Ship Classes
The term 'ship class' refers primarily to the capital ships and transport ships of the 'capital vessel' (CV) type used by the NPC factions.
These ship types are also referred to in the game as OPVs (orbital patrol vessels).
For the classification, we use the 'Atk' (Attack value) part of the 'Combat (Atk/Def)' value displayed in each blueprint (including those of the players)
What is the Attack Value?
The Atk calculates a comparative value from all turrets and weapon systems (except Sentry Guns) carried by an OPV. No distinction is made between activated and deactivated. The decisive factor is the calculated value, which is determined by impact and area damage as well as rate of fire.
Important: How well the ship is armored or whether it has shields ( 'Def' in the blueprint combat info) is currently not included in the ship class calculation, since all damage (without shields) is always block-based and shields and their value is always the same and does not correlate or vary with combat strength.
How is the subdivision organized? There is one main TIER class. The TIERs are then subdivided into up to three subclasses depending on the range of attack values. In addition, there are two special forms with freighters and carrier ships that are not specifically categorized into TIERs but rather refer to a primary feature and may have weaker or stronger attack values compared to a TIER class.
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| Freighter | any | any | Freighter | Frg |
| Carrier | any | any | Carrier | Crr |
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Tier Name Attack Value Block Count Min Max Class Abbrev
CV Micro Drones Micro CV CV Micro Public Trans Micro CV CV Micro Transport Micro CV
FREIGHTERS any any Frg CARRIERS any any Crr
T0 0 100 DroneClass: Gunboat Gb 100 250 DroneClass: Patrol Pt
T1 250 275 Light Corvette LCo 275 450 Corvette Co 450 500 Heavy Corvette HCo
T2 500 550 Light Frigate LFr 550 900 Frigate Fr 900 1000 Heavy Frigate HFr
T3 1000 1100 Light Destroyer LDe 1100 1800 Destroyer De 1800 2000 Heavy Destroyer HDe
T4 2000 2200 Light Cruiser LCr 2200 3600 Cruiser Cr 3600 4000 Heavy Cruiser HCr
Homeworld BG: T5 4000 4400 Light Battle Cruiser LBCr 4400 7200 Battle Cruiser BCr 7200 8000 Heavy Battle Cruiser HBCr
Special: T6 8000 16000 Battleship BS T7 16000 32000 Dreadnought DN T8 32000 64000 Super Dreadnought SDN