Capital Ships

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

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.

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.

Cruiser Class Ships

Ships in this class include Destroyers, Cruisers, and Battlecruisers.

Destroyers & Cruisers

Destroyers are lightly-powered cruiser-class vessels with two or less Class 6 Turrets. These ships have no choice but to squeeze the maximum benefit from their agility and Class 7 Turrets to take down enemy ships. Destroyers are particularly suited to eliminating Gunboats, since they have similar speed but much more firepower and significantly more hull strength. Against other ships in the cruiser class, Destroyers must take advantage of their agility to exploit weaknesses in the enemy's weapon coverage. Destroyers can also perform anti-cap functions by utilizing long-range artillery, but are likely to be obliterated if they get in range of the opponent.

Cruisers are the middle-weight ships in the cruiser class, being stronger than Destroyers in overall power and armaments, but with more speed and agility than any of the Battlecruisers. Some of the smaller ships in this sub-class can be quite agile, or have a shape that makes them hard to hit. Meanwhile, some of the larger Heavy Cruisers are on par with Battlecruisers in terms of overall damage output potential.

Also note that cruisers are unique among the heavy ship classes in their ability to mount Class 6 cruiser turrets on Class 7 hard-points. This provides the option of using energy-efficient Cruiser Primary Turrets instead of the Cruiser Heavy Turrets that cannot be fired often due to their massive power draw.

Name	Faction	FG	Turr	CDs	CMs	Type1	Bays	Turn Rate	Hit Points	Power Core	Nanobots/ Batteries	Hold Size	Package Price
		Hard-Point Types
Archer	Liberty	1	7	1	1	1	0	22.92	295,000	1,800,000	750	800	$160,000,000
Crecy	Bretonia	0	10	1	1	1	0	22.80	270,000	1,400,000	650	800	$205,000,000
Donau	Rheinland	0	11	1	1	2	1	19.09	320,000	2,250,000	775	900	$208,000,000
Fearless	Zoners	0	9	1	1	1	0	22.92	255,000	1,400,000	600	750	$158,000,000
Gammu AI Cruiser	Gammu Artificial Intelligence	0	11	1	1	2	1	22.92	265,000	1,400,000	650	700	$180,000,000
Hel	Unioners / Red Hessians	0	9	1	1	2	1	20.05	280,000	1,800,000	720	800	$166,00,000
Siris	Nomads	0	12	1	1	2	1	22.80	405,000	2,250,000	825	950	$184,764,992
Kagutsuchi	Blood Dragons	1	7	1	1	2	1	21.62	250,000	1,400,000	650	700	$184,000,000
Praefect	Corsairs	0	12	1	1	2	1	22.92	375,000	2,250,000	825	800	$206,000,000
Reseph	The Order	0	8	1	4	2	1	24.82	310,000	1,800,000	720	900	$180,000,000
Scylla	Liberty Rogues	0	13	1	1	1	0	21.01	295,000	1,800,000	750	720	$176,000,000
Storta	Outcasts	0	12	1	1	1	0	20.05	295,000	1,800,000	775	700	$179,000,000
Takeda	Kusari	0	11	1	1	1	0	21.01	300,000	1,800,000	750	700	$158,000,000
Thanatos	Crayter Republic	0	12	1	1	2	1	19.09	345,000	2,250,000	800	700	$179,000,000
Thresher	The Core	0	8	1	1	1	0	22.92	265,000	1,400,000	675	700	$160,000,000
Typhoon	Coalition	0	9	1	1	1	0	21.01	260,000	1,400,000	650	800	$212,000,000
Triumph	Gallia	1	10	1	1	2	1	21.01	275,000	1,400,000	700	700	$176,000,000
Penance	Council	0	10	1	1	2	1	21.01	270,000	1,400,000	700	700	$176,000,000
Vidar	Red Hessians	0	12	1	1	2	1	20.05	350,000	2,250,000	825	800	$210,000,000

Battlecruiser

Battlecruisers are the heaviest ships in the Cruiser class, combining Battleship-level firepower with Cruiser performance. These ships are often used as Battleship-killers, since they can sit at range and return fire, while also avoiding damage themselves, and using thrusters to speed away if things turn sour. However, most battlecruisers have slower thrusting speed than other ships in the cruiser class, which exposes them to increased risk from Bombers and other cruisers, especially as their size limits them to repairs at shipyards, with modern nanobots unable to cope with the sheer mass of vessel to repair mid-combat.

Name	Faction	FG	Turr	CDs	CMs	Type1	Bays	Turn Rate	Hit Points	Power Core	Batteries	Hold Size	Package Price
		Hard-Point Types
Argus	Crayter Republic	0	14	1	1	2	2	11.66	1,375,000	4,500,000	1,300	1,050	$313,000,000
Bullhead	The Core	0	13	1	1	2	2	11.55	1,350,000	4,500,000	1,200	950	$319,000,000
Geb	The Order	0	15	1	1	3	3	11.72	1,400,000	4,500,000	1,300	1,700	$315,000,000
Greater Irra	Nomads	0	10	1	1	2	2	11.90	1,500,000	4,500,000	1,500	1,200	$319,164,992
Hurricane	Coalition	4	13	1	1	2	2	11.57	1,450,000	4,500,000	1,300	1,000	$380,000,000
Interdictor	Liberty	0	15	1	1	2	2	11.57	1,400,000	4,500,000	1,300	1,000	$305,000,000
Judicator	Hellfire Legion	0	17	1	1	2	2	11.90	1,500,000	4,500,000	1,450	1,000	$350,000,000
Komainu	Kusari	0	14	1	1	2	2	11.69	1,425,000	4,500,000	1,350	950	$322,000,000
Obstinate	The Council	0	14	1	1	2	1	11.53	1,350,000	4,500,000	1,200	1,000	$310,000,000
Obstinate	Gallia	0	14	1	1	2	1	11.53	1.350,000	4,500,000	1,200	1,000	$310,000,000
Sagarmatha	Independent Miners Guild	0	15	1	1	2	2	11.63	1,450,000	4,500,000	1,350	1,100	$313,000,000
Tirpitz	Rheinland	0	15	1	1	2	2	11.75	1,475,000	4,500,000	1,400	1,000	$335,000,000

Light Carriers

Light Carriers are an upcomming ship class that will be implemented at middle or end of the 4.90 Discovery Update. They will have the new drone based gameplay. See Heavy Carriers. Like Heavy Carriers are based on Battleships, the Light Carriers are based on Balttecruiser /Cruisers / Destroyers.

Name	Faction	FG	Turr	CDs	CMs	Type1	Bays	Turn Rate	Hit Points	Power Core	Nanobots/ Batteries	Hold Size	Package Price
		Hard-Point Types
Bustard	Generic Civilian	0	8	0	1	3	5	13.37	1,200,000	7,000,000	800	1,800	$502,000,000

Battleships, Dreadnaughts & Heavy Carriers

Battleships & Dreadnaughts

Battleships and Dreadnaughts are the strongest, most powerful ships available to the player community. However, these ships do not have Thrusters, and therefore cannot pursue ships from other classes. Generally speaking, these ships are best used in fleet warfare scenarios, where the enemy has brought multiple cruisers or battleships, and they must be matched with greatly superior firepower. They are also good for destroying player-owned bases.

Name	Faction	FG	Turr	CMs	Type1	Bays	Turn Rate	Hit Points	Power Core	Batteries	Hold Size	Package Price
		Hard-Point Types
Arbiter	Hellfire Legion	0	17	1	3	2	10.31	2,900,000	9,000,000	2,000	1,600	$490,000,000
Bismarck	Rheinland	0	23	1	3	2	10.31	2,800,000	9,000,000	2,000	1,800	$525,000,000
Deimos	Crayter Republic	0	20	1	3	2	9.63	2,600,000	9,000,000	1,950	1,700	$525,000,000
Dunkirk	Bretonia	0	14	1	3	2	10.31	1,750,000	8,000,000	1,600	1,600	$475,000,000
Jormungand	Red Hessians	1	15	1	3	2	10.31	1,800,000	8,000,000	1,600	1,600	$558,000,000
Legate	Corsairs	0	18	1	3	2	12.96	2,400,000	9,000,000	1,900	1,600	$515,000,000
Mako	The Core	0	14	1	3	1	12.00	1,650,000	7,000,000	1,600	1,500	$445,000,000
Marduk	Nomads	0	22	1	3	2	10.31	2,000,000	8,000,000	1,700	1,700	$1,395,000,064
Murmillo	Corsairs	0	13	1	3	1	9.12	1,700,000	7,000,000	1,550	1,600	$465,000,000
Nephilim	Zoners	0	22	1	3	2	8.94	2,950,000	9,000,000	2,100	1,700	$535,000,000
Osiris	The Order	0	13	1	3	1	9.12	1,650,000	7,000,000	1,500	1,400	$460,000,000
Overlord	Liberty	0	13	1	3	2	8.66	1,800,000	8,000,000	1,600	1,600	$480,000,000
Ranseur	Outcasts	0	20	1	3	2	10.31	2,600,000	9,000,000	1,800	1,600	$515,000,000
Redemption	The Council	0	20	1	3	2	10.08	2,500,000	9,000,000	1,950	1,800	$525,000,000
Sarissa	Outcasts	0	16	1	3	2	11.00	1,700,000	7,000,000	1,600	1,750	$480,000,000
Togo	Blood Dragons	0	13	1	3	1	11.46	1,650,000	7,000,000	1,600	1,400	$470,000,000
Tokugawa	Kusari	0	20	1	3	2	9.85	2,450,000	9,000,000	2,000	1,700	$515,000,000
Valor	Gallia	1	20	1	3	2	9.60	2,500,000	9,000,000	1,950	1,800	$536,000,000

Heavy Carriers

Heavy Carriers typically have more Docking Modules than Battleships, and sometimes have fewer Class 8 Turrets. They are intended to be used for moving wings of fighters and bombers and providing emergency repair facilities to those ships, rather than acting as front-line assault craft in their own right. At the moment, however, the practical difference between battleships and carriers is quite small.

As of now all carriers have received a Drone-bay and had their Class 8 Turrets removed. (16th November 2018)

Name	Faction	FG	Turr	CMs	Bays	Turnrate	Hit Points	Power Core	Batteries	Hold Size	Package Price
		Hard-Point Types
Aquilon	Zoners	0	14	1	4	11.00	1,700,000	6,000,000	1,600	1,800	$430,000,000
Atlantis	Liberty	0	25	1	4	9.17	1,800,000	6,000,000	1,600	1,800	$555,000,000
Elbe	Rheinland	0	13	1	4	10.31	1,600,000	6,000,000	1,600	1,700	$495,000,000
Invincible	Bretonia	0	23	1	4	8.71	1,900,000	6,000,000	1,800	1,800	$500,000,000
Tempest	Coalition	0	28	1	4	8.68	2,000,000	6,000,000	1,750	1,800	$555,000,000
Zephyr	Crayter Military	0	12	1	4	10.77	1,550,000	6,000,000	1,550	1,600	$420,000,000

Special Ships

These ships are not generally available to the player community.

Special Ships

Name	Faction	Guns	Turr	CDs	CMs	Turn Rate	Hit Points	Power Core	Nano Bots	Hold Size	Package Price
		Hard-Point Types
Battleship Harmony	LS	0	17	n/a	n/a	8.66	1,800,000	8,000,000	1,600	1,800	480,000,000
Battlestar II	Admins	0	18	0	0	9.09	1,500,000	19,000,000	2500	2,550	$915,582,700
Feanturi	Zoners	0	12	0	1	8.94	2,400,000	7,000,000	2400	2,100	n/a
Ish'tar	Nomads	0	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,333,333	16,000,000	2600	1700	n/a
Necrosis	Admins	0	15	1	1	17.19	475,000	3,600,000	900	1,000	n/a
Persephone	Zoners	0	21	1	3	8.94	2,950,000	9,000,000	2000	1,700	n/a
Satsuma	Kusari	0	16	1	2	11.46	1,800,000	8,000,000	2,000	1,500	$560,000,000
Shamash	Nomads	0	0	0	0	n/a	100,000,000	1,000,000,000	0	5,000	n/a
Tundra	Wild	1	7	1	1	22.92	295,000	1,400,000	700	800	$215,082,250
Umbrage	The Phantoms	0	12	1	1	22.92	315,000	2,250,000	750	600	$209,082,250
Venator	Admins	0	22	0	1	11.46	1,600,000	19,000,000	2,600	1,800	n/a

Old Ships

These ship were used in Discovery Freelancer, but later they were removed.

Name	Class	Notes
Argus	Battlecruiser	IMG ship - replaced by the Sagarmatha came back later.
Kronos	Battleship	Colonial Battlehship that was replaced by the Zephyr II - one can be found over Yuma
Spyglass	Battleship	Former version of the Arbiter, which replaced that ship
Zephyr Mk. I	Heavy Carrier	IMG ship - had a comeback as the Crayterian Zephyr Mk. II.

Ship Prototypes

Ship Prototypes are models of ships that can be found in game (for example at a shipyard as preview) but are not flyable for any player. The most famous Ship Prototype was the first version of the "Invincible" Mk. I Bretonian Carrier that still can be found at Southampton Shipyard.

Name	Class	Faction
Horus	(Heavy) Battleship	Order
Liberty Recon Cruiser	(Light) Cruiser	Liberty Security Force
Misericorde	Light Carrier	Maltesian Navy

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