Oolite Equipment

Standard Equipment

Standard equipment comes with the initial Cobra Mk.III. The in-game Tutorial teaches the use of most of it.

Equipment	Function	Description
Engine/Main Drive	Propulsive	The main (slowest) drive of your spacecraft. Controlled by w & s on the astrogation board. A slow intra-system drive.
Torus Jump Drive	Propulsive	The second drive (faster). Turned on and off by j on the astrogation board. A fast intra-system drive. Mass-lockable.
Witchspace/Hyperspace Drive	Propulsive	The third and fastest drive. Countdown initiated/stopped by h on the astrogation board. An intersystem drive which takes one into witchspace. Only this drive uses fuel.
Pulse Laser	Offensive	The feeblest laser available! Fired by pressing a on the astrogation board. Armed/disarmed by _
Missiles	Offensive	One starts with 3 of these. Controlled by t, T, m, u, y, r & _ on the astrogation board.
Shields	Defensive	These are automatic. There are two, fore and aft. They are powered by the energy banks. Their status is shown on the HUD.
View Screen	Astrogatory	One can select any of the four compass views (F1/F2/F3/F4) while in flight
HUD/Heads-Up Display	Astrogatory	This is fully automatic.
Astrogation Console	Astrogatory	The principal control panel for your ship
IFF Scanner	Astrogatory	This is automatic and displays what is around you as well as the direction of view. The range can be modified by z/Z on the astrogation board.
Compass	Astrogatory	This is automatic and shows the direction either to the main planet or (when closer) to the main orbital station in the system.
Cargo Hold	Generic	Contains gadgets for manipulating cargo
Energy banks	Generic	These are automatic. They gather energy from the engines and can then transmit it to the shields and other systems.
Life Support Systems	Generic	These are fully automatic.
Ship's Hull	Generic	Maintains structural integrity

Standard Optional Equipment

Optional Equipment can be bought & fitted using the F3 screen while docked at a station. It takes time! Spara's Equipment Aide.oxz tells you how much.

This is available to all players. These items are found in the Vanilla game and are non-OXP/OXZ. Items may sometimes be available at stations slightly below the normal tech level listed here.

Equipment	Function	Tech Level	Price ( ₢)
Fuel	Propulsive	1	varies
Missile	Offensive	2	30
Cargo Bay Expansion	Mercantile	2	400
E.C.M. System	Defensive	3	600
Pulse Laser	Offensive	4	400
Beam Laser	Offensive	5	1,000
External Heat Shielding	Astrogatory	5	1,500
Fuel Scoops	various	6	525
Multi-Targeting System	Offensive	6	325
Passenger Berth	Mercantile	6	825
Advanced Navigational Array	Astrogatory	7	2,250
Advanced Space Compass	Astrogatory	8	650
Escape Pod	Defensive	7	1,000
Maintenance Overhaul	Maintenance	7	varies
Quirium Cascade Mine	Offensive	7	2,500
Extra Energy Unit	Defensive	9	1,500
Target System Memory Expansion	Offensive	9	1,250
Docking Computers	Astrogatory	10	1,500
ECM Hardened Missile	Offensive	10	350
Wormhole Scanner	Astrogatory	10	2,395
Galactic Hyperdrive	Propulsive	11	5,000
Military Laser	Offensive	11	6,000
Mining Laser	Mercantile	11	800
Shield Boosters	Defensive	11	14,750
Witchdrive Fuel Injectors	Propulsive	11	600
Scanner Targeting Enhancement	Offensive	12	450
Integrated Targeting System	Offensive	12	1,500
Military Shield Enhancement	Defensive	14	47,550
Naval Energy Unit	Defensive	??	??

Pedantic Note: One could argue that Fuel & the Maintenance Overhaul count neither as optional (one can carry on playing without either if one never leaves the current system) or as equipment! But they do appear on the the F3 screen mixed in with all the other equipment!

Optional Optional Equipment

No complete list, sorry! There are some 20-odd weapon OXZs alone - some of which contain dozens of variations on the theme! New stuff (like barrel roll) gets invented all the time, whilst other stuff gets left behind as Oolite develops and the OXP originators disappear back into RL (real life).

The best places to look for OXP equipment (don't forget to click on the top of the category column!) are

• OXP List
• OXZ List.
• For other happy hunting grounds see the Links section below!

Be aware of the following 4 points

• (1) Some OXPs (Barrel Roll or ILS) just add in one or two pieces of equipment which help the player (unless the pirates get that equipment too!).
• (2) Others (such as Missile Combat Reimagined or Hard Way) reorganise very many of the elements of Oolite, as well as adding in new pieces of optional equipment. Yet others affect much equipment globally: Breakable 'Standard' Equipment OXPs make many things breakable. Ship Configuration OXP introduces zillions of variations of the above.
• (3) Note that MFDs may need a different HUD from that coming in the Vanilla game. MFD's use the : & ; keys: see MFD.
• (4) IMPORTANT: some of this equipment is primable. Use involves the N, n & b keys. And one can select two pieces of fast priming equipment while in Station Dock (F4 screen - see Primable Equipment under Ship Systems). These will then be activated by your 0 & TAB keys in flight.

• See Priming Equipment & MFD for the extra key-commands
• Or see Extra Equipment on the 4th page of the Contents of the in-game Ship's Manual
• Or see the OoliteRS (Reference Sheets) which came as a .pdf in your original game download. Probably worth printing out! Page 1 gives a synopsis of the key commands.

Here is a taster of some of the optional optional equipment:

Equipment	Function	Tech Level	Price ( ₢)	Notes
Auto-ECM	Defensive	6	1200	Automatically engages your ECM for you when a missile is fired by somebody else
Barrel Roll	Defensive	9	30	good against lasers, less good against missiles
BroadcastComms MFD	Generic	all	200	bribe/scare off pirates, or taunt them into messing up a shot. Call for help from other ships/the police
Energy Bomb	Offensive	8	900	the original weapon from Classic Elite
Electronic Thumb	Astrogatory	6	985	summons help for those marooned in Witchspace
Fast Target Selector	Offensive	5	10	targets local ships either for missile use or for information
File:Goods Container1.oxz	Mercantile	6	varies	mounts in place of a missile to hold 5 or 10 TC
ILS	Astrogatory	5	50	Instrument Landing System guides your ship into dock (sometimes through the other side of the wall!)
Market Observer	Mercantile	-	-	upgrades your F8 interface with vital information about average prices & past trades
Naval Grid Next	Defensive	10+	2500+	2 grids (civilian or military) which strengthen your shields
New Lasers	Offensive	varies	varies	adds 21 lasers - found on different worlds (eg only lobstoid)
Ship Configuration OXP	Generic	varies	varies	choose between a dozen or so of each type of equipment with different specs
Sniper Lock	Offensive	12	500	helps aim your laser more accurately (needs Scanner Targeting Enhancement above)
Torus To Sun	Propulsive	4	500	speeds up the Torus jump drive 2x to 8x (depending on proximity to mass)
Useful MFDs	Generic	-	-	provides 2 MFDs with information about your ship and about your cargo
Vimana HUD	Astrogatory	-	-	HUD with warning lights for high temperature, low altitude etc (has expensive add-ons)

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Links

• Guide to Accuracy OXPs also includes STE, MTS etc.

Standard equipment

• Pilot's Reference Manual
• Ship's Library OXP (itself optional optional equipment!) contains Cim's in-game Ship's Manual readable on an MFD in-flight

Standard optional equipment

• Redspear has written a suite of OXPs awarding some of this equipment for free at the start of the game (Cargo Scoop as Standard, Escape Pod as Standard, Indestructible Injectors).

Optional optional equipment

• Category:Equipment OXPs list of Equipment OXP pages on this wiki
• Category:HUDs OXPs list of HUD & MFD OXP pages on this wiki
• Category:Weapons OXPs list of Weapons OXP pages on this wiki
• Guide to Unlisted OXPs
• How to change/keep Order of Primable Equipment? (2016)

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Oolite Equipment Standard Equipment Astrogation Console • Cargo Hold • Compass • Energy banks • Engine/Main Drive • HUD • IFF Scanner • Life Support Systems • Missile • Pulse Laser • Shields • Ship's Hull • Torus Jump Drive • View Screen • Witchspace/Hyperspace Drive Optional Equipment Advanced Navigational Array • Advanced Space Compass • Cargo Bay Expansion • Docking Computers • E.C.M. System • Escape Pod • Extra Energy Unit • External Heat Shielding • Fuel Scoops • Galactic Hyperdrive • Integrated Targeting System • Military Shield Enhancement • Multi-Targeting System • Naval Energy Unit • Passenger Berth • Scanner Targeting Enhancement • Shield Boosters • Target System Memory Expansion • Witchdrive Fuel Injectors • Wormhole Scanner Weapons Beam Laser • ECM Hardened Missile • Energy Bomb • Military Laser • Mining Laser • Missile • Pulse Laser • Quirium Cascade Mine • Twin Plasma Cannon