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Content Update

V1-Hyper — Fri, 20 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Added Raven Dynamics XIII content, incl. new RDX-17 Griffon Vulture ship stats.

CQ Schedule Update

V1-Hyper — Fri, 7 Mar 2025 14:00:00 GMT

The Conquest Schedule has been updated (see Menu\Planet Systems).
Select PG Server to view upcoming CQs for the next 2 weeks in real-time.

Content Update

V1-Hyper — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 21:00:00 GMT+1

Major update regarding recently twweaked ship items, Raven Dynamics XIII event, and other stuff.

Content Update

V1-Hyper — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:30:00 GMT

Added a new illustration of ship class stats in the form of a 'radar chart'. Hover over the Performance index to see it. Special thanks to Redthorne for developing this feature!
Added Raven Dynamics XI event stuff, incl. the new RDX-14 ship.

Last Gemini mission helpers added

V1-Hyper — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 15:30:00 GMT

Added the last few missing Gemini storymission helpers. Thanks _Atlas_, for collating that info!

Shout Box fix

V1-Hyper — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:00:00 GMT

Switched the rss feed parser (that mirrors the guestbook entries) from dysfunctional feed2js to rssdog. Thanks to HGus for suggesting this alternative.

Added content

V1-Hyper — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:30:00 GMT

Added 'RavenDynamics X' event stuff and updated player ships statistics (armors, weapons powers, flight speeds, etc.) !

Added content

V1-Hyper — Sat, 6 Aug 2022 23:30:00 GMT

Thanks to @Redthorne we now have all PirateGalaxy Audio tunes to play at will in the Menu/Misc/Music! The TC4 content is being added, too, but not yet complete.

BP List update

V1-Hyper — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:30:00 GMT

Big thanks to @Redthorne for extracting in-game (absolute) power figures for BP items, which now replace the old 'relative power' figures in the BP lists.

Planet Map Explorer update

V1-Hyper — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:00:00 GMT

The information about Mantis spots in the Planets Map Explorer has been substantially extended thanks to massive work by @Redthorne! :)

Raven Dynamics IX update

V1-Hyper — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:00:00 GMT

New event ship and event BPs added.

Raven Dynamics VIII update

V1-Hyper — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:30:00 GMT

New event ship and event BPs added. Additional updates on E-consumptions, item cooldown times, cryonite costs and ship statistics with big thanks to Redthorne for help! :)

FreeCam

V1-Hyper — Fri, 14 May 2021 00:10:00 GMT

FreeCam controls added to Menu\Misc Info\Hot Keys.

TC 2 Update

V1-Hyper — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:30:00 GMT

Added Ships and BPs that came with the recent TauCeti update (Alternative Earth).

Blueprint Decryption

V1-Hyper — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:30:00 GMT

Added requirements for BP decryption for those that need decrypting. The info is hyperlinked in the Remark section of the Blueprint List.

Updated Cooldown times

V1-Hyper — Mon, 13 May 2019 09:30:00 GMT

The cooldown times of (almost) all BP items have been remeasured and updated.

Still incomplete, and awaiting update: RT, Mat and RTurr ff.

Ship equipment cost calculator

V1-Hyper — Thu, 9 May 2019 11:00:00 GMT

Added a Ship equipment cost calculator (written by Vesperion). The excel sheet calulator is linked in the Remark section of the Ship/Simulator page.

Update

V1-Hyper — Sat, 9 Feb 2019 15:00:00 GMT

Tau Ceti story missions 9-16 added (thx to dijar). Preparations for new Raven Dynamics IV event items and RDX-07 ship.

Portuguese/Brazilian language added

V1-Hyper — Wed, 2 Jan 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Many thanks to João V. for the translations.

PG News Report (RSS feed) fixed. It broke after Google terminated its Feed API in 2017.

The show must go on

V1-Hyper — Thu, 5 Jul 2018 16:00:00 GMT

I am seeing much interest and good will in the community for the HHG to keep going. Effords are being made by a number of volunteers to help me update all TC related stuff (Discord: Cross-Server Pirate Galaxy). Considering some learning curve for the helpers involved, there will slowly but surely be new content added. Many thanks all!

Last Logbook Entry

V1-Hyper — Wed, 6 Jun 2018 20:30:00 GMT

The Tau Ceti update is finally expected to come this month. However, I am not going to update the HHG with TC stuff anymore. I have made this difficult decision after all these years of my commitment to this guide. The reason is purely work and familiy related; I don't have the time anymore that I used to have.

Since 2009 I spent in the order of a thousand hours of spare time creating the HHG, an equivalent of about 3 years of full-time employment - without the wage ;-)
I would like to acknowledge the two £5 donations from the community.

I took great pride in the guide and satisfaction in its usefulness to so many fellow pilots. Best wishes to all!

Re: Sirius Adjustments Part 2

V1-Hyper — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:00:00 GMT

The Sirius Rings 2 and 4 now revolve in the opposite direction (counter-clockwise); Online/Offline Si Simulator has been updated.
All Ring 5 Ancient units increased from R79 to R82.
The BP parts of SU drops have been changed from 13 to 12. BP drops from WU and MU are new.
Two new Ring 5 Boss units have been added to the Giza: the Amarna and Soris.
The following Ring 5 BP drops have changed:

	old	new
Pattern*	–	WU (1)
Blaster	Giza (2)	SU (12)
Collector	SU (13)	WU (18)
Repair Droid	Giza (2)	MU (14)
Afterburner	CU (5)	MU (14)
Aim Computer	CU (5)	Boss (2)
Attack Droid	CU (5)	Boss (2)
Attack Charge	SU (13)	CU (5)

* Two new Ring 5 patterns: Organic Stripes and Sirius Brotherhood

Si BP check list

V1-Hyper — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:30:00 GMT

Updated Checklist for all Sirius System BPs (thanks to Avenged).

Sirius CQ map

V1-Hyper — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:20:00 GMT

Added Sirius Asteroids Conquest Map, incl. LZ and E-fields.

Update

V1-Hyper — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:00:00 GMT

The following has been updated/added in line with the recent Armor update and the imminent PvP update:

Items lvl 85 changed to 82
Pilot levels for ship purchase
Ship and Armor levels
Armor prices
Drone slot prices
Hangar repair costs
Paint job costs
Rename costs
New Config costs
Draco ships with Methanoid now Sirius ships
Removed Thermograde & Deluvian for all Vega ships
Sirius conqest zone
Sirius conquest blueprints
[Fully Equipped costs to be corrected]

PS: Clear your browser cache to update your HHG page

Santa's Hidden Stash search tool

V1-Hyper — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:50:00 GMT

Added a Locator Drone Scan Tool to help quickly find Santa's hidden stashes. It works on trilateration (like GPS positioning).
Open the Planet Map Explorer (usually Kalabesh or Aurora) and activate "Santa's Stash" in the legend. A calculated stash target shows on the map, based on the data fed into the Scan Tool.
Therefore, use your Locator Drone at any three different locations (a couple of grids apart should suffice) and enter your X, Y ship position and Distance reading for all three scans. The target will be recalculated instantly. Go get it! :)

PS: Clear your browser cache to update your HHG page

Armor adjustments

V1-Hyper — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:30:00 GMT

The Ship simulator has been updated according to the recent in-game armor adjustments. The following has changed:

Methanoid armor increased by 6.25% (for both, Draco ships LvL75 and Ancient Hybrids LvL85). Technically, this armor turns a Draco ship into a Sirius ship!
Sirius armor decreased by 15% (Prototype ships LvL75)
Added Ancient armor as an advanced Sirius armor for Prototypes with factor 2 better than (new) Sirius armor
Every Ancient Hybrid ship armor index adjusted by +2.2222%
Ancient Hybrids with Bulkwark increased by 73.7777%

A Sirius-Prototype (75) is now 1.2× a Methanoid-Standard ship (75)
A Sirius-Dominator (75) is now 1.8× a Bulkwark-Punisher (71)
An Ancient-Dominator (85) is now 1.6× a Methanoid-Punisher (85)

Some minor figure updates are still outstanding, and the Ancient Hybrid's Thermograde and Deluvian is still unknown (temporarily grayed out).

PS: You may need to clear your browser cache and refresh the HHG to work properly.

Player ships list update

V1-Hyper — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT

Added manufacturer and internal name to all player ships.

Armor/Damage Simulator update

V1-Hyper — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 20:30:00 GMT

Upon request, I've added Aggro Beacon hitpoints to the simulator.

AnIn-T79 Emperor Parsec

V1-Hyper — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:00:00 GMT

The new Hybrid Parsec of the Halloween 2015 event adds to the list of desirable ships with following stats:
- Armor index: 160
That is 6.67% more than Domi or HyAn. But Black Granite still has 6.25% more than Emperor.
- Flight speed: 87.7 m/s
That is roughly as fast as Obsidian/Scorpion/Locust.
- Mean c-WPI (combined-weapons power index): 72
That is similar to the firepower of Legionary or Veiled Quartz; with moderately high energy consumption: Rating

Also, its Protector makes the ship stun-proof and fit for escort missions.
The ship has been added to the Armor&Damage Simulator.

Storyline Slideshow Sequences

V1-Hyper — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT

Added the PG storyline slideshow sequences for each system. In the game, these are only played once to every pilot.

Fenix bug fix

V1-Hyper — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:30:00 GMT

The armor bonus of the rare Fenix Shock ship has been fixed (now +25%). Hitpoints in the simulator were adjusted accordingly.

Ship Flight Speeds

V1-Hyper — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:00:00 GMT

Changed the presentation of flight speed data in the pop-up table of Ship Classes (link: more info) to bar graph style.

Also, the new RDX-02 Poenari and RDX-06 Veiled Quartz turn out to be truly fast ships.

Live Chat Update

V1-Hyper — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:30:00 GMT

The Live Chat can now be used as standalone application. The Hitchhiker's Guide does not need to be loaded, which is particularly useful on mobile devices.
In the Live Chat box click the right top link Standalone App and bookmark it for future use.

Content Update

V1-Hyper — Sun, 9 Feb 2014 12:30:00 GMT

Added table in Menu/Planet Systems/Sirius showing the hitpoints of all enemies on all Sirius rings. Hitpoints are in multiples of Sirius-Dominator for easy comaprision.

Example: Ring 2 Strong Unit has armor equivalent to two Dominators.

Sirius Kill-achievements

V1-Hyper — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:30:00 GMT

Update
A recent game patch seems to have changed the below kill achievements. I noticed Methanoid bosses now count on R1 and R2, too. It is possible Splitscreen now made all SU+Boss count on R1 to R4. Feel free to confirm your findings. Thx.

I've long assumed the Sirius kill-achievements are bugged because many Boss and Strong unit kills never counted in the achievement. But I figured there is a deliberate pattern. Certain units do only count on certain planet rings, depending on the enemy type:

Ring	1	2	3	4	5
	Rocketeer	Parasite	Custodian C. all Bosses	–
	Hastatus	Curtius (incl. Centurion)	Centurion (incl. Curtius) all Bosses	–
	Flounder all Bosses	Prawn all Bosses	Marlin all Bosses	–
	Trigg	Fusion Storm	Terrorizer all Bosses	–
					all SU all Bosses

Cryonite Loss Table

V1-Hyper — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:30:00 GMT

Added a table with amount of cryonite lost when podded and value of pink cryonite recovery for all Pilot levels (Menu/Misc Info). Special thanks to CM Leucetius for the data.

What is best Blaster-SniperBlaster combo for Sniper ship?

V1-Hyper — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:30:00 GMT

This post concerns only Sniper ships with Ancient Tech.
I evaluated the damage output of all possible combinations of balanced/strong Blaster with rapid/balanced/strong sniper blaster. Taken in isolation, ancient variants are the same on average, e.g. strong blaster produces twice the damage but has twice the cooldown of balanced one. However, in combination some combos produce undesirable cooldown overlaps and other combos are more efficient. Below graph list all combos, with balanced Blaster + balanced SB as reference (value 1).

Content Update

V1-Hyper — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:30:00 GMT

Added Blueprint Levels to all BP lists, right in front of each icon. The BP level determines BP-Energy conversion when you collect a known BP. (See conversion table)

Exception: Although all Color patters are BP level 1, they convert into the highest energy valid for that particular system.

Live Chat Box

V1-Hyper — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Inspired by a clan forum, I added a tool for instant messaging. Regular and new visitors can engage in live chatting - for fun or to exchange knowledge. Launch it by clicking on:

It is also possible to run the chat box fully isolated from the Hitchhiker Guide, which might be helpful on mobile devices. Simply go to www.prelude.myzen.co.uk/Temp/Chat.html

PS: The Live Chat is not a replacement for the Guestbook. I cannot monitor Live Chats; postings are of fleeting nature.

Strong Afterburner quantified

V1-Hyper — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:30:00 GMT

I used a server lag to continuously fly with Sirius Strong AB in a staight line from SW corner to NE corner (Sirius Map 9). Then repeated travel w/o AB.
Result: Strong AB makes you 3.25x faster.

PS: Combine that with a and you fly 5.85x! That might be faster than GM speed (5x?) :D

Public database for Sirius BP drops

V1-Hyper — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:00:00 GMT

I set up an online database which anybody can view and edit to keep track of Sirius BP drops. If maintained well by the players, players may have to ask around less often.
You find the database in Menu/Planet Systems/Sirius Singularity, below the Sirius Simulator. If you want, feel free to create your own direct link by copying it with via right-mouse click.

This is a first-attempt implementation as my web host does not allow PHP.

The fate of the Mutilator Parsec - Good news!

V1-Hyper — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

The ship's armor has been bugged since introduction 10 months ago. If you didn't know, it's been 25% too high.
Reason: Because A is true, B cannot also be true (coz of the META-X's rare bonus). Unfortunately it is.

A)		=
B)		=

At long last, I received an acknowledgement of the bug by Splitscreen in early April.

Don't panic!

I was told it is very likely the armor will not be lowered in order not to negatively impact the owners of this ship after such a long time. Over a month on, the HyAn's armor remains untouched. To make things fit Splitscreen would actually have to give the HyAn Mutilator Parsec a "Rare" status, instead (no other prototype ship has that). I personally doubt they will bother with that detail.

For you as player, see the HyAn Mutilator Parsec as a one of a kind ship with no official Rare status but still +25% rare bonus on top of the familiar +20% prototype bonus. According to Adam Ries, that totals to +50% armor bonus (100%×1.20×1.25=150%).

Congratulations to the HyAn owners and thanks Splitscreen for this generous bug.

"Energy Efficiencies" of BP items and "Energy Ratings" of ships

V1-Hyper — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:30:00 GMT

Assigned each an "Energy Consumption" index. The greater the index the more energy an item consumes (per single use).
Example:
Item with uses 3× as much energy as an item with .
Item with uses 2× as much energy as an item with .

If we consider the ratio of energy consumption and total cycle time of each item we can plot the effective energy consumptions (energy per time interval).

Summing up ship class specific items, it follows that Tanks are the most energy efficient ships, whereas Snipers are the most energy consuming, only still surpassed by the Punisher.
We can assign each ship class an "Energy Rating" according to following graphic:

Content update

V1-Hyper — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Added characters Logan Barossa and Olex Humboltz. Added Tau Ceti Episode 2 mission descriptions.

Test Results for Attack Charge

V1-Hyper — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:30:00 GMT

When you use Attack Buff your weapons deal an extra amount of damage, like a damage bonus on top of the weapon's natural hit statistic. That means you will not notice more critical hits with Buff even though you deal more damage. In contrast, the Aim Computer alters the natural hit statistic – shifting the bell-shaped distribution function towards the upper end, so you see more critical hits. For an average Blaster shot I measured the following approximate damages with different Buffs:

Buff	damage [a.u.]
–	100
	110
	116
Long	133
Strong	166

With a Strong Buff you can make 66% more damage than w/o Buff! That's way beyond the capabilities of Aim Computers, strong or not. Also, it comes as a surprise that the Long Buff is stronger than regular Ancient.

PS: Statistics behind the figures is not very solid, I only used 75 Blaster shots each but the trend is clear.

If we factor in their active and cooldown times we can calculate the "efficiency" of each Buff to give us an educated guess which Buff best to install.

Buff			efficiency
–	0	1	^{100×0+100×1}⁄₀₊₁=100
	60s	41s	^{110×60s+100×41s}⁄_60s+41s=106
	60s	41s	^{116×60s+100×41s}⁄_60s+41s=110
Long	90s	27.5s	^{133×90s+100×27.5s}⁄_90s+27.5s=125
Strong	40s	61.5s	^{166×40s+100×61.5s}⁄_40s+61.5s=126

Long and Strong turn out to be equally efficient, i.e. what the Long is weaker than the Strong it makes up for it with its better timing.

Ancient Ship Armors

V1-Hyper — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Now that I possess all, I completed the measurement of all Ancient Hybrid ships with high precision. It turns out each of the 6 ships has its unique amount of hitpoints.

And yes, the armor difference between Raven and Ghost is a mere 0.3%! Tiny, but reliably distinguishable with my test methods ;)

Storyline

V1-Hyper — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT

Added storyline intro's. Added story mission descriptions in part; to be completed.

Item previews

V1-Hyper — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Added pictures of all Blaster, Rocket and Sniper Blaster blueprints. Just mouse-hover over the

Cortex parts

V1-Hyper — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:30:00 GMT

New Cortex parts and descriptions added to the Blueprint list. The first 2 parts available in PG are:

Eagle Eye, won at Arkon
Nephilim, won at Phobos

Cortex parts are won in 'Reaktor Defender' challenges. One Cortex item requires 25 parts. You can only install 1 cortex item per ship. Installation is permanent, you cannot uninstall it, only bin it without refund. Installation and usage doesn't cost you anything. Win more challenges to be able to equip more ships with Cortex Parts.

Planet Descriptions

V1-Hyper — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:30:00 GMT

Added descriptions to Planets. Just mouse-hover over the planet name.

Arkon

V1-Hyper — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:00:00 GMT

Planet Arkon [Draconis 4] added to the Planet Map Explorer.

New AnIn-H33 Hunter Parsec

V1-Hyper — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:00:00 GMT

Added AnIn-H33 Hunter Parsec and ship details.

Story Character Descriptions

V1-Hyper — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Added descriptions to Menu/Story/Characters.

Test Results for Speed Actuator (updated on 06 June 2015)

V1-Hyper — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Below test results indicate the top tech Speed Actuators seem to be bugged, at least the Ancient Strong, for the systems tested: Vega, Antares and Sol (perhaps for all systems), as they don't differ within the limits of measurement error.

Speed Act*	cooldown time
–	100%
Best	71.4%
	71.4%
	71.4%
Long	74.3%
Strong	71.4%

* tested on Sol tech BPs

As we can see, Speed Acturators can reduce item cooldowns by as much as ca. 29%.

--- The below does not apply anymore since Speed Actuator fix in January 2014. There is no more 1.5s capping ---

However, Blasters are an exception to this. That's because, apart from the Strong version, Blasters have naturally low cooldown times, and when speeded up cooldown must never fall below the global cooldown limit of 1.5 sec (the grey "curtain" dropping down all 8 items after each item use). Consequently, cooldowns of speeded regular and rapid Blasters bottom out at 1.5s even though the Speed Actuator would accelerate them below 1.5s. The Speed Actuator becomes less effective: 14% and 7%, respectively.

New blueprints

V1-Hyper — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Added to the BP lists:

Alien Pumpkin Drone
Mizar Master Sniper Blaster
Mizar Master Attack Droid
Mizar Master Orbital Strike
Mizar Master Attack Charge

Fully equipped costs of Mizar-spec'd AnIn-S78 Disruptor updated. Mizar Sniper weapons added to Simulator.

MST-Z Scorpion Hybrid: Test Results

V1-Hyper — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:00:00 GMT

The MST-Z Scorpion Hybrid is a Mizar-system-only Hybrid ship combining two Storm and two Tank items. The Event Mission is fairly easy compared to previous ship events. The mission yields 1 out of 10 needed BP fragments. Despite the drop, it's NOT a rare ship, costing as much as all other non-rare Mizar ships, 7'494.

The Scorpion's armor index is 82, that is, 8.9% weaker than an Engineer (armor index 90). But its complements the weak armor well. The light armor makes for an exceptionally agile space ship: with 87.3 it is currenlty the fastest ship in the game (faster than the Engineer class!)

I computed the Scorpion's mean combined-weapons power index with 81 points; virtually identical to the Storm class (the Storm's is replaced by , both having virtually the same effective power index of ~3s^-1) But the aggro bomb's splash damage is an added bonus.

The Ship Simulator's updated JS files may require you to clear your browser cache for proper operation.

Content update

V1-Hyper — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:00:00 GMT

The content of Menu/Players/Ships/Simulator/Insider Info has been updated.

New armor indices for ship classes

V1-Hyper — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Please be advised that I have rescaled the armor indices of all ship classes by a factor of nine tenth. Since the armor indices are relative figures, multiplying all by the same factor does not change their meaning. The ratio of armor strengths among different ship classes remains the same (e.g. Tank has 50% more armor than Storm) and the Armor/Damage Simulator still calculates the same damage to weapons and HP restore to repair items. But the rescaling helps remove the fractional parts in some armor indices and arriving at whole numbers (just mathematically more esthetic and perhaps more likely the way Spliscreen actually programmed them, who knows ;-) Below are the old and new armor indices for all classes:

Tank:	166.66	→ 150
Storm:	111.11	→ 100
Engineer:	100	→ 90
Shock:	105.55	→ 95
Sniper:	100	→ 90
Defender:	133.33	→ 120

PS: the browser cache needs clearing for proper work of the Simulator (e.g. use CCleaner)

Extended drone system

V1-Hyper — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Splitscreen extended the drone system. Up to three drones can be installed into each ship but the 2nd and 3rd drone slots must first be unlocked with a certain cryonite charge. Only one drone can be the 'active drone' at any time. The charging, storage (remove from drone slot) and switching of active drone can now be done on-the-fly via a sliding panel added to the bottom HUD. The A101 armor drone now comes factory equipped with only +1% boost (formerly +5%), but can now level up to +5% through the gain of XP. Fire-power Fan drones remain unchanged and can currently not level up.

Planet Systems update

V1-Hyper — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Exploration costs added to list of planets

Rare BPs checklist

V1-Hyper — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMT

For the convenience of all passionate Rare BP hunters, a tick-off-style checklist for all Rare Blueprints has been added (see Menu/Blueprints/Blueprints/Remark). Suitable for printout on one A4 sheet.

Mean combined-weapons power index for Ancient ships

V1-Hyper — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:30:00 GMT

Added the 'mean c-WPI' for the Hybrid class, of which every Ancient ship has a different one. Corrected the 'mean c-WPI' of the Sniper class.
In descending order they are:

Punisher: 102
Sniper: 97
Storm: 82
Legionary: 72
Defender: 68
Myst/Raider: 66
Raven: 62
Shock/Ghost: 60
Tank: 59
Engineer: 55

Review
What is 'mean combined-weapons power index'?
We can test weapons and compare their relative strenghts, say a full-hit = 1.4x , a = 2.8x full-hit , etc. To enable us to assign weapons an absolute power figure we (arbitrarily) define a full-hit has a power index of 100. Therefore, each weapon gets its weapon power indedx (WPI) from above weapon tests. Because most weapons have inherent statistical fluctuations in how hard they hit, monitoring many single shots reveals their statistical averages - the 'mean WPI'. For instance, = 100*55% = 55, = 280*100% = 280, = 392*62% = 243 (for a complete list of values see Armor & Damage Simulator)

To assess the fire power of a ship class, and compare ship classes with each other, we combine all its weapons to arrive at the 'mean combined-weapons power index' (mean c-WPI). This figure represents the continuous fire power when shooting with maximum efficiency (optimum use of all available weapons) at a passive target for an infinitely long time, when all statistical fluctuations (incl. temporary boosts from ) have smoothed out.

Simplest example, the mean c-WPI of the Engineer class is 55 and identical to the mean WPI of the because the Blaster is its only weapon.

Color Pattern Preview

V1-Hyper — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:30:00 GMT

Added a preview to the Color Patterns. Just mouse-hover over the

Ship list

V1-Hyper — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Each Prototype ship added to Mizar throught Sirius systems, individually. Updated system-specific 'Fully equipped' costs.

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Regular, agile, strong BP versions enabled in Armor/Damage Simulator.

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Armor and firepower related 'Amplifier Modules' and 'Invite Friends Reward' added to Armor/Damage Simulator.

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Protector and Shield hitpoints added to Armor Simulator.

Correction

V1-Hyper — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Sirius (regular) Ancient tech is about +24% better than Kenyte tech, not +15% and about +5% better than gold BPs, not +10%. Corrections applied to BP lists and Armor/Weapon Simulator.

In-game Boosters

V1-Hyper — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Added a list of boosters available in the game. See Menu/Misc/Amplifier Modules.

Sirius Simulator

V1-Hyper — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT

A much improved and more user-friendly Sirius Simulator replaces the old Sirius Calculator. The Simulator is available as full-feature download version and as low-spec embedded version.

Updated revolution times of Sirius Rings

V1-Hyper — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT

I've been aware the current Sirius times (by Bala) are a decent approximation but not quite accurate enough for my Sirius Calculator to make reliable predictions. Thus, I finally decided to measure the Sirius ring times myself as accurately as possible. My point of reference in the star map was the bright light source in the background image of Sirius, relative to which the wormhole doesn't rotate either.

Ring 1: 74.1 h
Ring 2: 61.3 h
Ring 3: 100.9 h
Ring 4: 55.2 h
Ring 5: 66.3 h

Updated 'relative power' figures in BP lists

V1-Hyper — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Most Ancient Strong/Agile BP's power figures were wrong and have been corrected and extended where known to date.

Strong versus Long

V1-Hyper — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT

The matter of Ancient Strong vs. Ancient Long appears more complex than assumed. For instance, whereas the Strong Thermoblast does ~10% more damage than the Long Thermoblast, the Long Repair Droid repairs ~10% more than the Strong Repair Droid. (Of course, the Strong version is far more intense; it does the job in 7 sec what takes the Long 30 sec.) The other items are nearly impossible to quantify.

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:45:00 GMT

The Mizar and low-Sol Parsecs now show correctly as R35 and R45 ships, respectively.

Mantis Gemini Healer

V1-Hyper — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT

The Mantis Gemini Healer is now confirmed to have +10% armor bonus.

Page Visitor Counter

V1-Hyper — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Counter added to the Page info (mousehover over the "i" left bottom corner).

Mantis Mizar Shock

V1-Hyper — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

The Mantis Mizar Shock is now confirmed to be an ordinary ship with no armor bonus, i.e. equal to the MST-FF4 Fusion Shock.

Mantis Sol Sniper

V1-Hyper — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT

The Mantis Sol Sniper is now confirmed to be a rare ship with +25% armor bonus, not +10% (identical to the STAM X-Shadow Sniper).

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Sirius Ancient Weapons/Repairs have been enabled.

Blueprint Remark

V1-Hyper — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The BP remark section has been reworked.

Mantis Draconis Defender Ship

V1-Hyper — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Corrected a mistake that above ship is actually a rare ship needing 1 part only.

Planet Map Explorer

V1-Hyper — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:30:00 GMT

As always, click any planet pictogram in the menu 'Planet Systems'. The Map Explorer opens where you can show/hide various map contents, depending on the planet. New map content will be added continuously.

Sirius Ancient BP

V1-Hyper — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT

The Sirius Ancient BP is 15% better than Kenyte. That's like the 15% of a versus best . However, in Vega to Draconis, the Ancient BP is not 15% better than the best but 10% better than the . (But there are no in Sirius; so it works out, but IMO it's not very elegant)

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The remaining Ancient Ships have been added to the Armor Hitpoints & Damage Simulator. Thanks, InFlames, for letting me burn you a couple of times ;-)

Item Tier

V1-Hyper — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT

The tier of a BP item identifies the difficulty to loot it in Sirius:

Tier 0 : Weak units
Tier 1 : Medium units and Hard Ancients
Tier 2 : Strong units and Ancient bosses/DS Commander
Tier 3 : Bosses/DS Commanders and Ancient Giza

The tier can also be seen as a general guide for the desirability of this item. Splitscreen balanced the tiers such that any player ship has 2 items, 2 items and 4 items (Ancient Ships are an exception to this rule).

Update

V1-Hyper — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

For each and every Sirius & Ancient BP the dropping units and BP parts (and E usages for Ancient BPs) have been added.

Kenyte Tech

V1-Hyper — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Kenyte tech is 2x as strong as Oolyte tech. Sirisu system weapons have been enabled in the Hitpoints & Damage Simulator; for now as 'Best BP' (=Kenyte) only.

Simulator Update

V1-Hyper — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Armor Hitpoints & Damage Simulator has been updated with Sirius armors. The recent Xmas event Mantis ships (2 ), Mantis ships (5 ) found in Sirius only, and Ancient ships have been added, too.

Ancient Blueprints

V1-Hyper — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Ancient (normal) BP is 10% better than the Rare BP (of the same System). The cooldowns of The Ancient Rapid, Long and Strong BPs vary from item to item. See Blueprints Remark section.

Sirius Ancient Strong BP

V1-Hyper — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

A comparison on Repair Turrets suggests Sirius Ancient Strong BPs are about 7x better than Draconis Rare BPs but this is yet to be confirmed by more accurate Thermoblast tests.

Ancient Punisher

V1-Hyper — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Ancient Punisher with Methanoid armor equals a Dominator with Sirius (formerly known as Ancient) armor. Because the Punisher's Weapons are stronger Splitscreen refers to the Punisher as the mightiest ship in Pirate Galaxy.

TR-Ships

V1-Hyper — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

The armor bonus of the Special Edition TR-Ships has been lowered from +10% to +5%.

Mantis Ships

V1-Hyper — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:00:00 GMT

The Mantis ships to be found in the Xmas event turn out to have the same armor as the normal ships, no bonus whatsoever. These ships are, however, not to be confused with the Mantis Player ships that can be found in Sirius. Latter are different ships, need more BP parts and do have 10% or 25% armor bonus.