[Guide] Advanced Equipment

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. . ADVANCED EQUIPMENT GUIDE Updated 09 / 07 / 2025 .

. . Docking Modules .	. HOW TO USE . Press F3 on a ship with a Docking Module installed If grouped, process is automatic If not grouped, capital ship player needs to select snub and use command /allowdock Must remain stationary for 10 seconds before docking is successful /listdocked Checks and prints docking bay availability and occupancy details /jettisonship <1-4> Force ejects ship docked in chosen bay . Docking Module . Used by Ship Types: Frigates and above Fills: 5 cargo per docking module Can Dock: Fighters, Bombers & Freighters Cargo must be 185 or less to be able to dock on a player ship (referring to Freighters) .
. . Hyperspace Matrix .	. HOW TO USE . Exterior Guide . Hyperspace Matrix MK1 . Used by Ship Types: All Cargo Space Used: 25 Battery Type: Jump Drive Batteries .
. . Jump Drives .	. HOW TO USE . /jumplist Prints a list of systems you can jump to, separating them by their distance. /jump <system> Initiates jumping sequence to chosen system /setsector <1-4> Chooses the exit point within the destination system /jump blind Opens a collapsing jumphole to Earhart . Jump Drive Series II . Ship Types: Cruisers and above Cargo Space: 0 Units Charge Time: 15 seconds Batteries Used: 12, 25, 40, 65, 65, 65 Quantity per second based on systems jumped. Two system jump uses 40 per second. Hole Duration: 30 seconds Jump Capacity: 1 Jump Range: 3 Matrix Range: 5 Battery Type: Jump Drive Batteries . Jump Drive Series III . Ship Types: Cruisers and above Cargo Space: 0 Units Charge Time: 30 seconds Batteries Used: 6, 12, 20, 32, 32, 32 Quantity per second based on systems jumped. Two system jump uses 20 per second. Hole Duration: 60 seconds Jump Capacity: 2 Jump Range: 3 Matrix Range: 5 Battery Type: Jump Drive Batteries . Jump Drive Series IV . Ship Types: Cruisers and above Cargo Space: 0 Units Charge Time: 60 seconds Batteries Used: 3, 6, 10, 16, 16, 16 Quantity per second based on system distance. Two system jump uses 10 per second. Hole Duration: 120 seconds Jump Capacity: 8 Jump Range: 3 Matrix Range: 5 Battery Type: Jump Drive Batteries .
. . Cloaking Devices .	. HOW TO USE . /cloak What the hell did you expect here? Shields are disabled during warmup and cloak duration Battery consumption is based on speed Staying still will use virtually no fuel Taking a trade lane while cloaked will quickly deplete fuel . Light Cloaking Device . Ship Types: Fighters & Freighters Cargo Space: 10 units Batteries Used: Based on speed Decloak At: 1,500 m Warmup: 10 seconds Cooldown: 120 seconds Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries . Cloaking Device MK II . Ship Types: Gunboats & Cruisers Cargo Space: 50 units Batteries Used: Based on speed Decloak At: 2,500 m Warmup: 15 seconds Cooldown: 120 seconds Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries . Cloaking Device MK II-A . Ship Types: Battlecruisers & Battleships Cargo Space: 200 units Batteries Used: Based on speed Decloak At: 3,500 m Warmup: 20 seconds Cooldown: 120 seconds Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries . Cloaking Device MK III . Ship Type: Transports Cargo Space: 400 units Batteries Used: Based on speed Decloak At: 2,500 m Warmup: 10 seconds Cooldown: 120 seconds Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries .
. . Cloak Disruptors .	. HOW TO USE . Until I learn how these work, this shall remain "blank". . Cloak Disruptor MK1 . Ship Types: ??? Cargo Space: 10 units Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries Batteries / Use: 100 Distance: 8,000 m Cooldown: 60 seconds . Cloak Disruptor MK2 . Ship Types: ??? Cargo Space: 10 units Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries Batteries / Use: 75 Distance: 10,000 m Cooldown: 45 seconds . Cloak Disruptor MK3 . Ship Types: ??? Cargo Space: 10 units Battery Type: Cloaking Device Batteries Batteries / Use: 50 Distance: 10,000 m Cooldown: 30 seconds .

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[TheKusari]

Guide Updated.

It's like 90% complete, with what I know and was able to find out. A lot of these details aren't exactly listed in a centralized spot, so there you go everyone.

Those of you who have details on the "???" sections here, please do PM me on the forums so I can add it in.

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[JorgeRyan]

Doesnt the JD4 allow multiple ships to take the resulting jumphole? The table says one

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[TheKusari]

Doesnt the JD4 allow multiple ships to take the resulting jumphole? The table says one

Changed to 8. Overlooked that one.

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[TheKusari]

Can we add in that the MKIII cloak takes up 400 cargo?

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[TheKusari]

. .Gave this one a once-over, filled in most of the missing details. Added in a section regarding cargo capacity limits when using docking modules. . .

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[Fish]

What does "decloak at xyz m" mean? Does it decloak when someone gets close or when they use a distuptor? If the latter, what does the distance mean on the distuptor because they don't align with the distance on the cloaks?

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[Tenshi]

What does "decloak at xyz m" mean? Does it decloak when someone gets close or when they use a distuptor? If the latter, what does the distance mean on the distuptor because they don't align with the distance on the cloaks?

It means that each cloak automatically turns off if a non-grouped ship enters the vicinity listed. The benefit of cloak disruptors is that the range at which they turn cloaks off is vastly increased. For a light cloaking device with a detection range of 1500m a cloak disruptor of the same size has a range of 8000m.

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[Fish]

What does "decloak at xyz m" mean? Does it decloak when someone gets close or when they use a distuptor? If the latter, what does the distance mean on the distuptor because they don't align with the distance on the cloaks?

It means that each cloak automatically turns off if a non-grouped ship enters the vicinity listed. The benefit of cloak disruptors is that the range at which they turn cloaks off is vastly increased. For a light cloaking device with a detection range of 1500m a cloak disruptor of the same size has a range of 8000m.

That's cool thanks for the clarification. That's actually pretty useful

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[TheKusari]

. .Updated Jump Drive "How To" to include generating a jumphole into Earhart. . .

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