Refueling & repair

The Ironclad Assault has more guns, a larger front door that fits tanks, a service bay for repair, refuel and rearm, and some quad-mount turrets, in exchange for somewhat less cargo capacity.

The M80 interior is combat-focused, with a bed, weapon racks, personal storage, some space for utility boxes, and inside access to core components for repairs, while less critical components sit outside.

Short term, ships will draw ammo from the cargo grid and can restock, rearm and refuel docked ships from it, while longer term the Perseus's two turret rooms have space reserved for manually loading specific ammo.

Savrals can't promise armor or other new Engineering additions yet while the team focuses on damage, fire and repair flow, explains the relay rework (an empty relay blocks some power), and confirms ships will be updated patch by patch.

Vehicle content isn't holding back engineering: all ships support it with fallbacks, well over half are fully physicalized, and the feature itself is still in development with no date, going to tech preview when ready.

Soft death is a temporary solution; repairs are not yet in, but disabled ships can be tractor-beamed to repair points in future, while destroyed large components cannot be replaced in the field.

Solo flying a multi-crew ship is possible and works smoothly while it's new and unworn, but maintaining damaged parts alone gets painful, and a crew makes the ship more survivable and effective.

Repairs will initially be a simple repair-beam mechanic without bespoke minigames, to avoid overcomplicating and delaying release, though some items like fuses and scrubbers already need specific handling and this may change based on feedback.

Fresh ships should rarely malfunction and older, worn ones more often, with fires mostly a result of combat damage or pushing components hard, and balance to be tuned after player feedback.

Refining and refueling support work on the Starfarer is underway and won't change its interior, which they plan to rework later, 600i-style, as time and resources allow.

The Mercury and Nomad's harsh fuel use was not intended and is fixed in 3.12, and the team is discussing balancing fuel around longer default ranges for future multi-system play.

Running a large capital ship solo should be technically possible but prohibitively expensive, so it is realistically a group job, though the speakers expect some wealthy player to do it anyway.

Repairing or swapping parts will help slow wear, a wear percentage already shows on the power MFD, and time-left estimates would be unreliable because they depend on usage.

The Kraken is a light attack carrier carrying two ships in internal bays, with landing pads and cargo bays, plus a hatch and mechanism for Dragonflies.

Yes, destroying supply shipments to hurt a rival org is meant to be possible, as the game is built around logistics like fuel and ammunition, so attacking supply lines becomes emergent gameplay.

Crucible arms are meant to handle external hull and components, including large ones, while interior damage needs a repair team once the breach is sealed, and an Idris may need several Crucibles.

There will be different fuel grades, with boost and jump fuel more compact and pricier than regular fuel, though it may not apply to basic manoeuvring fuel and the system is still being sorted out.

Chris Roberts says they plan a fair amount of healing, repair, rearm and refuel roles in both space and FPS combat, with more information promised soon and possibly a showcase game mode later.

Yes: buildings, vehicles, items and characters are built to age, and fixed buildings' appearance will change with a place's economy, population and prosperity, with ships able to be restored close to new.