Faction 8 (Terran)

Faction 8
Faction 8 starter ship
Faction Attributes Default player faction Good selection of components Very well balanced

Faction 8 is one of the 7 playable factions in the game. Often confused with, and referred to as Faction 1, but the two are distinct factions in the game's files. Like Faction 1, their default color scheme is blue and light grey.

Strategies

There are many different ways to play this faction. A common strategy for new players is just using this faction to experiment with the different weapons. Overwhelming enemies with this faction's Flak Cannon is a good strategy. Unlike most of the other factions there is no easy set strategy to follow. The multitude of weapons for this faction makes many different strategies possible. An example of a useable strategy is to just overwhelm your enemies with drones. Another example is a fast ship armed with Proton Swords. Most people use this faction just for the diversity of firepower you can have.

Weapons

• Blast
• Beam
• Explosives

Name	Damage	Splash	Rate	Range	Velocity	Aimable	P
Antimatter Cannon	500	50	0.5	3000	1800	No	386
Autocannon	20	N/A	20	800	1200	Yes	19
Blast Pulser	20	N/A	75	600	500	No*	10
Defense Cannon	10	N/A	15	600	500	Auto	4
Drone Launcher	15	N/A	4*	800	600	Semi-Auto	23
Flak Cannon	15	30	3	900	1000	Auto	22
Plasma Cannon [S]	30	N/A	4	1100	1400	Yes	17
Plasma Cannon [M]	120	N/A	4	1200	1400	Yes	72
Plasma Cannon [L]	270	N/A	4	1300	1400	Yes	176
Plasma Mortar	100*	100	0.5*	1200	800	Yes	92
Plasma Projector	20	N/A	10	1400	1400	No	8
Railgun	350	N/A	0.5	2500	1500	Yes	63

Name	Damage	Range	Aimable	P
Burst Laser	200*	1400	Yes	59
Laser	50	400	Yes	18
Manipulator	0	700	Yes	20
Proton Beam	400	1800	No	41
Proton Sword	2000	300	Yes	155

Name	Damage	Radius	Regen Rate	Acceleration	Torque	Projectile Mass	P
Mine Layer	150	70	1	0	0	14	83
Missile Launcher	30	25	0.5	867	4000	3	24
Torpedo Launcher	250	40	0.3	462	0	59	13
Rocket Launcher	40	20	2.0	1333	0	3	30

Modules

• Hulls
• Thrusters
• Modules
• Shields

Name	Health	Mass	Regrowth
Hull [SQR] [S1]	250	10	0.3
Hull [SQR] [S2]	1000	40	0.7
Hull [SQR] [S3]	2250	90	1.0
Hull [TRI] [S1]	125	5	0.2
Hull [TRI] [S2]	500	20	0.5
Hull [TRI] [S3]	1125	45	0.7
Hull [RTRI] [S1]	250	10	0.3
Hull [RTRI] [S2]	1000	40	0.7
Hull [RTRI] [S3]	2250	90	1.0
Hull [TRA] [S1]	188	8	0.3
Hull [TRA] [S2]	313	13	0.4
Hull [TRA] [S3]	438	18	0.4
Hull [REC] [S1]	73	3	0.2
Hull [REC] [S2]	125	5	0.2
Hull [REC] [S3]	177	7	0.3
Hull [REC] [S4]	293	12	0.4
Hull [REC] [S5]	707	28	0.6

Name	Thrust	Health	Mass	Regrowth	P
Thruster [S]	10k	71	1	0.9	3
Thruster [M]	25k	93	3	1.5	4
Thruster [L]	100k	323	12	2.7	8
Thruster [AS]	500k	1784	535	18.1	18

Name	R Capacity	R Collection Range	Energy Generated	Energy Stored	P
Generator [S]	100	N/A	75/sec	225	23
Generator [M]	100	N/A	450/sec	1350	135
Factory	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	100
Harvester	100	1000	N/A	N/A	5
Container [S1]	90	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Container [S2]	290	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
Container [S3]	1160	N/A	N/A	N/A	0

Name	Durability	Radius	Regen Delay	Regen Rates	P
Shield Projector	1000 SHP	100	10 sec	200 SHP/sec	80
Station Shield Projector	5000 SHP	500	3 sec	500 SHP/sec	1250