Aphelion offers players a wide verity of ships and equipment. These technologies can be accessed through the technology research trees, available at pilot's home base carrier. Each technology has it's requirements that must be met prior it becoming available, and each technology will require resources to develop.

Once the technology is researched, it can be equipped to further boost the performance of the craft or have a specific damage type enhanced for a weapon system. Additional improvements can be made to ship's structure, boosting armor hit points or a shield generator to improve the amount of damage it can take.

More advanced technologies, allow for self sustaining armor and shield upgrades. These technologies will slowly repair the damaged armor on a ship, or enhance the shield regeneration rate.

Aphelion offers many different space ships for you to command, and fighters are one of them. These small, agile ships come in large verity and suited for all types of combat. The fighter class hulls are capable of holding small and standard size modules, and come equipped with multiple types of weapon hard-points to mount your guns.

Fighter class hulls weapon hard-points are equipped to mount primary and secondary weapon types, allowing for versatile configurations for different types of engagements. Some fighter class hulls come equipped for specialized weapon types, such as heavy rail cannons and pulse cannons, making them more suitable for hunting down larger ship classes.

New fighter class hulls, modules and weapons will become available to you, as you progress through the story-line and unlock new technologies.