Since a few newbies (Both Vanilla and STNH) finding the Battlecruiser being useless, i'll do a total definition of starships roles in battles.


Battleships:
- Your fleet's Tanker, use them to handle damages, they use standard Cruiser armament, being literally only a handful of armament, but they come with a giant shield and armor to sponge all the firepower hostile fleet can throw at them, they also provide fleet boost at the cost of their power input.

- They're best fielded in small numbers.

Escorts:
- Well...They're like Patrol Frigate but with big-heck guns that able to destroy a battleship, they're agile, fast and able to dodge torpedoes, however, their armor is really weak and power production are really low so i recommend placing in extra power-module and get them work in a big fleet, like really big unless you want them to die instantly which is a waste of resources.

- They're best fielded in large numbers with heavier ships supporting them.

Assault Cruisers:
- Assault Cruisers, they're powerful, fast and deadly, they're symbol of engineering, They're a mix of Cruisers and Battlecruisers. Featuring high DPS from Battlecruisers and high HP/SHD from Cruisers, they're strong, but not so fast young man, they're expensive, really expensive so it best to field a small numbers of them, but never, ever underestimate their power, they can wipe out a fleet alone.

- They're best fielded in moderate numbers.

Patrol Frigates:
- They're fast, agile, they dodge torpedoes, lightly armored, In late-game not alot of empires use them anymore as Cruisers are the far-best ships to be use.

- They're best fielded in large numbers.

Destroyers:
- They're like cruiser but with less armaments and armors, but again, the smaller the faster, they're fast, good at flanking big ships and with right weapons, they can destroy a battleships, Destroyers fight in numbers, they swarm the enemies with torpedoes, then blow the crap out of the enemies.

- They're best fielded in large numbers.

Cruisers:
- Medium armed and armored, they're fast, powerful and have good power production, they have speed lower than the Battlecruisers, less armor than Assault Cruisers and Battleships but they're cheap, fast production, they shal be the main use until you able to replace them with Assault Cruisers.

- They're best fielded in large numbers.

Battlecruisers:
- They're like cruisers but with less armor and hullpoint, but they're faster, more swift, they come with pretty-low power production so energy modules should be equipped. They have really high DPS, being able to fire weapons faster than all other class by 60%. They're best working along with a battleships as most enemies starships always aim for the biggest ship. They worth the money but they're hard to replace due to the price, so i recommend these ships shall only be use in a big, big, really big fleet.

- They're best fielded in large numbers.

- Each classes have their own role

• Battleships: Damage tanker.
  
• Battlecruisers: High ROF and DPS.
  
• Escorts: Damage Dealer.
  
• Patrol Frigates: Swarmer.
  
• Destroyers: Swarmer.
  
• Cruisers: Balance.
  
• Assault Cruiser: High ROF and DPS and also damage tank.

Since some people asked how do i fit my ships, then i prefer tactical.

During early game, i'll choose "Advanced Engineering" why? Because of the slots, you can place in extra power modules while all other slot can be filled with important modules.

Shield would be the passive one, the stronger the shield, the harder to get destroyed.

Armor would be heavy, why? Because your ships can survive battles longer and you won't have to replace them all the times.

Engine would be impulse, it's important to use impulse. Why? Because combat-speed equal how fast your ships enter combat and how fast they'll able to dodge hostile fires.

Warp engine would be Exploration, now you're wondering why did i choosen one of the non-military option unlike the others? Exploration Warp give alot of energy, equal you can equipment alot of power-hungry weapons without fear of running out, which it really helpful.

Weapon speciality: Explosives, nothing better than the smell of photon torpedoes in the morning, Photon also dealt the most damage with low-power consuming, much better than phaser weapons.

Photon speciality: High-yield, The deadlier the punch is, the easier to destroy them, rapid-firing give you advantage of shooting faster, but high-yield can wipe out their shield in one go!

Phaser speciality: I main Federation so it would be Federation Phaser for UE, it deadly, it fast but most importantly, it doesn't cost alot of power, if you're not Federation it best to go for phaser that main in damage, phaser's mission is close-range combat, so high-firing it not needed when you never miss, right? So go for damage!

Quantum Speciality: Anti-shield, why? Because you got photon, it best to use both quantum and photon against other ships, quantum for their shield and photon for their armor!

Cannon Speciality: I never use cannons...I'll research more for this section...

So here what i would use:
Phaser beam (UE starting.)
Assault Phaser (Mid-game.)
UE Phaser. (Mid-late game.)

Photonic (Early-game.)
Photon (Early-late game.)
High-yield (Mid-game.)
Quantum (Late-game.)

Tactical console system.
Blue sensor.
The most advanced computer.
The warp that produce the most energy.
The armor that give the most protection.
The Engine that give the best speed during combat.


Planetary Space Stations:
- Strong, resilent but only with the right upgrade, i mostly do phaser defense, armor, shield and academy for ships fire-rate.

-This is your standard planetary station, so...Every planets have one, what do i put here?

Point Defenses:
- Mehh, you can spam those to fight aliens and pirates but fleet defend? DESTROY IT ALREADY.

- They're best fielded in large numbers for emergency defense.

Deep Space Stations:
- Use this if you want your border safe, but i recommend you spam it, unless you want to get REKT, again.

- They're best fielded in solar systems that near-border.

Survey Stations:
- What the heck do you expect? This is a sensor-array, it will only detect enemy ships that inside the sensor range, like early warning system, warn you about a invasion, hostile fleet incoming, you name it, however, it unarmed, so? Protect it.

- They're best fielded around your border.

Minefields:
Build this if you think you can blow them up, but most of the time they get destroyed, seriously, they get destroyed instantly.

- They're best fielded in large numbers due to how easily they can get destroyed.

Drydocks:
- This is basically a repair station, it can be important if you're a large empire and all your planets is just too far away for your fleet to reach. Then they will come in handy, they can repair your fleet anytime, anywhere in any solar system that under your control.

- They're best fielded in systems that doesn't have a station.

Deep Space Stations:
- This is a mega structure with maxinum of only 5 per species, they act like a planetary station and offer you alot of advantage like: Produce all kind of resource with the right module, also produce unity and ships. Downside? Only 1 slot.

- They act like a planet and a space station, theres only 5 of it for each species so it best if you place it in strategic location.


Underworking!!!