i tried.. but i just dont know how to build figters, and heavy fighters.. PLEASE HELP

Fighter is just what the computer calls a tiny ship. And Heavy Fighter is just another name for a small ship. So you start with them.

You must research space weapons to get any weapons. From there you can specialize in any of the 3 types. Once you've got those go into the shipyard screen and design a ship. The game itself contains very few pre made ships for you. So you'll have to place the weapons, engine, defenses, and modules you want.

Enjoy.

Try researching some hulls, if you want something bigger later on. Also, some techs when researched together yield some ship designs. Look in the Research screen.

ok. so you telling me i MUST design ship? oh.. i thought its OPTIONAL.
well, i never design ships, but by defoult i get just some DEFENDERS. and even i have LASER reaserched up to laser 4, then have just 1 in their laser strenght.
can you explain more?
so , i would never get by defoult HEAVY FIGHERS?

ty

i am rersearching all the time. i have laser reasearch, then i reasearch HULL. what else i must reaserch, to finally get some good SHIP by default?
all i get are DEFENDERS.. and they are very poor.

I'm not sure what brings the few default designs in there but you are much better off just designing your own ship to take advantage of your techs. If you aren't worried about looks it only takes a couple mins. Grab your hull, skip to engine throw your best engine on there (more if you feel the need for better speed), then pick weaps/armor (up to ship capacity) and optionally any additional components you might want then save the design as something. You can even select the components and hit the place button and it'll put them on there for you so you don't even have to place stuff. The bigger the hull you use the more capacity for stuff it has.

Outside fighters its also handy to redesign things like constructors and colony ships. I never find myself needing the range of the colony ship so first thing I do every game is redesign it without any extra life support or sensor and save a few bc.

There are no fighters in the traditional sense, it's just the name of a ship. It's just what the AI calls it's tiny warships.

Check out this program by Christoph Nahr Link. It's a "Galactopedia" that lists what it takes to get all sorts of things (including ships) and what things do.

You might also check out the wiki site for some more info:
Link

the first "good" default ships i've found are battleships which i think are large hulled. and you dont HAVE to design your own ships but its a lot easier to. all you do is pick a hull and and drop on an engine, weapons and defense its not hard at all you dont have to do all the extra parts unless you want to.

ok.. good tips. .. and tnx scrotty and francejeremy.

can you just tell me.. how to upgrade first ship i get? cani do thta in space, or i must return to my planet?
ty

Yes, with some caveats, you can upgrade ships in space. Check out this article from the wikipedia: Link

First thing I had to do when I read this is laugh.
Sorry

But now to help you.
You can't!
You can only build a few pre-made ships that appear after a while when you go trough your research.
You'll have to create the ships yourself!

But you should be able to build the defender very quickly.
Try to read the manual a little more or check the tech tree better.
There are also some guides around the forum for you to read.

hi peets.. just you laugh. im glad:). i put newbie q. just i really didnt know. i am new in games like this. but i like it very much.
just its litlle hard for new players. thats why we have this forums.
ty again