This window displays information about a ship's hull. It lists resources needed to build the ship, as well as its cargo capacity and special functions.

  • ESC: Close window
  • W: Show weapon effects against this ship
  • F1: Browse ship abilities

Ship abilities

Ships can have special abilities, such as Cloak or Gravitonic.

PCC2 uses the PHost 4 ship abilities internally. Even when you're using a game not hosted by PHost 4, ships will have Tow when they can tow, or Full Weaponry when they belong to the Feds.

Abilities available to all ships are considered racial abilities. Those are not shown on the normal specification sheet, but listed on the ability list you can show with F1.

Ability Icons

On the Specification Sheet and on the Ship Build Screen, ship abilities are normally shown as a set of icons. The color of the icon shows the status of the ability.

  • Colored icon: you have the ability.
  • Red icon: you have the ability, but it is damaged and can currently not be used.
  • Gray icon: you cannot use the ability. A green marker indicates that you will be able to use the ability at a higher experience level. A red marker indicates that only other players can use the ability.

If you prefer the abilities to be shown as text, use the Settings Menu, Preferences > User Interface > Ship ability icons.

Ability List

Use F1 from the specification sheet to pop up the detailed ability list. This list uses various icons to tell you about an ability's status:

  • [U] is a universal ability, which every player has on every ship.
  • [R] is a racial ability, which some players have on each of their ships.
  • [G] is a general class ability, which every ship of this type has for every player.
  • [C] is a class ability, every ship of this type has for some players.
  • [S] is a ship ability, which this individual ship has, no matter who owns it.

In addition, a symbol tells you whether you have this ability:

  • ▶ you have it; shown in red if it is damaged
  • + you need more experience
  • - your experience is too high (maybe you now have a better ability)
  • (blank) this ability is only available to other players

Reference

Keys:
S from ship screen, ship list, ship build screen, or VCR details screen.