Starport: Galactic Empires/Hardware
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There are four star bases that sell hardware to equip a ship with. One base is only accessible by having a very low reputation; this base is referred to as the "Pirate base".
Costs of hardware are shown in the following table:
| Item | Cost | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Nuke | 50,000 | Approximately 2000 damage. Purchased only from the Pirate base or with tokens. |
| G-14 Negotiator | 1000 | Approximately 900 damage. Purchased from any base. |
| Mines | 100 | Approximately 1000 damage. When detonated carefully, it only does around 300 damage. Purchased from any base. |
| Compound Mines | 5,000 | Similar to a regular mine but can be detonated up to 4 times. Purchased from any base. |
| Beacons | 500 | Leaves a short message for all to see. Placed in space or on a planet. Purchased from any base. |
| Biodome Kit | 10,000-2,090,000* | The foundation of colonies. Purchased from any base. |
| Flak Cannon | 25,000 | Deals approximately 100 damage and gives splash damage. Reduces energy slightly on impact. Purchased from any base. |
| Laser Cannon | 75,000 | Deals 200 damage. Reduces energy. Bounces off objects. Purchased from any base. |
| Shields | 5-20** | Shields are a ships primary protection against attack. Purchased from any base or port. |
| Cargo Holds | 25 | Used to carry resources & colonists. Purchased from any base or port. |
| Plasma Shooter | 7 | Poor standard weapon, approx. 30 damage with high rate of fire & low energy use. Bounces off objects. |
| Fusion Blast | 15,000 | Projectile weapon with approx. 70 damage, low energy use, and high rate of fire. Bounces off objects. |
| Explosive Charge | 175,000 | Projectile weapon with approx. 200 damage, slow traveling, slow rate of fire & high energy use. Detonates upon impact. |
| Graviton Beam | 900,000 | Weapon with auto-aim and average range. Can attack three targets at once. Passes through objects. |
| Hellbore Laser | 15,000 | Weapon with average damage applied as long as its in contact with the target, and medium range. Blocked by objects. |
| Death Ray | 120,000 | Weapon with very short range and high damage. |
| Broadband Scanner | 800,000 | Scans the whole system, returning the combined weights of all planets. Uses 3 fuel. |
| Neutrino Scanner | 1,500,000 | Scans the whole system, returning the weights of planets individually. Uses 5 fuel. |
| Tactical Scanner | 500,000 | Displays shield percentage of other ships. |
| Battle Scanner | 1,000,000 | It also reveals cloaked Ships. WARNING: Does NOT Display shield percentage of other ships |
* This amount varies between servers. 40k is the standard price, while 2.09mil is normally found on the PAX servers.
** Prices are subject to Supply and Demand at ports with 20 being price at full supply, bases always sell for 20.
