The fleet

You have no home base. Your fleet is your realm.

Ship classes

Class	Role	Strong against	Weak against
Fighter	fast, intercepts	bombers	capital ships
Bomber	heavy damage on large targets	capital ships	fighters
Frigate	support: shields, repair, jamming	strengthens others	alone it is weak
Cruiser	all-rounder, the backbone	frigates	bombers
Capital ship	armour, area damage	fighters, cruisers	bombers

Each faction also has one special ship that only it can build:

Class	Faction	Role	Strong against	Weak against
Guardian	Directorate	heavy shield carrier at the front, shields its neighbours	strengthens others	bombers
Phantom	Consortium	very hard to hit	bombers	capital ships
Ravager	Clans	hits two targets at once, no shield	frigates	cruisers

A counter deals 150 % damage (bombers against capital ships: 200 %); against its own counter a ship deals only 67 %.

The numbers

Class	Hull	Shield	Damage	Dodge	Cost
Fighter	50	–	5 every 1 s	25 %	1 CP
Bomber	90	–	40 every 2 s	10 %	2 CP
Frigate	120	30	10 every 1 s	10 %	2 CP
Cruiser	220	40	24 every 1 s	5 %	3 CP
Capital ship	500	120	30 on 3 targets every 2 s	0 %	6 CP
Guardian	220	70	12 every 1 s	5 %	4 CP
Phantom	80	20	18 every 1 s	30 %	3 CP
Ravager	210	–	24 on 2 targets every 1.5 s	15 %	3 CP

Shields soak damage before the hull and recharge 5 % per second.
Frigates add 20 shield to every neighbour every 2 s – even to fighters and bombers, which have no shield of their own. Neighbours are the slots right next to it in its row and the matching slot in the row beside it.
A capital ship takes two slots in its row.

Command points and pilots

Every ship needs a pilot, and every ship costs command points: you start with 12. A battle grid has 12 slots, so large fleets are made of bigger ships, not more of them.

Your formation

The hangar shows how your ships at the flagship go into the next battle. Ships with a frigate or a guardian next to them are highlighted – they get extra shields from it. Pick a row for each ship class (front, flank or back) or leave it on Auto; your choice is used for every attack until you change it.

Best pilots for my ships gives every ship at the flagship the pilot who suits it best – big ships first, each with the pilot whose traits fit that class most. Ships away on a mission or stationed in a sector keep their pilots.