Ships

Below is a list of all Star Control II ships.

Standard ships

	Ship	Race	Short description1	Affiliation
	Avatar	Chmmr	Large. Super laser. Point-defense ZapSats, tractor beam.	Alliance
	Avenger	Ilwrath	Large. Devastating flame blast. Cloaking device.	Hierarchy
	Blade	Supox	Fast, maneuverable. Slides in any direction. Quick-firing weapon.	Alliance
	Broodhome	Chenjesu	Big. Crystal fragment weapon. Breeds pesky doggies.2	Alliance
	Cruiser	Earthling	Small, slow. Seeking nukes. Point defense lasers.	Alliance
	Dreadnought	Ur-Quan Kzer-Za	Huge, slow. Heavy weapon. Launches fighters.	Hierarchy
	Drone	Umgah	Stubby and slow. Anti-matter cone. Zips backwards.	Hierarchy
	Eluder (Discriminator)	Spathi	Very fast. Large, cowardly crew. Rear firing weapon.	Alliance/Hierarchy
	Fury	Pkunk	Extremely fast, maneuverable. May resurrect. Insults enemy.	Alliance
	Guardian	Androsynth	Pokey. Blows mean bubbles. Changes to flaming comet.	Hierarchy
	Intruder	VUX	Clumsy. Powerful laser. Spawns limpet parasites.	Hierarchy
	Jugger	Utwig	Big, maneuverable. Absorbent shields. Main cannons consume no energy.	Alliance
	Marauder	Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah	Has long-range spinning metal blades, ring of fire. Scary.	Kohr-Ah
	Mauler	Druuge	Weak engine. Powerful, large momentum weapon. Combustible crew.	unaffiliated
	Nemesis	Orz	Rotating turret. Space marines board enemy ships and kill crew.	Alliance
	Penetrator	Syreen	Lithe space vixens who steal enemy's crew.	Alliance
	Podship	Mycon	Very slow. Homing plasma torpedo. Grows new crew.	Hierarchy
	Probe	Slylandro	Reverses direction instantly. Absorbs asteroids. Comes in peace.	unaffiliated
	Scout	Shofixti	Tiny, fast. Can self-destruct.	Alliance
	Skiff	Arilou Lalee'lay	Fast, no inertia. Auto-aim laser. Hyper-jump.	Alliance
	Stinger	Zoq-Fot-Pik	Weak, small. Rapid anti-matter spray. Short-range tongue attack.	Alliance
	Terminator	Yehat	Agile. Rapid-fire, twin missiles. Shield.	Alliance/Hierarchy
	Torch	Thraddash	Powerful afterburner accelerates ship, burns enemy.	Hierarchy
	Trader	Melnorme	Charge main weapon for more damage. Can scramble enemy controls.	unaffiliated
	X-Form	Mmrnmhrm	Transforms from a slow, heavy to a light, quick ship.	Alliance

Unique ships (full game only)

• The Captain's Precursor Flagship (its destruction means losing the game)
• The Ur-Quan's Sa-Matra battle platform (its destruction means winning the game)
• The Ur-Quan Security Drone in orbit of Earth. It intercepts The Flagship and hails a nearby Ilwrath Avenger.

See also

Table of ship values

Notes and references

¹For the ships that appear in Star Control, these are the ComSim descriptions from the ship selection menu of Practice mode in that game. For ships unique to Star Control II, similar short descriptions are based on gameplay.

²The Amiga version says "breeds pesky DOGIs".