Ships

Ships are the basic unit of attack in Starfleet Commander. They require a Shipyard for building.

Ship Descriptions

Utility Ships
Gaia Class Colony Ship: The Gaia Class is used for colonizing new worlds. When sent to an empty planet spot, it will create a new world on which you can develop new mines and buildings, and deploy ships. Requires: 4 3	Dionysus Class Recycler: The Dionysus Class is used for collecting debris left behind in battle. Send these on a harvest mission and you can collect the resources that float in debris fields around planets after battles. Requires: 4 6 2	Hermes Class Probe: Extremely fast probes used to spy on foreign worlds for tactical purposes. Requires: 3 3 2
Atlas Class Cargo: The basic cargo ship. The Atlas Class is extremely efficient for hauling cargo between planets or from raids. You begin the game with one of these ships. Requires: 2 2	Hercules Class Cargo: An upgrade to the Atlas Class with better armor, hull, and cargo capacity. However, it is slower than the upgraded Atlas Class. Requires: 4 6	Charon Class Transport: The Charon Class Transport is the only ship approved for civilian and droid transport. Each one is capable of ferrying 6 crew members between your worlds. Requires: 3 2 2
Helios Class Solar Satellite: The Helios Class is a power-providing ship unit. It is stationary and easily destroyed in a raid. Requires: 1	Genesis Class Solar Satellite: The Genesis Solar Satellite is a power-providing ship unit that produces energy more efficiently than the Helios Solar Satellite. It is stationary and easily destroyed in a raid.	Shadow Probe: Extremely fast probe used to spy on foreign worlds for tactical purposes. Probe is destroyed on use, but provides a complete espionage report regardless of the target's espionage tech level.
Attack Ships
Artemis Class Fighter: A basic assault unit. It is cheap, light, and dependable, and is the first attack ship that most commanders will build. Requires: 1 1	Apollo Class Fighter: An upgrade of the Artemis Class that uses a Pulse Drive in place of a Jet Drive allowing for greater firepower and defenses. Requires: 3 2 2	Poseidon Class Cruiser: The Poseidon Class ship features around three times the defensive capability and twice the weaponry as the Apollo Class, in addition to being one of the fastest ships in the universe. Requires: 5 4 2
Athena Class Battleship: Many commanders utilize the Athena class as the principal ship for their fleets. Excellent defenses, strong weapons, and fast cruising speed make it a difficult ship to fight against. Requires: 7 4	Hades Class Battleship: With high speed, large cargo, heavy hull, and rapid fire versus many ships, the Hades Class is the optimal choice for heavy fleet versus fleet combat. Requires: 8 5 5 12	Ares Class Bomber: A specialized ship used to demolish enemy planetary defenses. However, this ship is quite weak in ship versus ship combat, due its lack of Rapid Fire vs ships. Requires: 8 5 6
Prometheus Class Destroyer: This is the largest heavy ship in the universe, exceeded in power only by the moon sized Zeus Class. It packs massive firepower and can be used to smash through enemy defenses. Requires: 9 5 6	Zeus Class: This is the heaviest assault ship. Its massive firepower is unrivaled. Requires: 12 11 9 9 8 14 11 12	Hephaestus Class Attack Platform: The Hephaestus Class Attack Platform is the latest in planetary assault technology. It can be deployed into orbit in a solar system and act as a mobile base for your fleet. Requires: 13 3 10 12 12 12 8 9

Base Ship Specifications

Ship	Hull Rating	Shield Rating	Weapons Rating	Cargo Capacity	Base Speed	Hydrogen Use
Apollo Class	850	25	150	100	10,000	75
Ares Class	7,500	500	1,000	500	4,000	1000
Artemis Class	400	10	50	50	12,500	20
Athena Class	6,000	200	1,000	1,500	10,000	500
Atlas Class	400	10	5	5,000	5,000	20
Charon Class	800	25	1	100	10,000	20
Dionysus Class	1,600	10	1	20,000	2,000	300
Gaia Class	3,000	100	50	7,500	2,500	1000
Hades Class	7,000	400	700	750	10,000	250
Hercules Class	1,200	25	5	25,000	7,500	50
Hermes Class	100	0	0	5	100,000,000	1
Poseidon Class	2,700	50	400	800	15,000	300
Prometheus Class	11,000	500	2,000	2,000	5,000	1000
Zeus Class	900,000	50,000	200,000	1,000,000	100	1
Hephaestus Class	4,000,000	150,000	0	1,000,000,000	90	450,000

Ship Requirements

Ship	Ore	Crystal	Hydrogen	Shipyard Level	Foundry Level	Research
Apollo Class	6,000	2,500	0	3	-	Armor Pulse	2 2
Ares Class	50,000	25,000	15,000	8	-	Plasma Pulse	5 6
Artemis Class	3,000	1,000	0	1	-	Jet	1
Athena Class	45,000	15,000	0	7	-	Warp	4
Atlas Class	2,000	2,000	0	2	-	Jet	2
Charon Class	4,000	4,000	1,000	3	-	Armor Pulse	2 2
Dionysus Class	10,000	6,000	2,000	4	-	Jet Shield	6 2
Gaia Class	10,000	20,000	10,000	4	-	Pulse	3
Hades Class	30,000	40,000	15,000	8	-	FTL Laser Warp	5 12 5
Helios Class	0	2,000	500	1	-
Hercules Class	6,000	6,000	0	4	-	Jet	6
Hermes Class	0	1,000	0	3	-	Espionage Jet	2 3
Poseidon Class	20,000	7,000	2,000	5	-	Particle Pulse	2 4
Prometheus Class	60,000	50,000	15,000	9	-	FTL Warp	5 6
Zeus Class	5,000,000	4,000,000	1,000,000	12	-	AI Energy FTL Laser Plasma Warp Weapons	12 11 9 14 9 8 11
Hephaestus Class	20,000,000	20,000,000	10,000,000	13	3	Armor Expedition Particle Shield Warp Weapons	12 8 10 12 9 12

Rapid Fire Table

This does not include rapid fire against defenses, only ships. For rapid fire against defenses, see: Defenses

Class
					x3	x5				x5		x5
						x5				x5		x5
						x5				x5		x5
						x5				x5		x5
						x5				x5		x5
						x5				x5		x5
						x5				x5		x5
	x4			x7	x3	x5				x5	x3	x5	x4
						x5				x5		x5
			x6			x5				x5		x5
						x5			x2	x5		x5
	x100	x25	x200	x30	x250	x1250	x250	x250	x15	x1250	x250	x1250	x33	x5

Ship Engine Types

There are three types of engines currently in use in the Starfleet Universe, the Jet Drive Engine, the Pulse Drive Engine, and the Warp Drive Engine.

Note: Of the three drive types described, only Pulse and Warp are even vaguely interstellar in nature, and Pulse drive would, in reality, only be of use in so-called "generation" ships, which literally take a lifetime to reach the nearest stars. Hence Warp drive is really the only one of these drives which should properly operate within the time-frames suggested by the game.

The Jet Drive Engine

Main article: Jet Drive

The ancient Jet Drive Engine ignites a combustible gas and use the resulting thrust to move ships. While new advances have continually increased their efficiency, they are, on the whole, a relatively slow method of transportation. Still they are cheap and effective for units that don't require the advanced speed afforded by Pulse and Warp drives.

Ships using the Jet Drive Engine Type:

• Atlas Class (upgradable to Pulse Drive Engine)
• Artemis Class
• Carmanor Class (only in Nova)
• Curetes Class (only in Nova)
• Dionysus Class
• Empusa Class (only in Nova)
• Hercules Class
• Hermes Class
• Zagreus Class (only in Nova)

The Pulse Drive Engine

Main article: Pulse Drive

The Pulse Drive Engine is an evolution of the Jet Drive Engine. Instead of igniting a stream of gas, it uses a series of nuclear explosions (pulses) to generate considerable thrust. This engine type is used on larger and faster ships instead of the Jet Drive Engines.

Ships using the Pulse Drive Engine:

• Apollo Class
• Ares Class (upgradable to Warp Drive Engine)
• Atlas Class (once upgraded)
• Charon Class
• Gaia Class
• Pallas Class (only in Nova)
• Poseidon Class

The Warp Drive Engine

Main article: Warp Drive

The Warp Drive Engine is the pinnacle of transportation technology. It uses magnetism to reshape the space-time continuum around it, allowing ships to move at faster-than-light speeds.

Ships using the Warp Drive Engine:

• Ares Class (once upgraded)
• Athena Class
• Hades Class
• Hephaestus Class
• Prometheus Class
• Thanatos Class (only in Nova)
• Zeus Class

See Also

• Defenses
• Distance
• Fuel
• Speed
• Rapid Fire
• Missions