• Multirole, maneuverable ships capable of independant patrol or fleet actions
• Many cruisers and destroyers, fewer capital and scout ships
• Weapons are primarily electro-kinetic cannons and various antiship missiles
• Strong hulls and armour, weak shields
• Superior sensors and point defence weapons
• Ability to jam most incoming missiles
• Engine Boost temporarily increases acceleration

• Sluggish ships with many turreted weapons but large blind spots. Well suited to fleet actions
• Large range of ship sizes, including massive dreadnaughts
• Weapons include short-range beam generators, medium-range missiles and long-range railguns
• Strong shield generators, fragile hulls
• Can redirect incoming missiles towards their launcher
• Emergency Thrusters temporarily increases maneuverability

Available in Update 1

• Ships mount many fixed weapons with limited travese requiring tactics and positioning
• Powerful long-range railguns and missiles
• Strong shield generators, average hulls
• Use chaff bursts to cheaply decoy incoming missiles
• Engine Overdrive increases power of thrusters temporarily

Available in Update 2

• Agile and well-armed ships with purpose-driven weapons
• Many directed energy weapons, each configured for a different purpose
• Weaker shields and weak hulls with little armour
• Powerful engines and lower masses make direction changes simple
• Use triggereable energy barriers to block incoming missiles and projectiles

Available in Update 2

• Modular ships with a variety of available roles
• Limited selection of hulls with large numbers of variants
• Weapons include explosive autocannons, small and large missiles and particle accelerators
• Average shield generators and hulls
• Manipulate Gravity temporarily decreases ship mass