Ships

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Overview

Default Ships

Cargo Ships

If "Cargo Ships" is enabled in the advanced options of World Settings, the game will from time to time spawn random hostile ships from a predefined list (that can be extended with mods). These ships will fly near random players after they spawn in, and will despawn after a time if left alone. They will travel at their predefined speed, but in a random direction. Those ships are usually equipped with a Beacon or Antenna that shows where they are if they spawn. These ships are worth capturing because they hold loot like ores, ingots, and components including the blocks the ship is made of, which can be grinded for more parts. But, they are well-defended with turrets of all kinds.

Ships

Cargo Ship Category Mass (Kg) Speed (M/s) Booby Trapped Exterior Defences Interior Defences Game Version
Private Sail Private 72 447
25
No
2x Interior Turret Icon.png - 01.045.000
Business Shipment 184 972
17
No
2x Interior Turret Icon.png - 01.045.000
Commercial Freighter 463 395
10
No
3x Gatling Turret Icon.png 1x Interior Turret Icon.png 01.045.000
Mining Carriage Mining 266 084
25
No
1x Gatling Turret Icon.png - 01.030.000
Mining Transport 401 953
17
No
2x Gatling Turret Icon.png 1x Interior Turret Icon.png 01.031.000
Mining Hauler 1 540 908
10
Yes
4x Gatling Turret Icon.png 2x Missile Turret Icon.png 2x Interior Turret Icon.png 01.030.000
Military Escort Military 350 048
25
No
2x Gatling Turret Icon.png 2x Missile Turret Icon.png - 01.030.000
Military Minelayer 1 637 990
17
Yes
5x Gatling Turret Icon.png 2x Missile Turret Icon.png - 01.030.000
Military Transporter 5 578 454
10
Yes
5x Gatling Turret Icon.png 3x Missile Turret Icon.png 5x Interior Turret Icon.png 01.030.000


Drones

While its behavior differs slightly from that of cargo ships, the recently-added Argentavis pirate carrier is another possible encounter. It is rather heavily armed and spawns drones but carries a substantial reward for any players who successfully defeat it.


Encounters

Auto-piloted cargo ships

Cargo Ships

Patch 01.023.000 added cargo ships that carry wares from "sector to sector" (no sector present in game)[1]. Those ships spawns between 10 to 15 km from the center of the map each 10-15 minutes at random location. They are not piloted and fly straight forward with initial speed ranged from 10 to 25 m/s with inertial dampener turned off. Some of the ships have turrets outside and inside which will fire upon moving objects in their vicinity.

Those vessels can be captured for personal use, loot or salvage. Most of the ships have puzzles that player have to solve before successful ship operation:

  • Finding the cockpit
  • No fuel problem
  • Thrusters with warheads after them, so with reverse applied ship explodes (not working if thruster damage is off)


Ship types

Cargo ship list
Civil Mining Military
Small Private Sail Mining Carriage Military Escort
Medium Business Shipment Mining Transport Military Minelayer
Large Commercial Freighter Mining Hauler Military Transporter
Civil ships
Blue and white paint, contain solar panels.
Carry constructions components, metals.
Miner ships
Yellow and black paint, have frontal landing gears.
Carry ores.
Military ships
Black and grey paint, heavy armored hull.
Carry weapons, explosives, warheads and ammunitions.

Ship block compatibillity

Please refer to the Components and Tools page


References

  1. http://http://forums.keenswh.com/post/update-01-023-6824008?&trail=15