Ship list

[Darkom]

Is there a shiplist with pictures and stats, to see how they look?

[Shovah]

Hi, you can see it in the wiki ;D

https://betweenthestars.gamepedia.com/Between_the_Stars_Wiki

[Darkom]

thanks
ill be dam i allready got the oxyxen lets hope the adromeda isnt going to be that expensive ^^
1 more question, about the other ships i used, are you gonna sale or scrap into the game for the ships that arnt used anymore?

[Hspdlor]

Originally posted by Darkom:

thanks
ill be dam i allready got the oxyxen lets hope the adromeda isnt going to be that expensive ^^
1 more question, about the other ships i used, are you gonna sale or scrap into the game for the ships that arnt used anymore?

Andromeda you get it for free after a main mission, the prison defense mission

[Walter Sobchack]

...and link favorited.

Although I'm surprised how bad the Explorer's stats are. I don't have difficulty when using it, but it's outclassed by everything in some way, and doesn't even get a "Jack of All Trades" sticker.

Also, I think there might be a stat or two missing in those comparisons. In my most recent playthrough I started in a Transporter, upgraded to Explorer. I noticed that with cannons and plasma mounted and firing it'd hit overheat after a short salvo, but the Explorer could handle much longer volleys of the same weapons. There's a value for the rate-of-overheat or firepower or something in play that we don't see.

[CEPHY]

Haven't played in a while... last thing I remember is getting the andromeda and having my captain go "I paid for an unfinished game! What is this s***!" which was pretty funny.

Not sure what ship I should go for as a starter for a new playthrough... any recommendations? :/

Last time I used the Astral...

[Darkom]

use the one with the most turrets

[CEPHY]

Originally posted by Darkom:

use the one with the most turrets

I went for the transporter.

The astral was more of a shield-tank, so now I'm trying the hull tank.

Might buy that small, fast ship, though.

[Walter Sobchack]

I've done playthroughs on all three starting ships, so here's my two cents:

The Astral has the most hardpoints, and they don't tell you that in the opening selection (but it's there on the website). Three utility hardpoints instead of one: that could be three boosts to shields, or three boosts to speed. The Astral can boost what it has under the hood the most. It also FIVE weapon hardpoints.

BUT the Transporter has a better gun layout for the four weapon hardpoints it has. Both upper and lower guns are centreline, with the ability fire off either side. That means if you line up your broadside correctly, you can be dropping fire from EIGHT guns on a target. I don't think the Astral can do that, the gun positions are just wrong.

The downside is overheating. The Astral may have a lot of guns and the Transporter may have a good gun arrangement, but I don't think any of the early ships are meant to handle putting out heavy fire for long anyway. It may be the wrong move to plan around having lots of guns.

The Thallium, on the other hand, has only three weapon hardpoints but is all about speed and agility. In early game that's a good thing to have, mostly because of missiles. Missiles ignore your shields, hit your hull, and increase your repair bill.

To stop missiles, you can either use a shield booster to make you temp invulnerable (which you may not find early game), or use missile interceptors (which you may not find in early game, and work erratically) or you can use speed to stretch their flight time until the missiles hit their maximum range (which the Thallium is best at), or stay out of missile range so they never fire them (which the Thallium is also best at).

I've found that pure speed - as in, all power to engines - can make you very difficult to hit, and not just against missiles. But then, that's my preference for gameplay. If you want to slug it out, probably an Astral with shield enhancements (if you can find them early game).

Of course, playing permadeath mode will give you blueprints from previous playthroughs, allowing you to build most any gear you want.

[Darkom]

are there plans to add more ships?

[Irrelevant]

Start with any ship you want... go full speedmonkey and use guided missles = game done.

[Darkom]

no offens but there are not enough ships to fly , any news that they wil add more in the future

[Phantex]

is there an updated list somewhere? these are not even close to scratching the surface of whats there now?

[Geek]

Here is a quick list :

Name		Faction		R Slots	B Slots	Hull	Shield	Engine	Agility	Energy	Recover
Thalium		republic	3	1	1600	1300	100	90	150	63
Borealis	republic	5	3	3000	1000	70	60	250	63
Krypton		republic	6	4	3200	1200	90	78	230	65
Transporter	republic	4	1	2500	900	70	65	150	50
Astral		republic	5	3	2200	1000	70	80	150	63
Explorer	republic	4	3	1800	700	85	80	175	63
Pegasus		children	6	2	2000	1300	95	80	220	75
Medusa		children	6	2	3000	600	80	85	250	75
Cyclops		children	7	2	4000	1000	85	65	250	75
Andromeda	children	5	4	2200	1800	85	80	300	88
Genesis		republic	6	4	4000	1500	85	60	400	100
Oxygen		republic	6	2	2800	1800	85	80	300	75
Mystic		children	5	3	3000	1200	80	80	250	75
Legion		children	6	4	3800	1500	85	75	300	100
Golden dragon	alien		7	4	3000	2000	85	80	400	100
Coup		pirate		4	2	1800	1000	90	80	175	63
Strike		pirate		5	3	1600	900	100	90	200	63
Dissident 	pirate		6	3	3500	1300	70	75	250	88
Warfare		pirate		7	4	3000	1600	95	85	300	100
Cerberus	children	7	3	3000	1900	90	85	300	100
Collossus	children	7	4	3900	1400	80	70	350	113

[Phantex]

Are we able to get the legion? I don’t remember seeing it, though I have found 2 mystic ships… was kind of hoping to fly the bigger ship admiral Flynn was on… looked awesome

Warfare too, don’t remember seeing it anywhere yet.

[Geek]

IIRC both ships can only be obtained by doing specific choices during the storyline.