Syndicate
Nebula speed trader. Half a freighter's hold on a hull fast enough to outrun the need for an escort.
General
| Category | Commercial |
| Class | Freighter |
| Faction | Nebula |
| Tier | 3 |
Requirements
| Piloting Skill | 20 |
Statistics
| Hull | 200 |
| Armor | 12 |
| Shield | 220 |
| Shield Recharge | 5/t |
| Speed | 5 AU/t |
| Fuel Capacity | 580 |
| Cargo Capacity | 220 |
Slots
| Weapon Slots | 2 |
| Defense Slots | 2 |
| Utility Slots | 5 |
Capacity
| Power Capacity | 85 |
| CPU Capacity | 40 |
Economy
| Price | 48000 cr |
| Build Time | 4000 ticks |
| Shipyard Tier | 2 |
Lore
The Syndicate-class answers a question the Federation's actuaries kept circling back to: what does an escort contract actually buy? Protection, yes — but mostly it buys time, the hours a slow hull spends exposed on a contested route. The Syndicate buys those hours back another way. The hold is deliberately modest, sacrificed for a drive package and fuel reserves that let a captain pick a high-value cargo and simply be somewhere else before a raider can close the distance. The weapons are a courtesy to the optimist who tries anyway. Speed is the margin, and the margin pays for itself every time a Syndicate reaches the buy order while the convoy behind it is still negotiating with its escort.
Flavor Tags
Default Modules
| Module |
|---|
| Pulse Laser II |
| Pulse Laser II |
| Shield Booster II |
| Shield Booster II |
| Cargo Expander III |
| Cargo Expander III |
| Cargo Expander II |
| Fuel Optimizer |
| Afterburner II |
Build Materials
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Hull Plating | 10 |
| Trade Cipher | 6 |
| Cargo Container | 35 |
| Shield Emitter | 15 |
| Processing Core | 4 |
| Thruster Nozzle | 4 |
| Steel Plate | 50 |
| Fuel Tank | 30 |
| Weapon Core | 8 |
| Weapon Housing | 12 |
| Prismatic Lens | 8 |
| Titanium Alloy | 70 |
| Sensor Array | 8 |
| Navigation Core | 3 |
| Life Support Unit | 10 |
| Cargo Bay Expansion | 4 |
| Power Distribution Grid | 2 |
| Flex Polymer | 60 |
| Copper Wiring | 50 |
Construction
| Base Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Ore | 2332 |
| Copper Ore | 296 |
| Energy Crystal | 170 |
| Fluorine Gas | 132 |
| Hydrogen Gas | 240 |
| Ion Gas | 16 |
| Iridium Ore | 34 |
| Iron Ore | 1204 |
| Krypton Gas | 22 |
| Lead Ore | 6 |
| Neon Gas | 22 |
| Nickel Ore | 226 |
| Nitrogen Ice | 6 |
| Palladium Ore | 232 |
| Platinum Ore | 160 |
| Prismatic Nebulite | 24 |
| Silicon Ore | 293 |
| Silver Ore | 256 |
| Titanium Ore | 276 |
| Trade Crystal | 6 |
| Tungsten Ore | 731 |
| Uranium Ore | 16 |
| Water Ice | 60 |
View JSON Data
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