Ship Classes
Ships are built from the shipyard tap, as you research more technologies you gain access to bigger and better ships. When building a fleet it’s important to remember that no one class is strong alone, it’s important to balance your fleet out correctly.
Attack Ships
Artemis Class Fighter
Nickname: Arte
Class: Fighter
Propulsion Drive: Jet
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Cheap
– Make great flak
Cons:
- – Easily killed
Strong Against:
- – Hermes
– Helios
– Charon
Weak Against:
- – Poseidon
– Zeus
Apollo Class Fighter
Nickname: Apollo
Class: Fighter
Propulsion Drive: Pulse
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Stronger than the artemis fighter
– Becomes faster than the artemis
– Strong against Atlas
Cons:
- – Weak against Hades
Strong Against:
- – Hermes
– Helios
– Charon
– Atlas
Weak Against:
- – Hades
– Zeus
Poseidon Class Cruiser
Nickname: Pos
Class: Light Capital
Propulsion Drive: Pulse
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Fastest ship
– Strong against ‘Flak’ (Artemis/Missile Battery)
Cons:
- – Weak against Hades
– Very low armour and shield strength
Strong Against:
- – Hermes
– Helios
– Charon
– Artemis
– Missile Battery
Weak Against:
- – Hades
– Zeus
Athena Class Battleship
Nickname: Ath
Class: Capital
Propulsion Drive: Warp
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Heavy weaponary
– Strong armour
Cons:
- – Weak against Hades
– Low shield
– High fuel cost
Strong Against:
- – Hermes
– Helios
– Charon
Weak Against:
- – Hades
– Zeus
Ares Class Bomber
Nickname: Ares
Class: Capital
Propulsion Drive: Warp
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Heavy shields
– Strong armour
Cons:
- – Incredibly slow until warp 8 is researched
– High fuel cost
Strong Against:
- – Missile Battery
– Particle Cannon
– Pulse Cannon
– Helios
– Laser Cannon
– Hermes
– Charon
Weak Against:
- – Zeus
Hades Class Battleship
Nickname: Hades
Class: Capital
Propulsion Drive: Warp
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Strong against many ships
– Low fuel cost compared to other Captial ships
Cons:
- – None
Strong Against:
- -Apollo
– Atlas
– Helios
– Hermes
– Athena
– Hercules
– Poseidon
– Charon
Weak Against:
- – Prometheus
– Zeus
Prometheus Class Battleship
Nickname: Prom
Class: Heavy Capital
Propulsion Drive: Warp
Ratio:
Pros:
- – Strong against Hades
– Strong armour and shield
Cons:
- – Slow moving
Strong Against:
- – Hermes
– Hades
– Laser Cannon
– Helios
– Charon
Weak Against:
- – Zeus
Cargo And Support Ships
Hermes Class Probe
Nickname: Probe
Class: Probe
Propulsion Drive: Jet
Roll: To provide espionage scans of intended targets
Atlas Class Cargo
Nickname: Atlas
Class: Light Cargo Ship
Propulsion Drive: Jet, upgrades to Pulse at Pulse level 5
Roll: Provides rapid cargo capability
Pros:
- – After Pulse upgrade, becomes very quick
Cons:
- – Small cargo hold
Hercules Class Cargo
Nickname: Herc
Class: Heavy Cargo Ship
Propulsion Drive: Jet
Roll: Provides high cargo capacity for higher level techs
Pros:
- – Large cargo hold
Cons:
- – Slow
Dionysus Class Recycler
Nickname: Dio
Class: Harvester
Propulsion Drive: Jet
Roll: Used to collect debris from debris fields generated by attacks, but more importantly, allows invisible fleetsaving
Pros:
- – Insanely slow
Cons:
- – Insanely slow
Gaia Class Colony Ship
Nickname: Gaia
Class: Colony ship
Propulsion Drive: Jet
Roll: To colonise new worlds
Pros:
- – Cheap when taking into account the reward
Cons:
- – Slow
Charon Class Transport
Nickname: Charon
Class: Droid transport
Propulsion Drive: Jet
Roll: To transport droids around your colonies
Pros:
- – None
Cons:
- – Pretty useless
Helios Class Solar Satellite
Nickname: Helios
Class: Satellite
Propulsion Drive: None
Roll: To provide your planet with energy
Pros:
- – Provides cheap energy in the right planet slots
Cons:
- – Cannot be moved from orbit
– Easily killed
Heavy Support Ships
These two ship types are less common in the universe due to their cost, and the simple fact that owning them is the equivilant to painting a giant target on your world.
Zeus Class
Nickname: Zeus
Class: Mobile Battlestation
Propulsion Drive: Warp
Pros:
- – Insane stats for a single ‘ship’
– Incredibly slow, allows for cheaper fleetsaving
– Make good long distance transports due to the low hydro cost and high cargo hold
– Rapid fire against pretty much every ship and defense in the game
Cons:
- – Incredibly slow, useless for attack and defense
– Often makes people cocky, these things are easily killed by the big boys
Hephaestus Class Attack Platform
Nickname: Heph
Class: Mobile Colony
Propulsion Drive: Warp
Pros:
- – Ships ‘on board’ are moved from place to place for free
– Huge armour and shield stats
– Unlimited cargo hold
– Hard to attack
Cons:
- – Can never return to a planet once deployed nor be deployed to another planet
– Immensely expensive to unlock and build