenance	Value
Prototype Hyper Drive	Promethion - 1	10	5	9	0	1.5

Weapons

Weapons come in three basic types, beam, missile, and kinetic. Each has their specific characteristics that make them useful in outfitting different types of star ships.

Beam	Beam Attack	Range	Cooldown	Accuracy	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Required Technology
Laser	2	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	12	18	0.25	0.2	Weapon Systems
Particle Beam	3	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	14	24	0.25	0.4	Beam Weapons
Disrupter	5	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	16	34	0.25	0.6	Matter Disruption
Plasma	8	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	18	48	0.5	0.8	Plasma Projection
Phasors	16	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	22	68	0.75	1.0	Energy Phasing
Doom Ray	32	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	24	82	0.75	1.2	Doom Ray

Missile	Missile Attack	Range	Cooldown	Accuracy	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Required Technology
Stinger	8	Long-Range(1100)	5.6	125%	18	48	0.5	0.6	Missile Weapons
Harpoon	12	Long-Range(1100)	5.6	125%	20	57	0.5	0.9	Harpoon Tech
Photonic Warhead	16	Long-Range(1100)	5.6	125%	20	65	0.75	1.2	Photonic Warheads
Photon Torpedoes	20	Long-Range(1100)	5.6	125%	22	70	0.75	1.5	Photon Torpedoes
Nightmare Torpedoes	30	Long-Range(1100)	5.6	125%	24	84	1.0	1.8	Nightmare Torpedo Tech

Kinetic	Kinetic Attack	Range	Cooldown	Accuracy	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Technology Required
Rail Gun	4	Short-Range(600)	3	115%	24	57	.5	.3	Kinetic Weapons
Pulse Cannon	6	Short-Range(600)	3	115%	26	67	.75	.5	Pulse Cannon Tech
Graviton Driver	8	Short-Range(600)	3	115%	28	75	.75	.5	Graviton Thrower
Quantum Driver	10	Short-Range(600)	3	115%	30	80	.75	.6	Quantum Drivers
Singularity Driver	16	Short-Range(600)	3	115%	32	91	1.0	.7	Singularity Drivers

Prototype Weapons

If rare mineral resources are available, prototype versions of these weapons are available which are significantly more powerful.

Prototype Weapon	Attack	Range	Cooldown	Accuracy	Resource	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Threat	Required Technology
Prototype Elerium Beam	16	Mid-Range(800)	5	135%	Elerium - 1	12	16.2	0.2	1	Weapon Systems
Prototype Antimatter Missile	16	Long-Range(1100)	5.6	125%	Antimatter - 1	18	22.5	0.2	1.5	Weapon Systems
Prototype Durantium Driver	8	Short-Range(600)	3	115%	Durantium - 1	24	20.7	0.2	0.6	Weapon Systems

Defenses

There are three basic types of Defenses that can be placed on ships: Armor (Defend against Kinetic Weapons), Shields (Defend against Beam Weapons), and Point Defenses (Defend against Missile Weapons).

Armor	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Armor Rating	Fortitude
Hull Plating	12	29	0.25	8	0.3	Defense Systems
Titanium Plating	13	36	0.255	12	0.6	Armor Systems
Durantium Composite	14	35	0.25	16	0.9	Durantium Composite
Kanvium Laminate	15	34	0.25	30	1.2	Kanvium Laminate
Zero Point Armor	16	30	0.25	32	1.5	Zero Point Armor

Shield	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Shield Strength	Fortitude	Technology Required
Deflectors	7	22	0.25	4	0.2	Defense Systems
Shield Generators	8	24	0.25	6	0.4	Shield Systems
Barrier Fields	9	30	0.25	10	0.6	Barrier Field Generation
Force Fields	10	35	0.25	16	0.8	Force fields
Invulnerability Field	11	38	0.5	30	1.0	Invulnerability

Point Defense	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Point Defense	Fortitude	Teechnology Required
Chaff	9	30	0.25	8	0.2	Defense Systems
Point Defense	10	32	0.25	12	0.3	Point Defenses
ECM	11	33	0.25	16	0.4	Counter Measures
Drone Sentries	12	32	0.25	20	0.5	Drone Security Systems
Arreon Missile Defense	13	31	0.25	32	0.6	Arreon Missils Defense

Modules

Modules come in many types, including Life Support, Sensors, Weapon Assists, and Special Modules for Colony, Constructor, Transport, Cargo or other purposes. Certain modules are intended to be equipped on support ships; these are listed under support below.

Life Support

Life Support components are used to extend the range a ship can be from a planet or starbase. These modules are good for all ship types, although colony ships, constructors and scouts will benefit most from the added range. Upgrades are found in the Engineering tech tree beginning on the Interstellar Travel branch. After clicking on a ship/fleet you will see a dashed line displaying the maximum range of this unit. By holding down the Control key, a tool tip will display showing the distance the tile under the mouse cursor is from the currently selected unit.

	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Ship Range	Value	Required Technology
Life Support	6	4	0	6	0.25	Tech Tree
Environmental Support	6	10	0	9	0.5	Interstellar Travel
Stellar Support	8	24	0.25	12	0.75	Life Support
Deep Space Support	10	52	.5	15	1.0	Support Field Generation
Support Field Generator	12	111	1	18	1.25	Promethion Support Systems
Stasis Field Generator	14	235	2.25	21	1.5	Lossless Support Systems

Sensors

Sensors extend the visibility of a star ship.

	Mass	Cost	Range	Maintenance	Value	Technology Required
Navigational	8	9	2	0	0.25	None
Interstellar	9	9	3	0	0.5	Interstellar Travel
Sensor Array	10	34	4	0.25	1.0	Interstellar Survey
Field Detectors	12	65	5	0.75	1.25	Energy Field Sensors
Subspace Sensor	14	123	6	1.25	1.5	Subspace Sensor

Support Modules

Utility Modules provide fundamental functions.

Utility Module	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Ability 1	Capacity 1	Capacity 2	Requirement
Colony	45	27	0.25	Can Colonize	Population Cap 3	None	None
Contructor	45	27	0.25	Can Construct	Construction Points Cap 1	None	None
Cargo	40	27	0.25	Can Create Trade Route	None	None	Xeno Commerce
Transport	25	27	0.25	Can Invade	Population Cap 3	None	Planetary Invasion
Advanced Transport	45	51	0.5	Can Invade	Population Cap 3	Interceptor Fighters Cap 2	Aggression Trait 4

Special support modules provide various bonuses to ships, but may require special resources to build.

Survey Module	Resource Cost	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Sensor Range	Value	Technology Required
Standard Survey	None	32	18	0.25	3	0.75	Interstellar Survey
Prototype Survey	Thulium - 1	8	9	0	3	0.75	None

Range	Resource Cost	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Value	Technology Required
Stasis Field Module	Promethion - 1	15	65	0.6	6

Module Type	Limit per Ship	Placement	Mass	Cost	Maintenance	Value	Effect 1	Effect 2	Stat	Technology Required	Resource Requirements
Duranthium Hull Reinforcment	No Limit	Defense	5	14	0.25	-	Hit Points Cap +15	None	Fortitude 1	None	Duranthium - 1
Structural Enhancement	1	Augment	10	34	0.25	-	Tactical Repair +1	None	Fortitude 0.5	Hull Strengthening	None
Self Healing Hulls	1	Augment	20	65	0.75	-	Tactical Repair +5	None	Fortitude 1.0	Self Healing Hulls	Duranthium - 1
Targeting Scanners	1	Targeting	15	65	0.75	2	Accuracy 0.25	None	Threat 2	Targeting Support	None
Stealth Field	1	Targeting	20	18	0.25	1	Jamming 0.1	None	Fortitude 1	Targeting Assist	None
Jamming Array	1	Targeting	15	65	0.75	2	Jamming 0.25	None	Fortitude 2	Targeting Support	Thulium - 1
Rapid Recharger	1	Augment	10	27	0.25	2	Beam Cooldown -0.3	Beam Attack -0.15	Threat 1	Beam Weapons	None
Energy Accelerator	1	Augment	12	51	0.5	2	Beam Range 0.3	None	Threat 2	Beam Weapon Augmentation	Elerium - 1
Shield Leach	1	Augment	14	97	1.0	2	Shield Damage Weapon 1.0	None	Threat 3	High Energy Transfer	Elerium - 1
Shield Punch	1	Augment	16	185	1.75	2	Ignore Shield 0.5	Beam Attack -0.25	Threat 4	High Energy Magnification	Elerium - 1
Missile Assister	1	Augment	8	27	1.75	2	Missile Cooldown -0.25	None	Threat 2	Missile Weapons	None
Slingshot Booster	1	Augment	10	51	1.75	3	Missile Range 0.25	None	Threat 3	Missile Augmentation	Antimatter - 1
Cluster Warheads	1	Augment	12	97	1.75	4	Point Damage Weapon 1.0	None	Threat 4	Advanced Missile Guidance	Antimatter - 1
Launch Assister	1	Augment	8	185	1.75	5	Missile Cooldown -0.5	None	Threat 6	Intelligent Warheads	Antimatter - 1