Ship classes

[Fulgrim]

What do the various ship classes mean?
I though a Tech A, would somehow be more interesting than a Barge C, but there doesn't appear to be much difference.

[Razter]

I dont have a lot of info but here's a bit...

Tech will tend to have more upgrades (plus they usually have 3 or 4 ship upgrade slots if you commandeer)

Salvage will usually have more scrap

Private tend to be a waste of time (they frequently have nothing at all from my experience)

Stations from what I've seen tend to have a bit of everything

[Fulgrim]

Originally posted by Razter:

I dont have a lot of info but here's a bit...

Tech will tend to have more upgrades (plus they usually have 3 or 4 ship upgrade slots if you commandeer)

Salvage will usually have more scrap

Private tend to be a waste of time (they frequently have nothing at all from my experience)

Stations from what I've seen tend to have a bit of everything

What about military? If i wanted to commandeer a ship, which would be best? are upgrades the only factor? can some hold more drones?

[LAJ-47FC9]

Military ships have more internal defences, I think.

[Kowals]

Originally posted by Flosculus:

What about military? If i wanted to commandeer a ship, which would be best? are upgrades the only factor? can some hold more drones?

I think i heard someone scribbling on his notepad and mumbling something about "Soon™"

[blackswimmers]

Stations tend to have fuel, and I think the A, B, C, D is ship size, with A the biggest.

[Fulgrim]

Originally posted by blackswimmers:

Stations tend to have fuel, and I think the A, B, C, D is ship size, with A the biggest.

Im sitting on a Military A at the moment, it has 2 infestations, but i can probably clear them out. is it worth the swap, or swap with the Tech A next door?

[DPrime123]

you want to go with a ship that has more than two upgrade slots, as your starting ship has two.

They are pretty hard to come by, in my experience.

[Fulgrim]

Originally posted by DPrime123:

you want to go with a ship that has more than two upgrade slots, as your starting ship has two.

They are pretty hard to come by, in my experience.

Is there a way to determine how many slots a potential ship has before swaping with it?

[blackswimmers]

Look around it. You'll need to explore every room anyway before you can commandeer it, so you'll be able to count upgrade slots that way.

[Fulgrim]

Originally posted by blackswimmers:

Look around it. You'll need to explore every room anyway before you can commandeer it, so you'll be able to count upgrade slots that way.

Gotcha, thanks

[DPrime123]

yes the amount of ship upgrade slots on the map. you will find that if they are visible on the map they or available on the ship if you command it.

edit: oops blackswimmers beat me to it.

[Kowals]

if I find a ship with 3 slots but one of them has a broken module, and commandeer it, will I be able to repair it later? or only scrap it?

[hunne]

old modules get transferred to the newly commandeered ship?

[Lyneralia]

Originally posted by hunne:

old modules get transferred to the newly commandeered ship?

yea, all modules fuel and scrap get transfered, the only real difference is the name and amount of upgrade slots at the moment... I think.

[Lyneralia]

Originally posted by Kowals:

if I find a ship with 3 slots but one of them has a broken module, and commandeer it, will I be able to repair it later? or only scrap it?

It just gets added to your inventory but as far as i'm aware, if it's red broken, it's scrap.