Fleet and Ships
🚀 Fleet & Ships
Fleets are the backbone of expansion, warfare, logistics, and exploration in Stellar Realms.
Ships are divided into:
- Combat Vessels – Damage dealers, tanks, siege units
- Support Vessels – Logistics, salvage, scouting, buffs
- Capital & Prestige Ships – Endgame strategic powerhouses
Each Realm unlocks new tiers of fleet capability.
🧭 Fleet Combat Fundamentals
Every ship has:
- Attack – Base damage output
- Defense – Structural durability
- Shield – Damage absorption layer
- Speed – Travel speed
- Cargo Capacity – Resource transport ability
- Fuel Consumption – Operational cost
- Target Priority – Determines engagement order
- Rapid Fire – Multi-hit advantage versus specific targets
For deeper mechanics, see:
🌍 Realm 1 Ships (Foundation Era)
Realm 1 introduces core fleet roles: scouting, raiding, hauling, colonization, and early heavy combat.
🛰 Support Ships
Probe Basic scout ship for espionage and expeditions. Extremely fast. Minimal combat capability. [oai_citation:1‡ships.json](sediment://file_00000000200872439c713c5918859d54)
Cargo Ship Primary early logistics vessel with strong cargo capacity.
Recycler Collects debris fields after battles. Key economic accelerator in early PvE/PvP cycles.
Colony Ship Establishes new colonies and enables multi-planet expansion.
⚔ Combat Ships
Kamikaze (Light Interceptor) Cheap early skirmisher. Effective against probes via Rapid Fire.
Fighter (Light Fighter) Backbone early combat unit. Balanced attack, mobility, and cost.
Battleship Realm 1 flagship heavy hitter. High durability and firepower for early dominance.
🛰 Realm 2 Ships (Expansion Era)
Realm 2 introduces specialization, convoy protection, rare materials, and fleet role diversity.
🛡 Escort & Support
Corvette Convoy escort ship. Strong defensive profile for protection roles.
Freighter Large-scale hauling vessel. Massively increased cargo capacity over Cargo Ship.
Frigate Shield-support and science utility ship. Provides fleet synergy.
Orbital Refinery Orbiting support platform that boosts asteroid/solar node resource intake.
⚔ Combat Escalation
Cruiser Durable frontline tank. Strong Rapid Fire against lighter ships.
Destroyer Anti-shield specialist. Counters tanks and shield structures.
Bomber Anti-defense specialist. Designed for base cracking and turret suppression.
🌌 Realm 3 Ships (High-Technology Era)
Realm 3 introduces Elerium-tier ships, deeper synergy, and advanced fleet compositions.
🛡 Advanced Combat Ships
Heavy Cruiser Durable mainline warship. Forms backbone of advanced fleets.
Dreadnought Siege-focused warship. High Rapid Fire vs cruisers, domes, and defenses.
🚀 Capital Support Ships
Carrier Capital support ship that launches autonomous drones. Anchors fleet formations.
Advanced Recycler Mid-to-late salvage vessel with improved debris efficiency.
Science Vessel Deep PvE vessel. Unlocks anomalies and improves expedition safety.
Planetary Harvester Surface-based industrial crawler. Boosts planetary resource output. (Not space-capable)
👑 Realm 4 Ships (Ascension Era)
Realm 4 unlocks prestige-tier fleets and strategic endgame dominance.
⚔ Endgame Combat Ships
Battlecruiser High-tier frontline warship. Major durability and firepower scaling.
Titan Prestige dreadnought with siege-focused abilities.
Colossus Planet-cracking siege platform. Designed for strategic objectives.
🛠 High-End Support
Support Vessel Repair and buff platform. Sustains fleets in extended engagements.
Megahauler Massive logistics vessel. Enables alliance-scale supply contracts.
📊 Fleet Role Classification
Combat Roles
- Skirmisher – Light Interceptor
- Backbone – Fighter
- Tank – Cruiser / Heavy Cruiser
- Shield Breaker – Destroyer
- Defense Breaker – Bomber
- Siege – Dreadnought / Colossus
- Capital Frontline – Battlecruiser / Titan
Support Roles
- Scout – Probe
- Hauler – Cargo Ship / Freighter / Megahauler
- Salvage – Recycler / Advanced Recycler
- Colony Expansion – Colony Ship
- Convoy Escort – Corvette
- Science Utility – Science Vessel
- Fleet Sustain – Support Vessel
- Resource Booster – Planetary Harvester
🧠 Strategic Notes
- Early game revolves around Fighter swarms and Battleship anchors.
- Realm 2 introduces role-based fleet design.
- Realm 3 emphasizes synergy and siege capability.
- Realm 4 requires combined-arms fleets with support vessels.
- Rapid Fire interactions heavily influence fleet composition.
For advanced fleet optimization, see:
