Deck
Deck is one of ten basic ship statistics that define your capabilities in the game. It represents the total space available on your ship for mounting active equipment.
It is important that you do NOT confuse Deck with Cargo. Deck space is used for your installed equipment such as Weapons, Sensors, Armor, etc. Cargo space is used for storing things such as uninstalled equipment, minerals and artifacts.
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Benefits
A greater Deck size allows you to keep more (and more powerful) equipment installed at once, thereby making your ship more deadly in combat, more efficient in scanning, heartier in battle, etc. Paying for repairs from installing and uninstalling equipment to suit your purposes becomes costly. So, it is often better to add decks to keep as much as possible installed. Likewise, researching a weapon capable of destroying a planet doesn't do you any good if you don't have enough space to mount it. In general, if you have one weapon mounted, and your opponent has five of the same weapon and some shields to boot, he'll have a decided edge over you in battle (to say the least. You'll probably be dead while barely scuffing his paint. :) Good luck!).
After gaining a preset amount of decks your ship classification changes i.e. 150-199 decks is a "Heavy Frigate" where as 200-249 decks is a "Light Cruiser".
Trade-Offs
A smaller ship with fewer decks will be harder to target and hit then larger ships. So the game gives smaller ships a relative advantage by capping the amount of damage much larger ships can do to them. Hence, it is possible to build ships with less deck and more crew that take limited damage from larger ships and can even attack back for more damage than they take.
Ship Classifications
| Size | Class |
|---|---|
| 20 - 49 | Scout |
| 50 - 99 | Light Frigate |
| 100 - 149 | Frigate |
| 150 - 199 | Heavy Frigate |
| 200 - 249 | Light Cruiser |
| 250 - 299 | Cruiser |
| 300 - 349 | Heavy Cruiser |
| 350 - 399 | Light Battleship |
| 400 - 449 | Battleship |
| 450 - 499 | Heavy Battleship |
| 500 - 549 | Light Dreadnaught |
| 550 - 599 | Dreadnaught |
| 600 - 699 | Heavy Dreadnaught |
| 700 - 799 | Titan |
| 800 - 899 | Heavy Titan |
| 900 - 1,049 | Massive Titan |
| 1,050 - 1,199 | Goliath |
| 1,200 - 1,349 | Heavy Goliath |
| 1,350 - 1,499 | Massive Goliath |
| 1,500 - 1,649 | Leviathan |
| 1,650 - 1,849 | Heavy Leviathan |
| 1,850 - 2,049 | Massive Leviathan |
| 2,050 - 2,299 | Star Destroyer |
| 2,300 - 2,599 | Heavy Star Destroyer |
| 2,600 - 2,899 | Massive Star Destroyer |
| 2,900 - 3,199 | Collossal Star Destroyer |
| 3,200 - 3,599 | Galaxy Destroyer |
| 3,600 - 3,999 | Heavy Galaxy Destroyer |
| 4,000 - 4,399 | Massive Galaxy Destroyer |
| 4,400 + | Collossal Galaxy Destroyer |
- PVP damage cap formula = your current deck size divided by 2
Improvements
Deck can be improved by purchasing additional Decks with Rank Points, or by purchasing them using Galaxy Points. (However, the cost benefit is dubious at best, you are likely better served buying energy refills instead.)
Several Artifacts can be used to increase deck size, a partial list is:
- Ship Bot (+2 Decks)
- Lazuli Parts Vault (+2 Decks, +10 Hull, +10 shield)
Additionally many players equate Rank Points with Decks, and will use these Artifacts solely to purchase additional decks:
- Rescued Prisoners (+3 Rank Points)
- Rescued Stryll Prisoners (+6 Rank Points)