Spacecraft

A spacecraft is designed by players at a Design Studio and constructed at a Spacecraft Factory.

Depending on the design, a spacecraft can be of 4 different classes.

• Spaceship
• Starship
• Spaceport
• Starbase

Spaceship

Spaceships are the primary way of navigating the universe.
A spaceship is able to travel at sub-light speed, mostly used to travel between planets in a system. But since they lack a FTL Drive they have to relay on deadheading to reach distant systems.

A starship is s spaceship with a FTL Drive, this means that the ship is able to travel between system faster than light.

Private vs. Subsidized

Privately owned spacecraft can not be switched to subsidized spacecraft and vice versa.

Private

Private spacecraft are owned by a player.

Pros	Cons
Can be respawned	Have to pay for repairs and fuel
Can not be captured	Costs money from the player to make

Private spacecraft are made when a spacecraft is purchased at a Spacecraft Factory. Privately owned spacecraft are not subject to subsidy tax.

Subsidized

Pros	Cons
Free Repairs and Fuel	Can not be respawned
Free for the player to make	Can be captured

Subsidized spacecraft are made at a Spacecraft Factory using mass production processes.

Spaceports

Spaceports are spacecraft with very low speed and therefore can do nothing but keep an orbit over a city. They act as the first line of defense for a planet and as a trading and docking station for spaceships.

Items in every city with a Broker and Airport Terminal can be bought through a spaceport.

Starbase

A starbase is a rare sight. They are in theory just spaceports with a FTL Drive, but since they can't use the FTL Drive for anything, they are rarely designed.

It is however rumored that once the Tractor Beam Module is implemented, a starbase will be able to be pulled along with the pulling ship into FTL thanks to its FTL Drive, while spaceports will not be able to use FTL when pulled.