The Shipyard

Choosing a hull

The Shipyard lists hulls by faction, then class, then hull. There are ten classes, from the Fighter to the Dreadnought, and seven roles in each class. The role is the last word of every hull name:

Compare every hull's stats in the Ships reference.

Research, then build

Small hulls can be built straight away. Bigger hulls must be researched first. Research costs twice the hull's build cost and needs a minimum player level:

Class	Research needed	Research at player level	XP per ship built
Fighter	No, build straight away	—	50
Cutter	No, build straight away	—	101
Corvette	No, build straight away	—	205
Frigate	Yes	20	416
Destroyer	Yes	25	843
Cruiser	Yes	30	1,708
Battlecruiser	Yes	35	3,462
Battleship	Yes	40	7,014
Carrier	Yes	45	14,213
Dreadnought	Yes	50	28,800

Shown for the Standard Issue (Unaligned) Striker of each class; every faction follows the same pattern.

Building a hull costs its build price, paid when the build starts. When the build finishes, you get the ship and player XP: the hull's XP value. Building ships is how your commander levels up.

Queues and bay space

Your shipyard has limited room. Right now every commander has:

Queued items count against those limits, and finished ships count against your bay. A hull tile shows why you can't build it: Research Required, Requires Level, Bay Full, Build Queue Full, Research Queue Full or Insufficient Resources.

Your player level shortens build and research times: