Blueprints

Up to date for latest version, 0.98a.

Blueprints enable the player to build specific ships, weapons or fighters items and are highly valuable, especially if the player wants that particular asset.

Blueprints were a feature initially added in version 0.9, with new Blueprints being added in subsequent updates as new player-obtainable ships were.

Overview

The common term for the digital design archives and construction templates of the Domain Era, Blueprints contain all the necessary data and processes required to instruct a Nanoforge on the production of specific items. On the smaller end of the scale this includes Hullmod specifications, colloquially known as Modspecs, and at the higher end the specifications to mass manufacture weapons or even whole starships.

The Blueprint package takes the form of a single-use item in the player's fleet inventory, and this isn't merely a gameplay conceit; Domain-era encryption and copy protection makes the modification or reproduction of these templates horrendously difficult for all but the largest organizations in the Sector. Even then, some have tried, to varying degrees of "success".

While many modspecs can be found and purchased from markets across the Sector, or learned from skill progression, weapon and ship blueprints are very rare and difficult to find. Most blueprint packages within the Core Worlds are held by the major factions on their primary heavy industry planets, heavily and jealously guarded. If one intends to build up their repertoire of blueprints without provoking an international incident, they are best advised to seek them out from outside the Core.

Where they can be found in the uncharted frontiers of the Sector are diverse; They can be found while briefly surveying ruins on dead or abandoned worlds, as well as by Tech-Mining the same, or they may be found on derelict ships adrift in space. Most typically, they will be found in abandoned orbital works like mining stations, orbital habitats, or research stations, as well as the debris fields left behind when these structures are broken up for salvage.

Redundant blueprints can be sold for a tidy sum at any market... Though the player should be wary. If blueprint packages are sold on the Black Market, they will disappear from the market inventory, and eventually these ships and weapons will start appearing with the reavers and rogues of the Sector in due time.

Initial

Like hullmods, some blueprints are so ubiquitous that they are known to player from the start.

Inititally known ships
Ship	Class	Tech	Role	Credits
Venture	Cruiser	Low Tech	Cruiser	70,000¢
Colossus	Cruiser	Low Tech	Heavy Freighter	40,000¢
Salvage Rig	Destroyer	Midline	N/A	20,000¢
Phaeton	Destroyer	Low Tech	Tanker	22,000¢
Nebula	Destroyer	Midline	Civilian Transport	20,000¢
Mule	Destroyer	Low Tech	Combat Freighter	34,000¢
Condor	Destroyer	Low Tech	Light Carrier	32,000¢
Buffalo Mk.II	Destroyer	Low Tech	Destroyer	19,000¢
Buffalo	Destroyer	High Tech	Freighter	20,000¢
Wayfarer	Frigate	Midline	Combat Freighter	15,000¢
Shepherd	Frigate	Low Tech	Drone Tender	11,000¢
Ox	Frigate	Low Tech	Tug	16,000¢
Mudskipper	Frigate	Low Tech	Civilian Transport	5,000¢
Mercury	Frigate	Low Tech	Shuttle	5,000¢
Kite	Frigate	Midline	Shuttle	5,000¢
Hound	Frigate	Low Tech	Combat Freighter	8,500¢
Hermes	Frigate	Low Tech	Shuttle	5,000¢
Gremlin	Frigate	Low Tech	Phase Frigate	26,000¢
Dram	Frigate	Low Tech	Tanker	9,000¢
Cerberus	Frigate	Low Tech	Combat Freighter	10,000¢

Initially known fighters
Image	Fighter	Designation	Design Type	OP	Wing Size	Base Value
	Mining Pod	Drone	Low Tech	0	4	1,500¢
	Talon	Interceptor	Low Tech	2	4	2,000¢

Acquiring

Blueprints can be found by:

• Salvaging some derelict stations (in particular research stations).
• Various caches.
• One-off exploration & salvaging of Ruins after surveying.
• Tech-Mining for colonies on planets with ruins
• Conducting raids on colonies with Heavy Industry/Orbital Works.
• Blueprint Intel missions can be obtained from random bar encounters or from Underworld Contacts for credits.
• The Bar Historian can also offer the location of a blueprint for a specific asset for 1 SP 0% XP. They may also be able to locate other, similarly rare blueprints.

There is no use for duplicate blueprints except to be sold for credits, save for a black market function, as discussed further below.

Types

Package

Blueprint Package offers multiple "assets", or in other words multiple ships/weapons/fighters. These are often quite valuable to the player as it gives them significant amount of blueprints to use & outfit their faction.

List of Blueprint Packages
Icon	Name	Base Value	List of Blueprints	Description
	Low Tech	20,000¢	Ship Hulls: Mora · Dominator · Tarsus · Enforcer · Lasher Weapons: Hellbore Cannon · Hephaestus Assault Gun · Devastator Cannon · Heavy Autocannon · Flak Cannon · Assault Chaingun · Light Dual Autocannon · Light Assault Gun · Light Dual Machine Gun · Vulcan Cannon Fighters: Warthog · Broadsword · Piranha	Enables heavy industry to construct the more common ship hulls, weapons, and fighter LPCs from the "low tech" school of design.
	Midline	25,000¢	Ship Hulls: Heron · Starliner · Falcon · Sunder · Hammerhead · Drover · Gemini · Centurion · Vigilance · Wayfarer Weapons: Hephaestus Assault Gun · Graviton Beam · Assault Chaingun · Heavy Machine Gun · Light Dual Autocannon · PD Laser · Light Assault Gun · Tactical Laser · LR PD Laser Fighters: Gladius	Enables heavy industry to construct the more common ship hulls, weapons, and fighter LPCs from the "midline" school of design.
	High Tech	30,000¢	Ship Hulls: Fury · Shrike · Wolf Weapons: High Intensity Laser · Autopulse Laser · Graviton Beam · Ion Cannon · PD Laser · IR Pulse Laser · Tactical Laser · LR PD Laser Fighters: Dagger · Wasp	Enables heavy industry to construct the more common ship hulls, weapons, and fighter LPCs from the "high tech" school of design.
	Missile	20,000¢	Weapons: Hammer Barrage · Typhoon Reaper Launcher · Pilum LRM Launcher · Annihilator Rocket Pod · Jackhammer · Salamander MRM Pod · Harpoon MRM Pod · Atropos-class Torpedo Rack · Swarmer SRM Launcher · Salamander MRM · Annihilator Rocket Launcher · Reaper-class Torpedo · Harpoon MRM	Enables heavy industry to construct a range of the more common missile weapons.
	Pirates	15,000¢	Ship Hulls: Venture Mk.II · Colossus Mk.III · Shrike (P) · Buffalo (P) · Enforcer (P) · Mule (P) · Gremlin (P) · Cerberus (P) · Wolf (P) · Afflictor (P) · Kite (P) · Mudskipper Mk.II · Hound (P) · Shade (P)	A collection of hacks, after-market modification specs, and partially successful attempts at corrupted blueprint recovery. Enables heavy industry to construct the low quality but combat-capable hulls more commonly used by pirates and other undesirables.
	Luddic Path	18,000¢	Ship Hulls: Venture (LP) · Colossus Mk.II · Brawler (LP) · Lasher (LP) · Kite (LP) · Hound (LP) · Gremlin (LP) · Cerberus (LP)	A collection of hacks and after-market modification specs that enables heavy industry to construct the hulls more commonly used by members of the Luddic Path.
	Luddic Church	15,000¢	Ship Hulls: Buffalo (LC) · Lasher (LC) · Hound (LC)	A collection of hacks and after-market modification specs that enables heavy industry to construct nulls bearing Luddic Church markings. Since the modifications are cosmetic in nature, the hulls produced are otherwise pristine.
	Hegemony Auxiliary	20,000¢	Ship Hulls: Buffalo (A) · Wolf (H) · Hound (A) · Kite (A)	A collection of modified blueprints that bring several civilian craft up to mil-spec or simply add Hegemony marking. Created shortly after the Collapse, some of these blueprints improve hull performance without the increased incidence of d-mods associated with later blueprint hacking efforts.

Single

	Enables heavy industry to construct ship hulls / ship weapons / fighter LPCs described by this blueprint. Contains the technological specifications needed to construct a planet-side industry or structure.
–In-Game Description

Single Blueprints will give knowledge to only one ship, weapon or fighter. However, these also almost always offers assets not found in blueprint packages, such as Capital-class ships.

The base value of these blueprints depends on what it's for.

There also currently exists one industry/structure blueprint.

Usage

Most of the usage from known blueprints requires the player to have a Colony with Heavy Industry.

Known blueprints can be produced in the Custom production section of the Command screen on demand. Known blueprints can also be used with making a Custom Production request in a random bar encounter or from contacts, which doesn't require the player having their own colony with a Heavy Industry.

Another usage would be making changes to the Doctrine and blueprints section, where the player can view all of their blueprints. In addition to this, they can also prioritize ship hulls, weapons & fighters that their colonies' fleets & stations will use simply by clicking on it. This is reflected by a checkmark in the Prioritized? section. It is safe to prioritize prefered civilian freighter and tanker because they will not take the place of combat ships.

Notes

• Having an Underworld Contact will provide a somewhat consistent source of Blueprint Intel missions.
• Blueprints sold on black markets can be learnt & incorporated by Pirates after some time (60 - 120 in-game days), nothing happens when sold on other submarkets.
• Blueprints associated with REDACTED are unobtainable.

Change History

0.9

• Added to the game
• Special items such as blueprints will not be lost if cargo ships are lost while retreating

Development blog

• Blueprints, Doctrine, and Production