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To build any kind of ship, you first have to make a design from it.
Ships made up from this 5 part:
Ship hull: There are 8 type ship hull which determines the ship type and its layout and energy supply, it also determines how much drive and weapons are set on the ship.
Ship drive: It determines the ship's speed, ship speed also effected by ship's total mass
Weapons: Only combat ships has weapons and the amount of weapon type is set on a ship is determined by the hull.
Hull plating: Increases the ships health points.
Shield: Increases the ship shield amount.
warning: If you have more mass or energy drain than the ship hull's layout or energy supply, than you wont be able to save it!

Battleship: The biggest ship with most layout and energy supply with heavy lasers which is effective any ship and lasers which is effective against bombers and fighters
Cruiser: The second capital ship with torpedos which are very effective agianst battleships and cruisers and it has lasers too.
Bomber: It has only weapon type but its very effective against cruisers and battleships.
Fighter: it has only laser which is effective against other fighters or bombers.
Colony ship: you colonize new planets with it. Also the colonist will be drained from your colony its built on.
Trooptransport: the conquerer ship, only with this ship you can conquer other player's planets, the amount of troops will be drained from your colony population after its built.
Transporter: you can transport resources from one planet to another with it or even set up auto trade routes with it between 2 planet.
Probe: you can explore the space with it.