This page will show you all of the ships available to you. (WIP)
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Availability
Ships become available to you as soon as you click on them in any game mode. Keep an eye out for any new ships on the map so you can click on them.
Building Ships in Empire Mode
In order to build ships in Empire mode, first click on your empire tab at the top. Then click "Build Ships." Then you can select where to place them an what to build. However you must have the capacity for your ships, which is visible at the top of the build menu. This increases as you conquer more stars. Losing stars will not affect your current ships. You can only build five basic ships. Other ships have a chance to be built automatically if certain conditions are met.
Ship Levels
After kills or after performing certain actions ships gain XP and after getting enough XP they level up. These levels provide certain bonuses like making the ship less likely to take damage on being hit.
Battleship
Battleships are square ships with turrets that fire orange missiles at enemy vessels that do 1.0 damage on successful attack. Can aid in capturing stars and provides attack or defense bonus to the star that it is orbiting. It can easily be taken out if not supported because of its slow rate of fire. It is a common ship.
Frigate
The Frigate very mobile ships that rapidly fire gray missiles that do 0.2 damage each. Very good against slow battleships. Can support stars. This ship is usually the backbone to fleets. Is a common ship.
Raider
The Raider is a rather slow ship that specializes in destroying hostile artifacts. They can destroy enemy missiles and can attack nearby hostile ships with a laser that does 1.0 damage on successful attack. Is a common ship.
Maintenance Ship
The Maintenance Ship is a support ship that specializes in repairing damaged friendly ships with a blue laser. Also has a gray laser with which it can destroy enemy missiles and attack enemy ships at close range. Is a common ship.
Drop Ship
The Drop Ship captures hostile stars that are linked to your empire. They are completely defenseless. This ship is a great way to deal with uprisings. Is a common ship.
Carrier
The Carrier Is a slow ship that carries 4 fighters on itself. When fighting enemy ships, at enemies and can defend against missiles. The fighters they spawn are great at picking off battleships, but can easily be dealt with by frigates and destroyers. Is a rare ship. Industrial and militant empires sometimes build these.
SuperCarrier
The SuperCarrier is similar to the Carrier, except that it is much slower and carries 12 fighters inside of it, it has a gray laser that it uses to support invasions of enemy stars.
The sheer amount of fighters that the ship has allows it to eradicate entire fleets in a single blow. These ships can destroy both frigates and battleships with ease. One of the most powerful ships in the game. Very rare and made by
Mothership
The Mothership is very slow and powerful ship. Has a variety of weapons for all kinds of purposes. It has a white missle that destroyers civilizan in stars. It also has a yellow missile that targets ships. It also has a gray laser that acts as point defense. Is a rare ship. Industrial empires build a lot of these.
Disruptor
The Disruptor is a very useful ship in defense. It can disable hostile stars from a distance, cutting off possible attack routes. Is a rare ship.
Gunboat
The Gunboat is a slow ship that fires blue explosive missiles at enemies from a distance. When they reach their target, They explode and make a spread of orange missiles that damage ships. These ships can be easily picked off by fighters and frigates, so if you are in empire mode it is important to protect them with frigates and other ships, as it is a rare type of ship. Defensive empires sometimes build these.
Ruptor
Ruptors typically only activate during degeneration of it's parent empire. It also has a grey laser on the side. Rare ship.
Science Ship
The Science Ship is a vessel that speeds up tech research of the home empire. Can somewhat defend itself. Is a rare ship. Science empires sometimes build these.
Explosives Museum
When it dies it explodes, destroying all civilization in a certain radius. Is a very rare ship.
Terror Ship
A rare ship that sits on and gives a combat bonus to stars. Has no counter-measures of any sort, so it's best to leave them on defense against rebellions. When the star they guard has been captured(or gets destroyed) the terror ship detonates similarly to the Explosives Museum.
Illumimator
A ship that can cause an area of effect attack. Is a rare ship.
Destroyer
The destroyer can not be built manually. They shoot out 5 or 6 grey missiles that track targets. They are not very good against high hp ships like battleships, but are better against fighters and frigates.
Holy Roller
A ship built by empires with the religion of Wheelism. These ships wander everywhere and spread Wheelism.