Slug Cruiser (no experience with the type B). I don't think this is quite as good as the Fed, as it needs a little more to come into it's own. The Zoltan shield is excellent and will mitigate quite a bit of of damage. While bad for boarding, Zoltan are otherwise exceptional crew member supplying free power. But the Type A gets a Halberd beam which will immediately cut through any sector 1 and most sector 2 shields. I would probably rank those to ships the best of what I have used. The Nisos (Type B) only has 3 crew but gets a rank 2 Artillery and the Dual Laser is exceptional.ĭespite the lack of cloaking the Fed Cruiser is super strong overall. The Type A gets 4 crew with 2 being excellent for boarding actions (Mantis, Rockman) if you get an early teleporter (this will really allow your scrap intake to steam roll). These ships can also get cloaking.įed Cruiser - both layouts are pretty strong, honestly. The Red Tail has more crew (with 2 really useful crew in a Zoltyan and Mantis and more initial damage output, but the Type A starts with a Mk II Blaster, which is one of the best weapons in-game. Kestrel - both versions of the Kestrel are good starting ships. Still, the following ship shave strong starts IMO: The engi ship can easily find itself in a position where it can't do much damage (I ran into an early Defense II drone and neither side could damage the other), and the zoltan ship's strength is being able to wait out damage rather than dish it out. It's weak on weapons but the Artillery Beam makes sure you can destroy anything, even in the late game, if you just keep your defense up.įor similar reasons, I would recommend against the engi and zoltan ships. Osprey or Nisos: The cruisers you get for beating the game.You'll never have to run during the first 2-3 sectors. This thing packs a ton of firepower early on assuming you can keep finding missiles. Aside from being easy to manage, inexhaustible, and easy to upgrade piecemeal, this means your weapons operator will level up very quickly. Red-Tail: The Type B Kestrel, this ship starts with four lasers on a 10 second charge.So what you want is a ship that can blow up everything. But that only applies in a rare situation, and it pays for it by having to run away sometimes until you can find shields. The stealth ship may be able to visit more beacons since you can more reliably navigate nebulas out the gate, which will slow down the rebel fleet. Scrap isn't influenced by ship, so that can be ignored. Score is influenced by how many beacons you visit, how many ships you destroy, and how much scrap you get. You can beat the game about as reliably with with any ship, so the differentiator for "best ship" is going to be entirely based on score.
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