

IMPORTANT: Always check the base stats of frigates before purchase. Additionally, some frigates consume considerably more fuel than others, which can cripple your fuel supply by as much as 50%, weaken the entire armada by approximately 50% early on, and then remain weaker by up to 20% over the long term. However, there is a difference of more than 15 points between the best and the worst frigates. With over 60 potential points in their lifecycle and growth, it would seem unimportant which frigate to buy. These can be collected by the player by boarding the vessel when it is not on an expedition. The vessel produces 2 Condensed Carbon every 30 seconds up to a maximum capacity of 100 Condensed Carbon after 25 minutes. Useful on shorter expeditions to conserve fuel or small improvement of fleet strength in all areas without increasing fuel requirements. Support Specialist - Specializes in fuel supply instead of abilities.The vessel produces 1,000 every 30 seconds up to a maximum capacity of 125,000 after 62 minutes and 30 seconds. Trade Specialist - Higher Trade capabilities.The vessel produces 2 Magnetised Ferrite every 30 seconds up to a maximum capacity of 100 Magnetised Ferrite after 25 minutes. Industrial Specialist - Higher Industrial capabilities.Can activate its Artifact Scanner to find the location of an Ancient Ruin in the current system. Exploration Specialist - Higher Exploration capabilities.The deployed vessels are normal starships and are distinguished by having gold engine trails like Squadron pilots rather than green ones like standard NPC ships. This only occurs if the player's Freighter is in the same system and the Frigate is not on expedition: the responding Frigate will be the one with the highest Combat stat out of those present. Can assist the player during space combat by warping nearby and sending out friendly ships. Combat Specialist - Higher Combat capabilities.The five types of frigates are as follows: Frigates can be dismissed/deleted from your fleet in the same manner as deleting a tech or item from your inventory (Consoles: hold R3/hold right stick click, PC: hold middle mouse button). The fleet can have a maximum of 30 frigates. Not all frigates that spawn are available for purchase: those that are are marked with green icons. In order to hire a frigate the player must travel close to the frigate's position and, once the frigate captain is open for communication, use their intercom (via quick menu) to talk to the captain and choose the option to hire their services. Building more than one Command Room allows the player to have multiple active missions with different frigates at once.Ī list of documented frigates is available at Starship Catalogue - Frigate.

The frigate fleet is controlled by the Fleet Command Room, located on the freighter that commands the fleet. Frigates can then be sent on expeditions to other star systems. A player can own up to 30 frigates once they command a freighter. They can usually be found surrounding an NPC freighter. 11.1 Fuel cost calculation for missionsįrigates are ships larger than a single-user starship, but smaller than a freighter.
