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  • Equipment
    Ship Based Equipment

    The following Equipment may be purchased at homeworlds. You may have multiple pieces of equipment on your ship, up to the individual ships "Equipment Slot" limit.

    Please Note: The effects of individual equipment do not stack. For example if one ship had 4 Cloaking Devices installed, only one would effect whether you were visable or not to enemies.
    Equipment Type
    Cloaking DeviceDefense
    ScannersDefense
    Advanced Fuel ProcessorMining
    Advanced Metal ProcessorMining
    RamScoopMining
    Asteriod ProcessorMining
    Resource Location ModuleMining
    Crystal Extraction ModuleMining
    Resource Regulation ModuleMining
    Repair ModuleRepair
    SubSpace Jump DriveTransport

    Cloaking Device, Defense Type
    Description: The scourge of the Federation Government. A ship equiped with a cloaking device is virtually invisible to a ship without scanners..

    Scanners, Defense Type
    Description: Having trouble seeing those pesky cloaked ships? Scanners are your answer. While not 100% accurate, a ship equiped with scanners has a much higher chance of spotting cloaked ships.

    Advanced Fuel Processor, Mining Type
    Description: The Advanced Fuel Processor Increases your Fuel base gathering rate by 35% by streamlining the process it takes to gather Fuel.

    Advanced Metal Processor, Mining Type
    Description: The Advanced Metal Processor Increases your base Metal gathering rate by 35% by streamlining the process it takes to gather Metal.

    RamScoop, Mining Type
    Description: Stolen from our friends at Seatogu Labs, when attached to a ship, the RamScoop mines fuel on the go at a rate of 10 tons of Fuel per system.

    Asteriod Processor, Mining Type
    Description: Stolen along with the plans to the Ramscoop, the Asteriod Processor allows the the ship it is attached to gather 10 Metal each system in moves through! Ideal for the miner on the go.

    Resource Location Module, Mining Type
    Description: The Resource Location Module allows your ships to spot hidden Metal, Fuel and Crystal in a star system. This equipment is stackable, however your command ship must have a Resource Location Module to activate a search. Activating any number of Resource Location Mocules requires a set 5 turns. Your chances of spotting a resource go up by the amount of Modules present within your fleet (1 per ship).

    Crystal Extraction Module, Mining Type
    Description: The Crystal Extraction Module was developed by top Rad`Ni technicians to assist in Crystal gathering throughout the galaxies. The Crystal Extraction Module increases your Crystal gathering rate by 50%.

    Resource Regulation Module, Mining Type
    Description: By streamlining the gathering process within your ships holds, the Resource Regulation Module allows you to boost gathering rates of all resources by 10%.

    Repair Module, Repair Type
    Description: The Repair Module allows you to more quickly repair your ships using only turns. This equipment is stackable on multiple ships, however only 1 repair module per ship will be used.

    SubSpace Jump Drive, Transport Type
    Description: Essential for every Galaxy-wide traveller, the SubSpace Jump Drive produces a small wormhole allowing you to travel to your destination with a minimum of time, fuel and fuss!


    Other Devices and Items

    The following items do not require any special equipment or ships to buy and use.

    Scout Arrays: Scout Arrays will monitor a system for you. They are fairly reliable, cheap and expendible. The Basic Scout Array has a low chance to spot cloaked ships. Basic Scout Arrays can be easily Stolen or Destroyed. Be aware though, they have a chance to not only broadcast an alert about being Stolen or Destroyed, but can also explode killing the ship that tried to steal it.