Ships

Ships can be constructed and navigated by players. Ships are not limited in the size and scope to which they can be built, however excessive builds will adversely affect ship's performance.

Controls

First Person View from inside a ship's Cockpit

Players will be able to fly most ships from a 1st person perspective and from a 3rd person perspective. If the ship is large, 3rd person perspective will be the only view available. Maximum ship speed is speculated at 300 m/s but at the moment the maximum is 104.7m/s.

Alpha

Large and small ships will be available during alpha.

Large and Small Ships

The differences in Large ships compared to small ships has been summarized as following:

• large ships have few additional block types - interior wall, turrets, door, different cockpit
• large ships are designed to have interiors, whereas small ships are not made this way (they could have interiors but that's not their purpose)
• large ships can take more damage (their armor has 5x5x5 more mass and strength)

Ship block compatibillity

Please refer to the Components and Tools page

Classification

Original Image from Keen forums on ship classification

The classification of ships is based on tonnage and utility, using conventional wet-navy designations. These classes are able to describe the relative size and functionality. These definitions are by no means strict. The definitions were first suggested in the Keen Forums. Note that the current standards of classification have no strict definitions of fighters.

• Military
  • Fighter Craft ( < 30,000 kg ) --Proposed--
  • Bomber / Support ( 30,000 - 50,000 kg ) --Proposed--
  • Fast Attack Craft ( 50,000 - 500,000 kg ) --Proposed--
  • Patrol Craft ( < 1,000,000 kg )
  • Corvette ( 1,000,000 - 2,500,00 kg )
  • Frigate ( 2,500,000 - 4,000,000 kg )
  • Destroyer ( 4,000,000 - 5,000,000 kg )
  • Light Cruiser ( 5,000,000 - 7,000,000 kg )
  • Cruiser ( 7,000,000 - 10,000,000 kg )
  • Heavy Cruiser/Pocket Carrier ( 10,000,000 - 15,000,000 kg )
  • Battle Cruiser/Light Carrier ( 15,000,000 - 20,000,000 kg )
  • Battleship/Heavy Carrier ( 20,000,000 - 30,000,000 kg )
  • Dreadnought/Leviathan/Super Carrier ( > 30,000,000 kg )
• Freight
  • Freight Shuttle ( < 2,000,000 kg )
  • Light Hauler ( 2,000,000 - 5,000,000 kg )
  • Heavy Hauler ( 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 kg )
  • Light Freighter ( 10,000,000 - 20,000,000 kg )
  • Heavy Freighter ( > 20,000,000 kg )
• Passenger
  • Yacht ( < 750,000 kg )
  • Light Transport ( 750,000 - 2,000,000 kg )
  • Heavy Transport ( 2,000,000 - 5,000,000 kg )
  • Cruise Ship ( 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 kg )
  • Cruise Liner ( > 10,000,000 kg )

References

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