Need to Know
Outer Rim intelligence cruiser. Sees everything, says nothing, moves suspiciously fast.
General
| Category | Covert |
| Class | Intelligence |
| Faction | Outer Rim |
| Tier | 4 |
Requirements
| Piloting Skill | 30 |
Statistics
| Hull | 750 |
| Armor | 28 |
| Shield | 450 |
| Shield Recharge | 7/t |
| Speed | 3 AU/t |
| Fuel Capacity | 600 |
| Cargo Capacity | 145 |
Slots
| Weapon Slots | 2 |
| Defense Slots | 3 |
| Utility Slots | 5 |
Capacity
| Power Capacity | 170 |
| CPU Capacity | 65 |
Economy
| Price | 130000 cr |
| Build Time | 11200 ticks |
| Shipyard Tier | 3 |
Lore
Speed 3 on a large hull with top-tier sensors and processing power.
The Need to Know-class is the Outer Rim's dedicated intelligence
platform — capable of passive surveillance, signal interception, and
the kind of deep-space reconnaissance that makes other empires nervous.
The Rim officially denies operating intelligence ships. The Need to
Know-class is officially listed as a "long-range survey vessel" in
all public records. Its crew carry credentials identifying them as
"geological researchers." Nobody is fooled, but the paperwork is
technically in order.
Flavor Tags
Default Modules
| Module |
|---|
| Ship Scanner III |
| Cloaking Device II |
| Scrapgun |
| Expanded Fuel Tank |
| Shield Booster II |
Inherent Capabilities
| Capability | Value |
|---|---|
| Fuel Efficiency Bonus | 25 |
Build Materials
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Sensor Cluster | 3 |
| Dark Matter Thruster | 1 |
| Condensed Dark Matter | 30 |
| Titanium Alloy | 510 |
| Engine Core | 230 |
| Capital Ship Frame | 10 |
| Station Reactor Core | 7 |
| Shield Emitter | 160 |
| Hull Plating | 35 |
| Power Distribution Grid | 2 |
| Durasteel Plate | 50 |
| Thruster Nozzle | 230 |
| Fuel Tank | 280 |
Construction
| Base Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Ore | 23764 |
| Cobalt Ore | 924 |
| Copper Ore | 712 |
| Dark Matter Residue | 93 |
| Energy Crystal | 804 |
| Fluorine Gas | 1378 |
| Helium Ice | 140 |
| Hydrogen Gas | 2240 |
| Ion Gas | 932 |
| Iridium Ore | 588 |
| Iron Ore | 8067 |
| Krypton Gas | 12 |
| Lead Ore | 480 |
| Neon Gas | 12 |
| Nickel Ore | 2160 |
| Nitrogen Ice | 1040 |
| Palladium Ore | 2232 |
| Platinum Ore | 10 |
| Polonium Ore | 35 |
| Silicon Ore | 348 |
| Silver Ore | 3772 |
| Thorium Ore | 3780 |
| Titanium Ore | 2579 |
| Tritium Ice | 840 |
| Tungsten Ore | 4479 |
| Uranium Ore | 4814 |
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