In the X: Rebirth Universe, ships comprises comprise a large part of the game. They can trade, they can mine and they can also fight.
What are Ships
Ships are spacecrafts spacecraft that players can see or use while travelling around the X Universe with in their personal ship (currently the Pride of Albion / AKA Albion Skunk). Each Most are specialized in a different wayways.
To briefly describeBriefly, each ship can fall under one of these categories: Civilian Shipsships, Drones, Small Ships/Medium ships, and Capital Shipsships. Simoon wrote a guide to for capital ships for Rebirth v3.00 and although it is a little out-of-date outdated now, it may prove be interesting background with that caveat in mind (link).
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Depending on your desired ship, there are several different ways to obtain a ship and use it on your own:
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- You can not obtain Civilian Ships ships through any in-game methods. They are automatically generated by their home Station (including player station(s))
- Small Ships are built-to-order and are bought at Small Ship Dealers
- The Dealers are in various Small Ship-yards in the UniverseThese dealers are located at various Small (Civilian) Shipyards in the universe. There are 2 in Albion, 1 in DeVries, 2 in Omicron Lyrae, and (DLC: TO) 1 in Fields of Opportunity. (see below)
- Capital Ships are built on request and are built by talking to Capital Ship Dealers
- The Dealers are in These dealers are located at various Capital Ship-yards Shipyards in the Universe. There are 2 in Albion, 1 in DeVries, 1 in Omicron Lyrae. and (DLC: TO) 1 in Fields of Opportunity. If you have advanced to a certain place in the Plot (AKA Capaign) another shipyard may be built in DeVries; it may build S/M & XL ships only depending upon how advanced it becomes
- Drones are obtained in a rather complicated way.
- If you want to get equip a Drone for drone on the Albion Skunk, talk to NPC Drone Dealers on NPC dealers. They will show you a list of available Drones. ; they will list their available drones. Other drone dealers, even on the same platform, may have different stock so shop around! (Note that the Construction URV was removed from this list, so do not complain about not being able to find any this way).
- If you want to get a Drone for your Small Ships or Capital Shipsequip drone(s) on your ship(s), talk to the Ship Dealers who sell you that kind of ship respectivelyship dealers at the appropriately-sized dock. Go to 'Modify Ships', and then 'Equip dronesDrones', and then follow the steps to complete the job. (NOTE: it is usually quicker & cheaper to buy capship drones directly from a drone manufacturer, then use the 'Transfer Wares' command to Equip Drones to the target ship, provided at least 1 of the two ships has at least 1 cargo drone /equipped/ & both have functioning Drone Bays). 'Transfer From' & 'Transfer To' can be used in conjunction (requiring 2 trade commands) to equip drones to the original (drone-buying) ship
"Illegal" and "Pirate" Way: Board it
Refer to the article articles about Boarding Ships for more info. <link required - Snafu>
Simply put, you order your boarding team to try to overrun the ship and take control of the ship. Note that it can cost will reduce your reputation with <target> faction (as well as any faction nearby that is allied to <target>) to do so.
Random Way: Claim it
NOTE: This only (mostly) applies to Small Ships only! For the Capital Ship counterpart, see "Board it" above.S/M ships!
When in dogfights with hostile Small ShipsS/M ships, sometimes the Pilot in that ship bails out and escapes as in an Escape Pod. The Small Ship ship then becomes "Neutral" and does not function at all.
You will need to recruited a Pilot recruited from NPC stationsin order to claim the S/M ship. Once done, return to where your desired ship is at, and double <target>ship is & double-click on it. Click "Claim" and wait for your Pilot to complete all procedures.
It is rumored that there are random owner-less fighter ownerless ships scattering in the various locations in the entire X: Rebirth Universe.. .If you happen upon a capship rather than a S/M sip you'll need at least a Captain to perform a similar feat (Pilots cannot work on capships; Captains cannot work on S/M ships)
Classifications of Ships
By Class
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- XS
- S
- M
- L
- XL
Small Ships are always XS/S or /M-sized ships while Capital Ships are always L or /XL-sized ships. If you're unsure, look at the ship's details to see whether the ship has a jumpdrive (or fuel in its cargo). If Yes, the ship is L/XL; if No the ship is S/M (or lesser)
By Purpose
Ships are specially designed and can complete the following purposes:
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(see the ship's Encyclopaedia entry for its specialisation, if any)
- TRADE with stations
- MINE materials
- FIGHT hostiles
BUILD stations
Some capships are multi-role. Whilst their efficiency is reduced in the role assigned, other needs (eg defensibility, cargo requirements etc) may suit <player> better for their particular situation
By Availability
Different ships are available only to different Star Systems' shipyards. While any suitably-sized dock can /modify/ a ship (eg equip drones or repair), only certain docks can build /specific/ ships. Ship designs are faction-specific.
- Albion
- DeVries
- Omicron Lyrae
- (DLC: TO) Fields of Opportunity
- (Upcoming) (DLC: HoL) Home of Light
By Appeareance
Different All ships (other than <playership>) may exist as NPC ships and carry out commands designed by the game.
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- Construction URV
- Cargolifter URV
- Interceptor URV Mk1
- Interceptor URV Mk2
- Intrepid URV Mk1
- Intrepid URV Mk2
- Overrun URV Mk1
- Overrun URV Mk2
- Assault URV
- Beholder URV
- Traitor URV
- Shield Matrix URV
- And also various Civilian Shipsships (AKA Mass Traffic)
S Ships
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M Ships
- Gigurum (all 4 variants)
L Ships
- Rahanas (all 4 5 variants)
- Sanahar
- Fedhelm
- Sequana
- Midir
- Onil
- Boann
- Light Sul
- Heavy Sul
- Balor
- Styrvok (all 6 variants)
- Stromvok
- Hermod
- Lepton
- K
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