Systems

Systems serve as individual components of a ship which provide certain functions depending on their state of power, crew presence and upgrade level.

Some systems can be manned by the crew to provide set bonuses, while others require crew attendance to function at all. The bonuses gained from manning can improve over time when the crew member gains experience.

Shields

Purchase price		150
Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	-	-
Level 2	1 Shield Bar	100
Level 3	-	20
Level 4	2 Shield Bars	30
Level 5	-	40
Level 6	3 Shield Bars	60
Level 7	-	80
Level 8	4 Shield Bars	100

Powers your shields. Every shield layer can block one incoming shot. Upgrading the system increases the layer count. Some enemy cruisers can have up to five layers, while player cruisers can reach the maximum of four.

It takes approximately 2 seconds to recharge one layer of shields. This can be improved further by the augmentation Shield Charge Boosters and manning the system with a crew member.

Skill level of crew member	Manning bonus
Level 0 (Clear skillbar)	10% faster recharge
Level 1 (Green skillbar)	20% faster recharge
Level 2 (Golden skillbar)	29% faster recharge

Engines

Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Dodge: 5; FTL: 1x	-
Level 2	Dodge: 10; FTL: 1.25x	10
Level 3	Dodge: 15; FTL: 1.5x	15
Level 4	Dodge: 20; FTL: 1.75x	30
Level 5	Dodge: 25; FTL: 2x	40
Level 6	Dodge: 28; FTL: 2.25x	60
Level 7	Dodge: 31; FTL: 2.5x	80
Level 8	Dodge: 35; FTL: 2.75x	120

Powers the FTL drive and allows the ship to dodge. Upgrading improves dodge chance and the rate that your FTL drive charges. The FTL recharge rate can be further improved by the augmentation FTL Recharge Booster and the chance of dodging can be raised by manning the system. A higher upgrade level can provide blue options in certain events.

Skill level of crew member	Manning bonus
Level 0 (Clear skillbar)	Evasion +5%
Level 1 (Green skillbar)	Evasion +7%
Level 2 (Golden skillbar)	Evasion +10%

Oxygen

Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Normal refill rate	-
Level 2	3x refill rate	25
Level 3	6x refill rate	50

Refills the oxygen in the ship. Upgrading increases the rate of refill.

Weapon Control

Purchase price	20
Upgrade level	Level Cost
Level 1	-
Level 2	60
Level 3	25
Level 4	35
Level 5	50
Level 6	75
Level 7	90
Level 8	100

Powers all of the ship's weapons. Upgrading lets you power more weapons.

This system can be manned by a crew member to increase the recharge rate. The augmentation Weapon Pre-igniter charges the weapons right after an FTL jump. The recharge rate can be further improved by the augmentation Automated Re-Loader.

Skill level of crew member	Manning bonus
Level 0 (Clear skillbar)	10% faster charge
Level 1 (Green skillbar)	14% faster charge
Level 2 (Golden skillbar)	19% faster charge

Drone Control

Purchase price	80
Upgrade level	Level Cost
Level 1	-
Level 2	10
Level 3	20
Level 4	30
Level 5	45
Level 6	60
Level 7	80
Level 8	100

Powers all of the ship's drones. Drones are automated robots that perform tasks like attacking enemy ships or repairing systems.

It uses a drone part every time a new drone is activated. Those can be regained to an extent with the use of the augmentation Drone Recovery Arm.

Artillery Beam

Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Cool down: 50 sec	-
Level 2	Cool down: 40 sec	30
Level 3	Cool down: 30 sec	50
Level 4	Cool down: 20 sec	80

Powers a slow, high-powered beam that pierces all shields and does one damage per room hit. More power means faster cooldown.

Medbay

Purchase price		60
Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Healing Boost: 1x	-
Level 2	Healing Boost: 1.5x	35
Level 3	Healing Boost: 3x	60

Heals all crew-members within the Medbay room. Upgrading increases healing speed.

The base medbay heals at the same speed the crew loses health when suffocating.

A level 2 medbay provides (Improved Medbay) blue options and a level 3 medbay provides (Advanced Medbay) blue options in certain situations. Sometimes, however, only the term (Medbay) is used.

Cloaking

Purchase price		150
Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Cloak Time: 5 sec	-
Level 2	Cloak Time: 10 sec	30
Level 3	Cloak Time: 15 sec	50

Cloaks the ship, adding 60 to your evasion and preventing the enemy ship from locking on with their weapons.

Shooting weapons while the cloak is active disrupts it, decreasing the time it will be active. This effect can be negated to a certain extent with the use of the augmentation Stealth Weapons.

Crew Teleporter

Purchase price		75
Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	20 sec cooldown	-
Level 2	15 sec cooldown	30
Level 3	10 sec cooldown	60

Allows you to send your crew-members to board enemy vessels.

Subsystems

Piloting

Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Needs pilot to function	-
Level 2	Auto 1/4 evasion	20
Level 3	Auto 1/2 evasion	50

Allows the ship to make FTL jumps and dodge when piloted. Upgrading adds auto-pilot that allows some evasion even without a pilot.

Level 2 piloting provides (Piloting) blue options in certain situations.

When on level 1, this subsystem has to be manned by a crew member to function, otherwise dodge chance drops to 0% (unless cloaking). Manning provides a bonus regardless of its necessity.

Skill level of crew member	Manning bonus
Level 0 (Clear skillbar)	Evasion +5%
Level 1 (Green skillbar)	Evasion +7%
Level 2 (Golden skillbar)	Evasion +10%

Sensors

Purchase Price		40
Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	See ship interior	-
Level 2	See enemy interior	25
Level 3	See enemy power use	60

Reveals the interior of your ship and gives information about enemy ships.

Level 2 sensors provide (Improved Sensors) blue options and level 3 sensors provide (Advanced Sensors) blue options in certain situations.

Door System

Purchase Price		60
Upgrade level	Level Bonus	Level Cost
Level 1	Normal doors	-
Level 2	Blast doors	20
Level 3	Improved blast doors	50

Allows remote opening and closing of doors. Upgrading to Blast Doors impedes fire spread and intruder movement.

Reactor

The reactor can provide a maximum of 25 power bars. The cost of first five is 15, the next 20, then 25, following with 30 and finally 35 for the last set.