Magnate

Faction flagship for the boss who outgrew borders — forged from the best of all five empires: Crimson fury-plate, Voidborn null-matter shields, Solarian logic cores, Nebula optics, Rim dark matter. Heavily armored, properly armed, and rigged so the leader who runs the whole operation can fly it into the fight himself. One per faction, keyed to the leader's hand.
CategoryCombat Support
ClassCommand
Faction
Tier4
Hull1500
Armor90
Shield600
Shield Recharge9/t
Speed3 AU/t
Fuel Capacity760
Cargo Capacity200
Weapon Slots3
Defense Slots6
Utility Slots5
Power Capacity130
CPU Capacity55
Price250000 cr
Build Time15000 ticks
Shipyard Tier3
The empires have sovereigns. These people pay them taxes — most years, on the profit they choose to declare — and then go on running the economy the sovereigns merely tax. A Magnate is what that kind of money builds when it stops pretending to respect a border. There is no empire stamp on the hull because there is no one empire in it: the plating is Crimson fury-temper, the shields hang off Voidborn null-matter matrices, the brain is Solarian logic stacked behind Nebula optics, and the whole thing is laced with Rim dark matter, because the owner could afford to buy the best of each and the freight to carry it home. It takes a faction with a holding in every empire's space to even source one — which is precisely the point, and precisely who flies it. It is built to go to war: against rival magnates, against the pirates who mistake it for cargo, against the empires themselves when the math finally favors it. The yards build exactly one per faction and key it to the boss's own hand. You do not lead from a station chair forever. Eventually you buy the front of the line.
Command Flagship Faction-issue Prestige Best-of-all-worlds
Module
Shield Booster III
Shield Booster III
Regenerative Armor II
Hull Reinforcement II
Damage Control System
Ship Scanner II
CapabilityValue
Fleet Command Capacity 3
Fuel Efficiency Bonus 30
ItemQuantity
Fury Alloy 80
Void Shield Matrix 16
Solarian Composite 40
Steel Plate 250
Capital Ship Frame 16
Shield Emitter 140
Fuel Tank 60
Titanium Alloy 450
Sensor Cluster 4
Navigation Core 20
Processed Null Matter 120
Solarian Logic Matrix 12
Prismatic Lens 36
Nebula Prism Computer 2
Condensed Dark Matter 30
Hull Plating 100
Reinforced Bulkhead 30
Circuit Board 140
Communications Array 40
Sensor Array 30
Processing Core 28
Life Support Unit 60
Fury Tempered Plating 16
Durasteel Plate 120
Copper Wiring 140
Power Distribution Grid 6
Station Reactor Core 8
Engine Core 22
View JSON Data
[{"item_id":"aluminum_ore","quantity":20052},{"item_id":"cobalt_ore","quantity":88},{"item_id":"copper_ore","quantity":1324},{"item_id":"dark_matter_residue","quantity":90},{"item_id":"energy_crystal","quantity":1480},{"item_id":"fluorine_gas","quantity":1988},{"item_id":"fury_crystal","quantity":336},{"item_id":"helium_ice","quantity":160},{"item_id":"hydrogen_gas","quantity":480},{"item_id":"iridium_ore","quantity":320},{"item_id":"iron_ore","quantity":9916},{"item_id":"krypton_gas","quantity":200},{"item_id":"lead_ore","quantity":44},{"item_id":"neon_gas","quantity":200},{"item_id":"nickel_ore","quantity":3390},{"item_id":"nitrogen_ice","quantity":684},{"item_id":"null_matter","quantity":272},{"item_id":"palladium_ore","quantity":1260},{"item_id":"platinum_ore","quantity":518},{"item_id":"polonium_ore","quantity":40},{"item_id":"prismatic_nebulite","quantity":114},{"item_id":"silicon_ore","quantity":1886},{"item_id":"silver_ore","quantity":2560},{"item_id":"sol_alloy_ore","quantity":156},{"item_id":"thorium_ore","quantity":4320},{"item_id":"titanium_ore","quantity":3386},{"item_id":"tritium_ice","quantity":960},{"item_id":"tungsten_ore","quantity":6106},{"item_id":"uranium_ore","quantity":4016},{"item_id":"water_ice","quantity":360}]