Capital Ships

Capital ships are the largest ships usable by players in the Discovery mod. Their size ranges from elegant cruisers to gigantic warships.

Note: Capital ships - due to their size - are hard to maneuver. While going through an asteroid or a minefield, they easily collide with obstacles, which makes the trips longer. Battleships have a tendency to get stuck in asteroid fields. Docking with jumpgates and trade lane ring requires much more attention than with a small vessel as you need to get into position or else you get stuck or (in luckier cases) take a long go-around. In the case with Trade Lanes, it is a common occurrence when the capital ship bumps into and disrupts the lane. Note that relatively flat capital ships may be able to get through certain parts of asteroid fields by rolling and/or backing up and taking a different route, when they may otherwise get stuck.

Also note: You may freely purchase and operate a capital ship, however be aware that many of the ships factions have registration requirements. Buying a capital ship without the appropriate approval and registration may and usually does incur the unwanted attention of the ship faction. Often they will put unregistered ships on a hunt and destroy list, the roleplay premise being that you have stolen some of their technology.

When purchased, Cruiser and Battleship class vessels will show up as a "Freighter" on the ship purchase dialog. This is because the Freelancer game itself was never intended to have these ship classes available to players, and cannot be fixed. Refer to the ship info card to review the actual ship class.

Cruisers and Destroyers

• Destroyers are fast and maneuverable warship intended to protect large warships from bombers. However, most ships classified as destroyers are simply more agile and less armored cruisers.

• Heavy Destroyers are destroyers with more firepower (and usually armor), but maintain maneuverability as a primary trait.

• Cruisers are the primary warship in Freelancer. They can be fit for use against fightercraft, capitals, stationary targets, and some can do both of these simultaneously.

• Heavy Cruisers are usually, but not always, less maneuverable. They have significantly increased firepower, exceeded only by their even heavier armor.
• Siege Cruisers have a fixed forward gun that is usually more powerful and efficient than a Light Mortar. They are otherwise lightly armed.

Name	Faction	Guns	Cargo	Class	Hull	NB/SB	Price	Notes
Rheinland Pirate Cruiser	Red Hessians	9	800	Cruiser	250,000	600	$166,082,250
Kagutsuchi	Blood Dragons	7	700	Siege Cruiser	250,000	650	$184,082,250	Can fit Cruiser Forward Cannons
Thresher	Bounty Hunters Guild	8	700	Destroyer	260,000	650	$160,082,250
Bretonia Destroyer	Bretonian Armed Forces	10	800	Heavy Cruiser	355,000	825	$205,082,250	Is the antithesis of Destroyer despite its name
Typhoon	Coalition	9	700	Destroyer	268,000	700	$212,082,250
Praefect	Corsairs	12	800	Heavy Cruiser	315,000	750	$206,082,250
Obstinate (GRN)	Gallic Royal Navy	12	900	Heavy Cruiser	378,000	825	$210,082,250
AI Cruiser		11	700	Cruiser	265,000	650	$180,082,250
Kusari Destroyer	Kusari Naval Forces	9	700	Destroyer	240,000	600	$158,082,250
Liberty Siege Cruiser	Liberty Navy	7	800	Siege Cruiser	295,000	700	$160,082,250	Can fit Cruiser Forward Cannons
Scylla	Liberty Rogues Mollys	12	720	Heavy Destroyer	318,000	730	$176,282,250
Storta	Outcasts	12	700	Heavy Destroyer	295,000	750	$179,582,250	Used by Lane Hacker Professorship
Vidar	Red Hessians	12	800	Cruiser	315,000	825	$210,082,250
Rheinland Cruiser	Rheinland Military	11	900	Heavy Cruiser	390,000	825	$208,082,250
Irra	Slomon K'Hara	10	700	Purifier	375,000	750	$204,179,750
Obstinate (Council)	The Council	12	900	Heavy Cruiser	342,000	825	$210,082,250
Resheph	The Order	8	500	Cruiser	275,000	750	$180,082,250	Reconnaissance Cruiser
Umbrage	The Phantoms	12	600	Heavy Destroyer	315,000	750	$209,082,250
Corvo	Zoners	8	600	Destroyer	200,000	600	$150,082,250
Fearless	Zoners	9	750	Destroyer	255,000	700	$158,082,250

Battlecruisers and Light Carriers

Name	Faction	GunsB1	Class	Cargo	Hull	Shield	NB/SB	Thruster	Price	Notes
Bullhead	Bounty Hunters	10/2	Battlecruiser	950	405,000	Class 9	900	YES	$314,082,250
Argus	IMG	10/2	Battlecruiser	900	475,000	Class 9	900	NO	$308,082,250
Liberty Assault Battlecruiser	Liberty	10/2	Battlecruiser	1,000	450,000	Class 9	900	NO	$300,082,250
Geb	The Order	18/0	Light Carrier	1,000	520,000	Class 10	900	YES	$360,082,250

• B1: Class 9 Turrets / Class 10 Turrets

Battleships, Dreadnoughts, and Heavy Carriers

Name	Faction	Weapons	Cargo	Hull	NB/SB	Price	Class	Notes
Togo	Blood Dragons	0/13	1,400	0,780,000	1600	$720,000,000	Battleship
Mako	Bounty Hunters	0/14	1,500	0,620,000	1400	$695,000,000	Battleship
Bretonia Battleship	Bretonia	0/14	1,600	0,800,000	1600	$725,000,000	Battleship
Legate	Corsair	0/16	1,600	1,000,000	1700	$760,000,000	Dreadnought
Redemption	Council	0/17	1,500	1,250,000	1700	$770,000,000	Battleship
Valor	Gallia	0/17	1,500	1,350,000	1700	$760,000,000	Battleship
Zephyr	IMG	0/14	1,600	0,600,000	1400	$670,000,000	Carrier
Kusari Battleship	Kusari	0/18	1,700	1,280,000	2000	$760,000,000	Battleship
Arbiter	Hellfire Legion	0/17	1,600	1,100,000	1700	$735,000,000	Battleship	Planetary undock may be fatal
Liberty Dreadnought	Liberty	0/12	1,600	0,840,000	1600	$730,000,000	Dreadnought
Liberty Carrier	Liberty	0/16	2,000	1,100,000	1700	$800,000,000	Carrier
Osiris	Order Corsairs	0/12	1,400	0,700,000	1500	$710,000,000	Battleship
Sarissa	Outcast	0/15	1,500	0,820,000	1600	$730,000,000	Battleship
Ranseur	Outcast	0/16	1,600	0,950,000	1600	$760,000,000	Dreadnought
Rheinland Battleship	Rheinland	0/18	1,800	1,400,000	2000	$770,000,000	Battleship	Planetary undock may be fatal
Marduk	Slomon K'Hara	0/15	1,700	1,340,000	1700	$765,000,000	Guardian	Planetary undock may be fatal
Aquilon	Zoners	0/14	1,800	0,860,000	1600	$680,000,000	Carrier
Nephilim	Zoners	0/24	1,700	1,500,000	2100	$780,000,000	Freeport	Planetary undock may be fatal

Special Ships

Name	Weapons	Cargo	Hull	NB/SB	Price	Notes
Battlestar II	0/18	2,550	1,500,000	2500	$1,165,000,000	Not Purchasable
Necrosis	0/15	1,000	475,000	900	$242,082,250	Not Purchasable - Unique Ship (2 BS Turrets)
Satsuma	0/14	1,500	600,000	2000	$810,000,000	Not Purchasable - Kusari Imperial Yacht - Unique Ship
Persephone	0/13	1,700	1,625,000	2200	N/A	Not Purchasable - Unique Zoners Juggernaut
Venator	0/22	1,800	1,600,000	2600	$865,000,000	Not Purchasable

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