Everything you want to know about Ships.

Your ship is your key to moving around the galaxy. In aatrade you can have more than one ship as ships can have many different uses. Some ships are better at one thing than another. Below are ship components and what they do for your ship.

Damage Levels - You will notice that there are damage levels for each item you can upgrade on a ship. When your armor is damaged sometimes you will receive tech damage. This damage can only be repaired at a spacedock. So pay close attention when you receive damage, you cannot upgrade a tech that is damaged you must repair it first.

Ship Classes - When buying your ships each ship is useful for particular things so you will find you will need many ships for different jobs. Don't just carry one ship as the more ships you have the better off you will be if you happen to lose one. Pay close attention to the min max levels when buying your ship so you can get the biggest bang for the buck. Also don't discount owning smaller ships, they are extremely useful in scouting out areas safely and if you lose them you don't lose your best ships. Hull size makes a difference when scouting, because hull size is what determines how many mines you hit

Emergency Warp Device - This is very handy if you are attacked. Depending on the size of your ship when your attacked there is a chance that you will automatically warp away. You can also manually use it to escape sectors where you get stuck behind sector defence or running away quickly from an enemy. But you will never know where you will warp to. It is a random place throughout the galaxy including SG's so it might be a good idea to keep more than one incase you get stuck a second time.

Escape Pod - This is your lifeline in the game. Forget an escape pod and your ship is destroyed, all your planets go independent your bank account is emptied and you are kicked out of the game for approx 3 days depending on settings.

Fuel Scoop - This allows you to scoop energy as you real space from sector to sector.