Star Ship

Biodata

Functions and Operation

• Star Ships connect distant Star Blocks; public transportation is charged by distance, with travel to an adjacent Star Block costing ten Star Coins and taking roughly three hours. 7
• Public Star Ships can travel at light speed, while Mechs are generally faster and are used for rapid individual travel. 7
• Ships avoid Star Beasts during transit. When an invasion makes a destination unsafe, commercial vessels may divert passengers to the nearest safe Star Block instead. 125
• Small charter-type Star Ships can be customized for passengers' destinations, but may carry only around a dozen people. 125
• Star Ships require substantial Crystal Stone consumption; activating dual protective shields greatly increases this cost. 274
• A ship can be recalled into spatial storage when its occupants need to travel on another vessel or proceed on foot. 277

Types and Configurations

Design and Safety Features

• Star Ships vary widely in exterior form, from basic public transports to sleek private vessels and armed military designs. 93 277
• Some ships have protective shields that can conceal them from Star Beasts or slow incoming attacks. 274 279
• The Alliance mission vessel used by Huai En's team had an oval hull, superior materials, and dual-layer protective shielding. 274
• Pu Wei's ship could disguise its appearance and scent as those of a powerful Star Beast, reducing the chance of pursuit if it did not approach too closely. 279
• Advanced Star Ships may carry Photon Cannons for clearing or repelling nearby Star Beasts. 284
• Manual piloting may be necessary when an unfamiliar plane renders autopilot unusable. 274

Elsius Refugee Ships

• “Elsius” means “wanderer” in a past language and serves as the collective term for Star Ships carrying Interstellar Refugees; nearly one hundred reportedly operate across the galaxy. 223
• Refugees board for a daily fee of 100 Star Coins. Accommodation, food, water, and necessities are paid separately. 223 225
• Elsius ships periodically stop at post-war Star Blocks, where refugees perform low-level, dangerous, or dirty missions for rewards; casualties are common. 225
• Rooms are ranked for mission assignment. A room with lower overall combat strength faces greater mission risk, and large room-based competitions are held every three months. 225
• The control room is operated by Alliance personnel—a captain and two first mates—with absolute authority over the ship. Mercenaries or Star Hunters form a separate management team that administers refugees and leads missions. 226
• Surveillance is pervasive, including cameras inside rooms; refugees have virtually no privacy. 227
• The first level has six strictly controlled airlocks and observation rooms at either end of the ship. Only the captain and administrator Moor can operate the airlocks. 241

Notable Uses

• Zhou Yi first leaves D71 Star Block aboard an affordable public Star Ship, witnessing the scale of interstellar transportation outside her home Star Block. 7
• To avoid a thirty-hour Cosmic Ship journey, Zhou Yi books a direct Star Ship to New Star Continent; the trip takes four hours. 57
• During a mercenary deployment, Zhou Yi's booked Star Ship cannot approach the invasion zone and instead lands at D157, forcing her to continue to D181 by Mech. 125
• Zhou Yi boards the refugee ship Elsius in disguise to experience the lives of Interstellar Refugees firsthand. 223
• Huai En's team uses a high-defense Alliance Star Ship to search abandoned Star Blocks in another plane. 274 275
• Pu Wei's surviving Federal Seventh Squad transports Zhou Yi's team aboard an advanced armed Star Ship while fleeing a plane devastated by a Super Star Beast. 277 279
• A fleet of transport ships, small Star Ships, and Star Cruisers evacuates Lin'an City residents to Star Weaver Island's affiliated Star Block. 374