Steam Workshop::Utility Vehicles

Interplanetary Hopper for 1-1-1 Survival

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Sure it's ugly, but so's your mother...or not. This is the smallest configuration with the least numer of components able to successfully leave and return to any planet under full load and with a single tank of hydrogen gas. And, if you order today, you'll...

Spyder Fabricator (Vanilla)

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Spyder Fabricator is a simple, small-grid planetary builder with 2 grinders and 2 welders on rotary mounts for quick-change operations, 3 large cargo containers, 1 medium storage container, and plenty of power to carry a full complement of components i...

Naked Truth

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed specifically for REALISTIC SURVIVAL, Naked Truth provides what I've determined to be a minimum usable configuration for achieving planetary-to-space travel when playing survival and ALL settings are set to "realistic". "Why do I need this?", you a...

Catfish Utility Shuttle

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Catfish Utility Shuttle is an all-purpose small-grid craft with high-capacity cargo capability, and room for a pilot and 6 passengers; this build is modless and uses no rotors or pistons, so building from a blueprint is straightforward. The only DLC is...

Mighty Cricket Fab Bug

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed for emplacing blocks and components on a planet where jetpacks are disabled, Mighty Cricket provides a simple, low-cost solution. Sufficient atmospheric thrusters are provided to allow the ship to be oriented in any direction (if not too heavily l...

Triggerfish

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Triggerfish was intentionally designed and built in survival mode to directly address the long-range hauling missions that are part of the latest "Economy Update" in Space Engineers. Why make dozens of jumps to finish those 3,000,000+ space credit missions...

Dart Light Freighter

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Dart Light Freighter, a perfect low-cost solution (251 blocks and 2,930 PCUs) for interplanetary freight hauling, and is projector friendly without DLCs, rot...

Skipjack Tunnel Master

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Have you ever wanted to punch a really straight tunnel into a hill or asteroid? Now you can with Spiff's Skipjack Tunnel Master! Designed as a low-budget solution for tunnel creation, this ship will clear a tunnel of any length with a finished inside size ...

Skipjack Tunnel Master mk2

Created by Spaceman Spiff

******************************************************************************************************************* NEW AND IMPROVED!!! 1. Completely revised the propulsion system to use hydrogen thrusters so the tunneler will work on planets, moons, or in...

Skipjack Tunnel Master mk3

Created by Spaceman Spiff

UPDATE: The advent of hydrogen rebalance in the game as well as the higher gravity of Pertam caused operation of this ship to become difficult. I've added four additional up thrusters, eight additional down thrusters near the rear, and two additional forwa...

Plunder Bus

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Plunder Bus uses 10 Nanobot Build and Repair Systems to strip a ship's or station's carcass clean. Just park this bad boy adjacent to your next conquest and watch it strip it to nothingness in very short order. Intended for planetary use, the Plunder B...

R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing mk2

Created by Spaceman Spiff

R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing is a variant of the original R.U.S.T. Freighter created by Aragath and modified by me to become this mobile processing ship. Consistent with the revised design that appears in the current game, this build is modless, but does use...

R.U.S.T. Mobile Gas Production

Created by Spaceman Spiff

R.U.S.T. Mobile Gas Production is a variant of my R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing ship, a modification of what was originally created by Aragath. Consistent with the revised design that appears in the current game, this build is modless, but does use some DLC. ...

R.U.S.T. Mobile Hospital

Created by Spaceman Spiff

R.U.S.T. Mobile Hospital is a variant of my R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing ship, a modification of what was originally created by Aragath. Consistent with the revised design that appears in the current game, this build is modless, but does use some DLC. The sh...

R.U.S.T. Prisoner Transport

Created by Spaceman Spiff

R.U.S.T. Prisoner Transport is a variant of my R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing ship, a modification of what was originally created by Aragath. Consistent with the revised design that appears in the current game, this build is modless, but does use some DLC. The...

Argus Heavy Shuttle mk2

Created by Spaceman Spiff

With the addition of deployable boarding ramps, Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents a minor revision to the Argus Heavy Shuttle, an airtight small-grid ship designed for transport of 2 crew, 10 pas...

VSM-03

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents vertical shaft miner VSM-03, a vanilla small-grid design without mods or DLC, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for v...

RA-5J Vigilante

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Greatly inspired by the incredible creations of JD.Horx, the RA-5J Vigilante is a multi-role small-grid reconnaissance ship with a fully pressurized interior capable of interplanetary travel and long-term survival for up to four players. The RA-5J Vigilant...

Pathfinder Utility Vehicle

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Pathfinder Utility Vehicle is a small-grid, heavy-lift, all-purpose crafty designed for high-gravity planets such as Omicron with its 1.9g gravitational acceleration. This design is mod-less and uses no rotors or pistons, so building from a blueprint in su...

Bulldog Fabricator

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents Bulldog Fabricator off-world welding ship with two large and six medium cargo containers for part storage. Its low profile coupled with 20 gyroscopes allow unpar...

Grind-O-Matic 1100

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Why transport enemy hulks to your base's grinder pit when you can fly your grinder pit to the hulk? Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Grind-O-Matic 1100 planetary grinding ship with six large...

Grind-O-Matic 1100 SE

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Why transport enemy hulks to your base's grinder pit when you can fly your grinder pit to the hulk? Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Grind-O-Matic 1100 SE outer space grinding ship with 6 la...

Tiny Space Shuttle

Created by Spaceman Spiff

From a practical standpoint, have you ever wanted to get off a planet in early survival play with a ship that requires the least number of parts and components, yet with enough so you can survive in space? Now you can! Spiff's Practical Engineered Solution...

Plunder Bus mk2

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Plunder Bus mk2 uses 12 Nanobot Build and Repair Systems to quickly and efficiently strip a ship's or station's carcass clean. Just park this bad boy next to your latest conquest and watch it strip it to nothingness in very short order. Intended for planet...

Pathfinder Utility Vehicle II

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Pathfinder Utility Vehicle II is a variant of the original Pathfinder Utility Vehicle that is a small-grid, heavy-lift, all-purpose craft designed for high-gravity planets such as Omicron with its 1.9g gravitational acceleration. With the advent of higher ...

Polaris Heavy Transport

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Polaris Heavy Transport is a long-range, interplanetary freighter expressly designed for carrying heavy loads over great distances. Polaris uses a combination of atmospheric, ion, and hydrogen thrusters to optimally use power and hydrogen fuel; the redunda...

4x4 Heavy Lifter

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The 4x4 Heavy Transport is a long-range, interplanetary freighter expressly designed for carrying heavy loads over great distances. 4x4 HT is designed for utter minimalistic simplicity using only hydrogen thrusters for movement; three large hydrogen tanks ...

Bob's Big Bore Tunneler

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Do you need to punch a 50-meter square hole vertically and/or horizontally so you have a place to park your ride in the shade? Your very big ride? Now you have it with Bob's Big Bore Tunneler, the latest development from those good 'ole boys at Spiff's Pra...

Danville Bros. Interplanetary Hauler

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Bo and Cledus say, "Shoot, son, there ain't no job too big that we cain't handle." Bo & Cledus' Danville Bros. Interplanetary Hauler is a high-capacity small-grid ship for bulk hauling tasks. Sporting an airtight cockpit with seats and cryo chambers for th...

Falcon Express Courier

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Falcon Express Courier is an a high-speed, long-distance, all-environment ship for interplanetary transfer of ore, ingots, and/or parts in hostile environments. No frills, just thrills. Falcon Express Courier is blazingly fast, agile, and, coupled with its...

Vidogo Starter Ship

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Vidogo is an all-purpose, all-environment starter ship that will operate equally well on planets, moons, and in space. Vidogo is accessible from ground level without a jetpack. VANILLA WITH DLC; NO MODS; NO ROTORS/HINGES/PISTONS; PROJECTOR BUILDABLE IN SUR...

S-1218 Salvager

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed and built by Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the S-1218 Salvager is a high-capacity, non-nuclear salvage ship that operates equally well in space or on low-gravity moons. Equipped with 12 large cargo cont...

C-3 Bee

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed and built by Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the C-3 Bee is low-cost, ultra-light interplanetary cargo ship that can be built using material processed using a basic refinery and basic assembler. An integr...

Ģypsy Queen Blockade Runner

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Ģypsy Queen blockade runner is a high-speed interplanetary freighter expressly designed for carrying contraband over great distances. Relying primarily on its quick acceleration and jump drive to avoid capture, Ģypsy Queen also includes three rocket la...

Ģypsy Queen Blockade Runner {NO DLC}

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Ģypsy Queen blockade runner is a high-speed interplanetary freighter expressly designed for carrying contraband over great distances. Relying primarily on its quick acceleration and jump drive to avoid capture, Ģypsy Queen also includes three rocket la...

Ice Hog Mini

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Like its big brother Ice Hog (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1709248572), Ice Hog Mini is a fully mobile modless (vanilla) build that uses no pistons or rotors to do its mining. Rather, the 9 drills engage an ice lake by having the ...

Ice Hog

Created by Spaceman Spiff

I recently published several ships that consume a great quantity of hydrogen to fly, and I thought, "How would I refuel these ships from a planetary installation?" For a solution I present the Ice Hog. Fully mobile, Ice Hog is a vanilla build that uses no ...

Mobile Gas

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents Mobile Gas, a planetary-based, large-grid rover designed for conveniently and quickly extracting a large quantity of ice, and converting to and storing the ice's...

C-6 'Oso' Colonizer

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the C-6 'Oso' Colonizer, a vanilla small-grid design without mods or DLC, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for inter...

R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing

Created by Spaceman Spiff

R.U.S.T. Mobile Processing is a variant of the original R.U.S.T. Freighter created by Aragath. Consistent with the original design, this build is completely vanilla (modless) and does not use DLC. The ship's basic hull structure is unchanged, but has been ...

Oblivion Bubble Ship

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Oblivion Bubble Ship is a planetary ship designed for scouting ore deposits and potential sites for new facilities. The Oblivion Bubble Ship is a rough facsimile of the bubble ship from the sci-fi movie Oblivion, but without the guns. It uses the same ...

C-12 'Dragonfly' Light Freighter

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The C-12 'Dragonfly' Light Freighter is a low-cost ultralight interplanetary ship that can be built using material processed using a basic refinery and basic assembler. An integrated projector makes drydock repairs easy. Propulsion is provided by hydrogen ...

Bulldog Courier Service

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Bulldog Courier Service is an armed, high-speed, long-distance, all-environment ship for interplanetary transfer of ore, ingots, and/or parts in hostile environments. No frills, just thrills. Bulldog Courier Service is blazingly fast, agile, and, coupled w...

Tri-Star 'Torpedo' Transport

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Tri-Star 'Torpedo' Transport is a large-grid, low-cost interplanetary ship with heavy-lift capability that can be built using materials processed using a basic refinery and a basic assembler. The 3x3 cross-section (7½ meters × 7½ meters) allows this sh...

Rosie Defense Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE DEFENSE MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 150 - PCUs: 6,523 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 171¾ tons - Le...

Rosie Assembler Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE ASSEMBLER MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 150 - PCUs: 1,788 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 189¾ tons - ...

Rosie Refinery Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE REFINERY MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 185 - PCUs: 2,173 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 364 tons - Le...

Rosie Cargo Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE CARGO MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 107 - PCUs: 1,421 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 67 tons - Length...

Rosie Tank Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE TANK MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 103 - PCUs: 1,691 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 118½ tons - Lengt...

Rosie Power Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE POWER MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 137 - PCUs: 2,403 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 188 tons - Lengt...

Rosie Habitat Module

Created by Spaceman Spiff

This towable module is intended to be used with the Rosie Tugship: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2863350889 ROSIE HABITAT MODULE Design Statistics - Blocks: 432 - PCUs: 3,146 Empty Mass and Size - Empty Mass: 181½ tons - Le...

Rosie Tugship with Towed Cargo Modules

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Rosie Tugship is a multipurpose towing ship that, along with seven different towable modules, can transport a variety of matériel across space using non-nuclear power technology. Each module has independent power for redundancy and, in the case of the ...

Kangaroo Constructor

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Kangaroo Constructor is a small-grid, low-cost construction vessel with a ship welder and grinder. The relatively small cross-section (6½ meters × 4 meters) ...

Hydrus Light Transport

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Hydrus Light Transport is a simple large-grid, low-cost ship with heavy-lift capability. The 5x3 cross-section (12½ meters wide × 7½ meters high) allows this ship to pass through a 4-block high (10-meter) airtight hangar doors opening. Propulsion is pr...

Pathfinder Utility Vehicle III

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Pathfinder Utility Vehicle III is a second variant of the original Pathfinder Utility Vehicle that is a small-grid, heavy-lift, all-purpose crafty designed for high-gravity planets such as Omicron with its 1.9g gravitational acceleration. This utility ship...

Plunder Bus Pro

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Plunder Bus Pro is an ultraheavy-lift planetary salvage ship that uses 25 Nanobot Build and Repair Systems to quickly and efficiently strip a ship's or station's carcass clean. Should you not find any suitable grids to loot, this baby comes equipped with a...

S-210 Salvager

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed and built by Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the S-210 Salvager is a low-capacity, salvage ship that operates equally well in space or on low-gravity moons. Equipped with 2 large and 2 medium cargo contai...

Zyt Nano

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents Zyt Nano, a pure-vanilla, small-grid design without DLC or mods, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for early game bul...

Zyt Micro

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents Zyt Micro, a pure-vanilla, small-grid design without DLC or mods, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for early game bu...

Hydrus Heavy Transport

Created by Spaceman Spiff

The Hydrus Heavy Transport is a simple large-grid, low-cost ship with ultra-heavy-lift capability. The 9x3¼ cross-section (22½ meters wide × 8 meters high) allows this ship to pass through a 4-block high (10-meter) airtight hangar doors opening. Propulsion...

C-6 'Oso' Colonizer mk2

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents an improved version of the C-6 'Oso' Colonizer, a vanilla small-grid design without mods, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready so...

Ajax Cargo Mover

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Ajax Cargo Mover is an inexpensive wheeled cargo transporter that will operate equally well on planets, moons, and in space (turn on the artificial masses within the artificial gravity environment in a space station or ship). Temporarily decreasing the whe...

Astronave Verde Corta

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Astronave Verde Corta is an all-purpose, all-environment large-grid starter ship that will operate equally well on planets, moons, and in space. Design of this small interplanetary ship was an exercise in minimalism while providing enough components to rea...

S-412 Salvager

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed and built by Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the S-412 Salvager is a medium-capacity salvage ship that operates equally well in space or on low-gravity moons, and even operates on planets although with re...

Hornet Scoutship

Created by Spaceman Spiff

Designed and built by Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the Hornet Scoutship is a vanilla small-grid design without mods, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for interplanet...