Engines
Nuclear-thermal engine
Slower than a scout burn, but it moves something worth moving.
Nuclear-thermal engineNuclear-thermal drives are the freight of the fleet: heavier, thirstier, and utterly indifferent to how impressive they look on a schematic.
Every colonisation flight in X-Wars history rode behind something like this, grumbling the whole way.
What it does
A heavy engine unlocked by Nuclear-thermal engines research. Speed 5, range 6, a 600-unit plasma tank, weight 40, and a 12-point energy draw at 25 slots - built for mass, not for speed.
- Slot cost
- 25
- Speed
- 5
- Range
- 6
- Weight
- 40
- Energy
- -12
- Plasma tank
- 600
Requirements
- Nuclear-thermal engines · level 1 or higher
Build cost
- Pig ironTier 245
- CrystalTier 240
- OrizinTier 228
- FrurozinTier 222
- Maximum level
- 1
- Build time
- 6m
Unlocks
Nothing depends on this entry yet.
Related guides
Nuclear-thermal engine. Slower than a scout burn, but it moves something worth moving.. A heavy engine unlocked by Nuclear-thermal engines research. Speed 5, range 6, a 600-unit plasma tank, weight 40, and a 12-point energy draw at 25 slots - built for mass, not for speed.