Cargo Ships

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Ships

The following cargo ships may be randomly spawned (as of Update_01.023.000)

Cargo Ship	Class	Mass (Kg)	Booby Trapped	Anti Ship Defence	Anti Personnel Defence
Private Sail	Private	73 772	No	none	none
Business Shipment	Private	168 450	No	none	none
Commercial Freighter	Private	439 103	Yes	4x GT	none
Mining Carriage	Mining	260 527	No	1x GT	none
Mining Transport	Mining	400 664	No	2x GT	1x IT
Mining Hauler	Mining	1 579 016	Yes	4x GT 1x MT	none
Military Escort	Military	345 898	Yes	2x GT 2x MT	none
Military Minelayer	Military	1 669 419	Yes	5x GT 2x MT	none
Military Transporter	Military	5 578 454	Yes	5x GT 3x MT	5x IT

Defences

Cargo ships may be booby trapped in the following ways

Booby Trapped (thruster damage)

Cargo ships are sailing through space at a constant speed, so their dampeners are switched off. If thrust is requested in a particular direction (usually reverse), a thruster may be hidden inside the ship to disable it (destroy all reactors), or even detonate a warhead.

Anti Ship Defence

Gatling Turrets, or Missile Turrets may be placed around the ship to defend it against, well, you.
As of v.1.027 (list), the Gatling Turrets and Missile Turrets are functioning and will shoot you if you have a decoy block placed on your ship.

Anti Personnel Defence

Interior Turrets may be found inside the ship to defend it against personnel.
as of v1.23 (list), these are not yet enabled.