Ships

Ships will be constructed and navigable by players in Space Engineers. Ships are not limited in the size and scope to which they may be built, however it will be dependant on "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

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 blocks 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 list

Object	Small	Large	Station
Light armor block	yes	yes	yes
Light armor slope	yes	yes	yes
Light armor corner	yes	yes	yes
Light armor inverted corner	yes	yes	yes
Cockpit	yes	yes	yes
Landing gear	yes	yes	yes
Reflector light	yes	yes	yes
Rocket launcher	yes	no	no
Gatling gun	yes	no	no
Drill	yes	no	no
Ore detector	yes	yes	yes
Antenna	yes	yes	yes
Small cargo	yes	yes	yes
Medium cargo	yes	no	no
Large cargo	yes	yes	yes
Small thrust	yes	yes	yes
Large thrust	yes	yes	yes
Gyroscope	yes	yes	yes
Small reactor	yes	yes	yes
Large reactor	yes	yes	yes
Conveyor	yes	yes	yes
Gatling turret	no	yes	yes
Missile turret	no	yes	yes
Interior turret	no	yes	yes
Ladder	no	yes	yes
Door	no	yes	yes
Interior light	no	yes	yes
Vertical window	no	yes	yes
Diagonal window	no	yes	yes
Stairs	no	yes	yes
Ramp	no	yes	yes
Steel catwalk	no	yes	yes
Full cover wall	no	yes	yes
Half cover wall	no	yes	yes
Explosive cube	no	yes	yes
Interior pillar	no	yes	yes
Refinery	no	yes	yes
Assembler	no	yes	yes
Medical room	no	yes	yes
Gravity generator	no	yes	yes