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Space Pods are the station's pilotable support craft, capable of holding one pilot, one passenger and a variety of gizmos.
'''Space Pods''' are the ship's/station's pilotable support craft, capable of holding one pilot, a number of passengers depending on the pod's armor, and a variety of fun gizmos.


Pods can dock in the many [[Pod Bay|pod bays]] on the station, the [[Mining Outpost]], or even come to rest at [[Prison Station]]. There are other docks in deep space, and of course you can always stop near interesting places and take a spacewalk.
Pods can dock in the many [[Pod Bay]]s on the station/ship as well as well the [[Mining Outpost]], [[Research Outpost]], and many other off-station locales. Of course, you can always stop near interesting places and take a spacewalk/seawalk.


How to build the damn thing is a different story. Grab your welding mask, put on some mechanic's overalls and get cracking!
How to build the damn thing is a different story. Grab your welding mask and get cracking!


== Before the Pods, there was nothing ==
Just about everybody can fly a pod, except for [[critter]]s. They can still ride along as passengers though.


Near arrivals there is a hangar with a single fabricator capable of manufacturing the parts needed to make a single space worthy pod. However this is not your average puzzle or toy building blocks set, this is a dirty, hard and laborious process need patience and a bit of materials.  
Note: On the the Goonstation Roleplay 3: Morty and Goonstation Roleplay 4: Sylvester servers, "RP Mode" is on, meaning public pods spawn locked. You can randomly get the codes for them sometimes when your character spawns. Speaking of codes, other times, you may spawn knowing a code for one of the pods at the Space Diner.


You will need to grab the following:
==Flying the Pod==
[[Image:PodHUD8.png|thumb|upright=1.8|The pod's HUD.]]
Getting inside the pod is easy enough. Either drag-and-drop yourself onto the pod or left-click on the pod and select the icon of a little stick figure entering something that says ''Board''. By default, the engine starts off, so don't forget to turn it on. After this, turn on the life support, as well as weapons, sensors, etc. if you need them.


* 1 [[Mechanical_Toolbox|Mechanical Toolbox]] (With everything inside)
Steering depends on whether or not your pod uses has treads, though in both cases you should be mindful of inertia. You should also try to avoid running into any solid objects; if you collide into something, you'll damage both your pod and the thing you smashed into, depending on the angle of the collision and the speeds at which you and the other object collided. To brake and stop yourself from smashing into something, hold {{key|SHIFT}}.
* A coil of [[Wire]]
* Lots of [[Metal]]
* Lots of [[Glass]]
* A stack of [[Glass|Reinforced Glass]] (Do not feed into the Fabricator or you will spend the rest of the round looking for replacements!)


You will need to pressurize the hangar when you open the doors. Anything more than a 1x1 hole into space will leak lots of air. The air pumps should be turned on with the pressure set to 200. Additionally there are three sets of pipes that are connected to a O2 Canister, a Plasma Canister, and a Air Canister. Use a wrench to hook up the Air Canister and use the manual valve to open the flow. Get internals and a mask as well as the air pumps and the canisters are no guarantee from suffocation.
Regular pods without treads are pretty intuitive. You press up, the pod goes up. Press down, the pod goes down. Press up and left, pod goes northwest. Let go, and you'll continue moving in the same direction by inertia.
* A basic direction change requires one press of the directional key. You'll still go careening where you were headed by inertia unless you press the same key again. So, if you're going left and you press down, you'll go southwest, and if you press down again, you'll go straight down.
* Doing a 180 requires at least ''two'' presses: the first changes where you face, the second stops you but eventually gets you moving again. A third press will accelerate you much faster.


== Pieces of the Pod ==
Pods with treads are a bit different, because directional controls are separated from movement controls. Up moves you forward ''in whatever direction'' the pod's facing, while down moves you backward, opposite the direction the pod's currently. It might be northward, it might be downward, it might be southwestward, again, it depends on the direction of the pod. Left and right turn your vehicle counterclockwise and clockwise, respectively, rather than going east or west. It takes a bit of practice, but turning is much easier: 
* A basic direction change requires just pressing either left or right. Even better, you smoothly turn and maintain speed rather than awkwardly careening in the previous direction, and diagonal movement is more like moving along an actual diagonal instead of going up/down & left/right really quickly.
* Under ideal conditions, a 180 requires only holding down one of the directional keys. In tighter areas, you might have to press left or right again a few times to quickly turn the pod around.


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
While inside a pod, you can access the controls easily through the HUD interface or by left-clicking on the pod. Most are self-explanatory, some are a little more complex:
!scope = "col" style="width: 15%" | Item
!scope = "col" style="width: 10%" | Image
!scope - "col" style="width: 15%" | Resource Cost
!scope = "col" style="width: 60%" | Description


|- id="Engine Manifold"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Engine Manifold
! class="unsortable" | Icon
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
! Name
| 10 Mauxite, 5 Pharosium
! class="unsortable" | Description
| A required component in the Space Pod. Needed to propel the pod.


|- id="Pod Circuity"
|- id="Pod Computer"
! Pod Circuity
| Click on pod to access
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
| '''Access Main Computer'''
| 5 Molitz, 5 Pharosium
| Will show you the components of the pod, just use the HUD icons instead.
| A required component in the Space Pod.  
 
|- id="Hangar Door"
| Click on pod to access
| '''Toggle Hangar Door'''
| Lets you open hangar doors by remote control. Type in their full name to open or close, not just the number like it tells you. Or you can just click the door control panel while inside the pod, provided your pod's comm system is online and of the correct type. Syndicate and Soviet ships for instance will be denied access to all hangars on the station.
 
|- id="Create Wormhole"
| [[Image:WormholeIcon.png]]
| '''Create Wormhole'''
| How you reliably get places. It will list existing navigation beacons, including some strategically placed on the main station and in the [[Z-level|debris field]]. Once you select a location, it will create a portal to the beacon of choice right in front of your pod. Your pod must be stationary for this to work.
 
|- id="Perform Scan"
| [[Image:SensorsIcon.png]]
| '''Perform Scan'''
| Gives a list of living people, critters, other pods, and hostile drones within 30 tiles of you, as well as their location relative to you and, if they're a drone, a threat level.
 
|- id="Return to Station"
| [[Image:ReturnIcon.png]]
| '''Return To Station'''
| Sets a course for the station Z-level, and will send you there the next time you cross the border of the map.
 
|- id="Star Lights"
| [[Image:LightsIcon.png]]
| '''Star Lights'''
| Basically headlights but IN SPACE! (or UNDERWATER! if you're on [[Oshan Lab]]). [[Space]] itself and the seafloor are both pretty bright and well-lit; the [[Trench]], the dark derelicts, and abandoned stations open to it, not so much. Bigger pods light up more area.
|}
 
If you think you'll end up in space for any amount of time outside your pod, wear a spacesuit, breath mask and oxygen tank. You'll be able to explore more and you won't die as fast. This should be obvious, but most people will just jump in a spaceship without much thought.
 
==Dogf- er, ''Pod''fighting==
Going out into space without an idea of where to go - indeed, your first trips will probably consist of figuring out where to go - will usually see you encountering some enemies, often in the form of Syndicate drones. Space is a wide-open area with a lot of room to chase, and [[Critter|critters]] oh so love to chase you; unless they get stuck on an obstacle of some sort, they'll hound your pod relentlessly - even into hangars that don't have the doors closed (or don't have doors at all!). This is very bad, as critters aggro pods like any other player, even when empty. Coming back from raiding a derelict only to see your pod reduced to scrap and the drone waiting to ambush you is a nightmare scenario in space.
 
Thus, your best option when encountering an enemy in space is to destroy it on sight. Some enemies don't have ranged attacks, but most of them do, and they like to be cheating bastards and shoot you diagonally while you can only shoot in four directions. But don't worry, in most cases your pod will be way more durable than the target, so hammer away at them with whatever weapon your pod of choice came with, and move on once it's destroyed. Note that some enemies have mean tricks that can mess with your pod in ways other than direct damage, so watch out for that. The important thing to remember is to fire while strafing and reversing. Once you get the hang of it, most Drones aren't really a threat anymore.
 
Other players, on the other hand, can give you a hell of a time. Opposing players can be smart and try to board your pod with you in it: in most cases there's nothing you can do to shoo them out and then can fuck with your pod's systems and movement, so practice some basic vehicle security and ''lock the damn door when you're piloting''. Especially common in [[Nuclear_Operative|nuke]] rounds, but otherwise rare, is having to fight an enemy pod with your own. Most Syndicate pods will heavily outgun you, but it's not impossible to beat them if you have some good piloting skills (or steal one of their pods if they fail to practice aforementioned basic vehicle security).
 
You'll know a pod has taken a lot of damage if it sets on fire, and is near-death if it explodes. If it explodes a second time after that, then it's officially dead and you'll be ejected in a flaming heap before the pod detonates fully. Staying in the pod and waiting for the eject is bad, as the final explosion can hurt quite a bit, but if you're feeling spiteful then you can kamikaze into the thing that ruined your ride (Syndicate operatives in particular hate this). On the other hand, should you and your pod survive and you want to repair it, it's a simple as hitting it with a lit welder from the outside.
 
==Man vs Machine==
Every now and then you may encounter a [[Traitor|bad guy]] in a pod that is attacking the station and you do not have a pod readily available to go out and fight the pod. You mainly have two options, fight or flight.
 
Fleeing from a pod has a different difficulty depending on how good the pilot is and what weapon they are using. But you should prioritize getting cover, lasers (also what most pod weapons use) travel through windows, making them useless for cover. So you may want to duck behind a wall or a locker, as even the weakest laser could turn out deadly. Though do not mistake the pod weapons being overpowered, as you can take a few shots before going into critical. Trying to find a room with no windows or enough distance from space that the pod cannot see you anymore should be your priority if you intend to run away from a pod. Being in space unarmed and against a pod is a bad idea, as it leaves you very vulnerable to being shot while giving the pod free room to move anywhere it pleases, in addition to the pod being able to ram into you for {{BRUTE}} damage. If you have floor tiles, you can [[Construction#Regular_Floors|place them on space tiles]] to prevent passage through that tile, essentially locking down an area given enough time as pods can only travel through floor tiles that [[Construction#Reinforced_Floors|have been reinforced]].
 
On the other hand, if you want to fight a pod and are [[Security_Objects#Taser|decently]] [[Security_Objects#Energy_Gun|equipped]], it is very possible to take them down. Unlike humans, pods take damage from tasers. This makes them incredibly useful for fighting a pod, in fact they even set the pod's wormhole function into cooldown, limiting their ability to escape. Using the aforementioned [[Construction#Regular_Floors|floor tiles]] to trap pods makes them incredibly vulnerable to hit. In addition, pods can shoot only North, South, West, and East, while you have the entire 360 suite, you can abuse this by staying in a diagonal direction from the pod, allowing you to shoot the pod as much as you desire, just make sure it doesn't ram you though. If you manage to get your hands on the [[Security Objects#Pod-Targeting Missile Launcher|pod-targeting missile launcher]], you will be extremely effective at destroying pods. As the name implies, the missiles it fires will follow pods and explode on impact, dealing great damage, on top of directing shaving off a quarter of the target's health. Although a bad idea, sometimes you may even be able to get a few melee hits in. Melee attacks stun the pod's occupants, including the pilot. But you may be better off using ranged weapons as it leaves you vulnerable to pod lasers while rushing with your melee weapon.
 
It should be noted though that pods have an advantage as well, as pod versions of handheld weapons actually travel faster and have more range than their handheld counterparts.
 
Upon a pod's defeat, the pilot only has a few seconds before the engine explodes while in the pod! Dealing massive amounts {{BURN}} damage to the pod driver and occupants and making the pod a useless hunk of metal. When the pod starts flaming, you know the pod's demise is near. Once you forced all the occupants out, [[Murder#Murderous_Methods|you know how to deal with them, right?]]
 
==Types of Pods==
===Pods===
The big ones that take up a 2 by 2 tiles of space. Their size has both benefits and drawbacks. They tend to have more health than [[#MiniPutts|MiniPutts]], their podlights illuminate larger areas, and pod weapons fire two projectiles, one beside another, rather than just one, making it easier to score hits. At the same time, their larger size makes them unable to navigate narrow gaps and easier to hit, and they tend to be slower than their [[#MiniPutt|MiniPutt equivalents]], e.g. a [[#Pod S|Syndicate pod]] is slower than a [[#SyndiPutt|SyndiPutt]], even though both have the same armor sets.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!data-sort-type=number| Health
!data-sort-type=number| Capacity <br> (Driver + Passenger)
!class="unsortable" | Description


|- id="Light Pod Armor"
|- id="Light Pod Armor"
! Light Pod Armor
! Light Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:CivilianPod.png]]</center>
| 30 Mauxite, 20 Pharosium
| 250
| Standard pod hull plating.
|data-sort-value=2| 1 + 1
|align=left| Standard hull plating available to civilians. Light pods move faster than most other models, but can carry only one passenger. Numerous pods can be found in the [[Pod Bay|main hanger]] and elsewhere on the station.


|- id="Heavy Pod Armor"
|- id="Heavy Pod Armor"
! Heavy Pod Armor
! Heavy Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:SecurityPod.png]]</center>
| 30 Mauxite, 20 Bohrum
| 500
| Heavier Armor for taking heavier firepower. Optional equipment for those wanting the extra stuff.
|data-sort-value=3| 1 + 2
|align=left| Heavier armor for prolonged dogfights. [[Security Officer|Law enforcement]] has access to command pods in the security hanger, along with everything needed to stop those spaceborne criminals.


|- id="Prototype Heavy Bio Armor"
|- id="Red Heavy Pod Armor"
! Heavy Bio Armor
! Syndicate Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:SClassPod.png]]</center>
| 150,000 Credits
| 500
| Stolen prototype armor system. This armor is a prototype armor enhanced with biotech advancements. Where to buy it is another quest.  
|data-sort-value=3| 1 + 2
|align=left|  Almost exactly the same as the green variant. These pods have a large amount of armor, allowing them to take a decent amount of hits before going down, and can carry up to two passengers. The only readily available pod equipped with this armor is usually located on the [[Syndicate Battlecruiser]], where its [[Nuclear Operative|owners]] use it for dastardly deeds. This armor kit automatically installs a hatch locking mechanism.


|- id="Industrial Pod Armor"
|- id="Industrial Pod Armor"
! Industrial Pod Armor
! Industrial Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:IndustrialPod.png]]</center>
| 25 Bohrum, 10 Claretine, 5 Uqill
| 550
| Even stronger armor. The [[Miner]]'s pod begins equipped with this.
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| Even stronger armor, at the cost of low speed. The [[Miner|miner]]'s pods are equipped with this armor, and can carry three passengers.
 
|- id="Strange Pod Armor"
! Strange Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:NanotrasenPod.png]]</center>
| 700
| {{Missing Value}}
|align=left| Stolen prototype NT armor system. It is stamped with the Nanotrasen symbol and a lengthy list of classified warnings. Neat. Found in [[Z-level|deep space]] in a dark, damp place of a very seedy establishment.
 
|- id="Gold Pod Armor"
! Gold Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:GoldenPod.png]]</center>
| 250
| {{Missing Value}}
|align=left| Bling. Golden pod plating. Golden pods can move faster than all other pods. Also found in deep space.
|}
 
===MiniPutts===
MiniPutts use the same armor plating as the larger pods, and can be upgraded with the same components. They're usually quite fast, though they tend to be lacking in health.
 
Note that all MiniPutts can fit only one driver, with no passengers available (unless you get creative with cargo holds and such).
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!data-sort-type=number| Health
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Light MiniPutt Armor"
! Light MiniPutt Armor
| <center>[[Image:MiniPutt.png]]</center>
| 125
|align=left| A couple of civilian putts are parked on the station at the start of every shift. They are equipped with a phaser cannon, but aren't particularly speedy or durable.
 
|- id="Heavy MiniPutt Armor"
! Heavy MiniPutt Armor
| <center>[[Image:NanoPutt.png]]</center>
| 250
|align=left| A fast and heavily armored attack craft.
 
|- id="Syndicate MiniPutt Armor"
! Syndicate MiniPutt Armor
| <center>[[Image:SyndiePutt.png]]</center>
| 250
|align=left| The Syndicate's version, which appear in the [[Nuclear Operative]]s' [[Syndicate Battlecruiser]]. This armor kit automatically installs a hatch locking mechanism.
 
|- id="Industrial MiniPutt Armor"
! Industrial MiniPutt Armor
| <center>[[Image:IndyPutt.png]]</center>
| 275
|align=left| Slow and sluggish in combat, but quite sturdy. Available to the engineering department.
 
|- id="Strange MiniPutt Armor"
! Strange MiniPutt Armor
| <center>[[Image:XeniPutt.png]]</center>
| 300
|align=left| Heavily armored.
 
|- id="Gold MiniPutt Armor"
! Gold MiniPutt Armor
| <center>[[Image:PyriPutt.png]]</center>
| 125
|align=left| The fastest MiniPutt by a considerable margin.
 
|- id="Strelka"
! Strelka
| <center>[[Image:Strelka.png]]</center>
| 225
|align=left| Usually found parked on a derelict Soviet spaceship. Comes with a [[#Prismatic Laser|prismatic laser array]] by default, which cannot be removed. The Strelka cannot be assembled by hand.
 
|- id="MagicPutt"
! MagicPutt
| <center>[[Image:MagicPutt.png]]</center>
| 225
|align=left| Found parked in the pod bay of the [[Wizard's Den]]. The best pod out there, according to the Wizard Federation.
 
|- id="IridiPutt"
! IridiPutt
| <center>[[Image:IridiPutt.png]]</center>
| 400
|align=left| An experimental vehicle based on the Syndicate's IRIDIUM project. Cannot be assembled by hand.
 
|- id="Escape Pod"
! Escape Pod
| <center>[[Image:EscapePod.png]]</center>
| 60
|align=left| Escape pods are custom-built from random bits and pieces left over in the hangars to make sure escapees are carried away from the confines of the station. Unlike regular putts, the escape pods all have autopilots. When the escape shuttle is in transit, they have a chance to join it, allowing for a brief but treacherous jump over to the main shuttle...and an smaller chance to catastrophically fall apart and explode. Cannot be assembled by hand.


|- id="Pod Control Interface"
|- id="Emergency Pod"
! Pod Control Interface
! Emergency Pod
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:EscapePod.png]]</center>
| 10 Molitz, 10 Pharosium
| 140
| A required component in the Space Pod. Can't fly a pod well without controls right?
|align=left| A surprisingly sturdy pod created by [[General Objects#Emergency Pod Fabricator|emergency pod fabs]]. Don't let the Examine text or startling appearance to [[Space Pod#Escape Pod|escape pods]] fool you; they won't explode or malfunction upon use, are still fully controllable, and can be used multiple times. While they can't be repaired or outfitted with extra/different components, they are much faster than regular models.
|}


|- id="Pod Frame Kit"
===Minisubs===
! Pod Frame Kit
The [[Oshan Lab]] version of miniputts. In addition to the usual components, they also come an [[#Locomotion|extra "locomotion" slot]] for [[#Treads|treads]], so their [[Game_FAQ#Space_pod_and_Minisub_controls|controls]] are a little bit different from what you're used to. All the other components otherwise use the exact same parts as space-faring pods. Also, if a minisub collides into a wall or other obstacle, it damages the sub a bit. If a minisub collides into a person at high speed, it damages the person and can very briefly stun them.
| <center>[[File:Generic_pod_part.png]]</center>
 
| 30 Mauxite
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
| The most basic part of the craft is the frame. A mass of jumbled together metal bars and beams that need assembly. You start your piloting career here.  
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!data-sort-type=number| Health
!data-sort-type=number| Capacity <br> (Driver + Passenger)
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Minisub"
! Minisub
| <center>[[Image:Minisub.png]]</center>
| 100
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| The generic yellow submarine, with a modest 100 health and room for one driver and two additional passengers. By default, it has no weapons or secondary systems, not even a cargo hold.
 
|- id="Civilian Minisub"
! Civilian Minisub
| <center>[[Image:Minisub_white.png]]</center>
| 100
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| Standard hull, ostensibly designed for transport. Comes with a [[#Cargo Hold|cargohold]] and space for one driver and two passengers. A fairly common sight, found in [[Pod Bay#Oshan|Oshan's Catering Dock and Research Dock]]. Can be [[Construction#Minisub|constructed]] with light pod armor.
 
|- id="Engineering Minisub"
! Engineering Minisub
| <center>[[Image:EngineeringMinisub.png]]</center>
| 100
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| A teensy bit slower than the rest, though not by very much, and still as durable as standard models. Starts with [[#Industrial Utility Arms|industrial utility arms]] for heavy-duty construction foam spraying.
 
|- id="Heavy Minisub"
! Heavy Minisub
| <center>[[Image:EngineeringMinisub.png]]</center>
| 130
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| A sturdier version of the civilian minisub. It can by made by [[Construction#Minisub|constructing]] a minisub with heavy pod armor.
 
|- id="Mining Minisub"
! Mining Minisub
| <center>[[Image:MiningMinisub.png]]</center>
| 130
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| At 130 HP, this sturdier-than-average sub can tank more fishdrone attacks and collisions into walls than normal minisubs, a great boon down in the [[Trench]]. The [[Miner]]s start with two in their [[Mining Department#Oshan|department hangar on Oshan]], and each one can fit one driver and three passengers.
 
|- id="Industrial Minisub"
! Industrial Minisub
| <center>[[Image:BlackMinisub.png]]</center>
| 150
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| A constructable pod even stronger than the heavy minisub. It can by made by [[Construction#Minisub|constructing]] a minisub with industrial pod armor. It is built for combat and deep sea exploration.
 
|- id="Security Minisub"
! Security Minisub
| <center>[[Image:SecurityMinisub.png]]</center>
| 150
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| Robust 150-HP armor for more prolonged sub-on-sub action, though still just as fast as the standard models. Because they by default are equipped with a [[Space Pod#Robustco Security Communication Array|Robustco Security Communication Array]], they can open ALL hangar doors, i.e., they can enter the [[Security Dock]], which other subs cannot. Fits one driver and three passengers and comes equipped with [[#Linked Taser Array|pod tasers]].
 
|- id="Syndicate Minisub"
! Syndicate Minisub
| <center>[[Image:SyndicateMinisub.png]]</center>
| 150
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| This black, red, and evil all over sub replaces two of the regular Syndiputts on the [[Syndicate Battlecruiser]] during [[Nuclear Operative]] rounds on [[Oshan]]. It fits one driver and three passengers, comes with a [[#Pod Locking Mechanism|Pod Locking Mechanism]], and boasts 150 HP with standard sub speed.
 
|- id="Strange Minisub"
! Strange Minisub
| <center>[[Image:BlackMinisub.png]]</center>
| 175
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| A rare and particularly well-armored minisub. It can be made by [[Construction#Minisub|constructing]] a minisub with strange pod armor.
|}
 
===Cars===
 
A special subset of minisubs that shares the same [[Game_FAQ#Space_pod_and_Minisub_controls|control scheme]]. Like minisubs, they can readily turn to and move in all 8 directions, cross station, [[space]], and [[seafloor]] tiles, and collide into people, walls, and other solid objects. Unlike minisubs, they use [[#Wheel|wheels]] instead of treads, so they can only turn while in motion (i.e. moving forward or backward), making entertaining screeching sounds in the process.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Item
!class="unsortable" style="width:8%" | Image
!data-sort-type=number| Health
!data-sort-type=number| Capacity <br> (Driver + Passenger)
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Truck"
! Truck
| <center>[[Image:RedTruck.png]] [[Image:BlueTruck.png]] <br> [[Image:WhiteTruck.png]] [[Image:TrunkSunken.png]]</center>
| 90
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| A Toriyama-Okawara AV-92 personal mobility vehicle, aka a truck. Has 90 health. Pretty rare. If you see one, it means that the driver's gone a shopping spree in an [[Trench|underwater mall]], that the driver has nabbed it from [[Trench|underwater racetrack]], or that [[Admin|someone]] is up to shenanigans.
 
|- id="Security Patrol Car"
! Security Patrol Car
| <center>[[Image:CopCar.png]]</center>
| 110
|data-sort-value=4| 1 + 3
|align=left| A car that can be [[Gang#Gang Items|ordered]] by [[Gang|gang members]] for a considerable sum of gang points, meaning the driver is most likely someone who ''isn't'' a cop. It has 110 health and is equipped with [[Space Pod#Linked Taser Array|pod tasers]]. In addition, in lieu of the usual Star Lights pod light system, it has Police Lights that flash red and blue and go weewoo.  
|}
 
==Pieces of the Pod==
'''Note:''' See [[Guide to Mining#Ore|Guide to Mining]] for an overview of the ore classifications.
 
===Upgrading the Pod===
Before you add or replace any components, you first must open the maintenance panel by left-clicking the pod and choosing the jumbled circle icon that says "Show Parts Panel". To add a part, click on the pod with the part in your active hand while the panel is open. To replace an existing system (like the engine), click the pod with an empty hand while the maintenance panel is open to bring up an interface for adding and removing installed systems. The maintenance panel cannot be manipulated if the pod is [[Space Pod#Pod Locking Mechanism|locked]], however, or if someone is in the pod.
 
You can also change the gas mix used for the engine and the gas mix used for the pod's life support system, though this doesn't have much of a use other then to suffocate the people in the craft with plasma.
 
===Secondary Systems===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="sortable" | Power used
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description


|- id="Cargo Hold"
|- id="Cargo Hold"
! Cargo Hold
! Cargo Hold
| <center>[[File:CargoHold.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:CargoHoldV2.png]]</center>
| 20 Mauxite
| <center>0</center>
| For holding cargo. Use the "Secondary System" in the pod tab to load/unload. Can also load by dragging a crate onto the pod.
| 2 Sturdy Metal
| Standard equipment of all pods. Use the HUD icon to load/unload nearby cargo. You can also load/unload items by drag-and-dropping them onto the pod or an adjacent tile respectively. The cargo hold accepts crates, canisters, air pumps, [[Engineering Objects#Air Scrubber|air scrubbers]], [[Engineering Objects#Space HVAC|space HVACs]], [[Artifact Research#Bulky Artifacts|large artifacts]], [[Robots|bots]], [[Janitor#Mop Bucket|mop bucket]], dead bodies, and the [[Nuclear Operative|nuclear bomb]].
 
|- id="Small Cargo Hold"
! Small Cargo Hold
| <center>[[File:CargoHoldV2.png]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Standard equipment of all putts. Works the same as the larger model, but can only store one object at a time.
 
|- id="Storage Hold"
! Storage Hold
| <center>[[File:CargoHoldV2.png]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| 2 Sturdy Metal
| Give your vehicle a [[Clothing#Backpack|backpack]]! The Storage Hold gives pods 10 storage slots, which can fit normal-sized items. To add an item, click-drag the item's sprite onto the pod's, while you're outside the pod. To access its contents and take items out, either click on the Secondary System button on your HUD or click on the pod and choose ''Use Secondary System''. If you're outside the pod, you can also click-drag the pod onto you.
 
|- id="Alloyed Solutions Ore Scoop/Hold"
! Alloyed Solutions Ore Scoop/Hold
| <center>[[File:OreHoldV2.png]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| 2 Sturdy Metal, 1 Conductive Material
| Heavy-duty version of the [[Guide to Mining#Ore Scoop|ore scoop]] for pods, with a maximum capacity of 300 pieces of ore (not stacks, because this also separates any stacks it finds) but without the setting to collect rock and ice. Install and activate the system, fly over ore to collect it, drag & drop the pod onto an adjacent tile to empty out the hold when necessary. This component spawns near the mining pods.
 
|- id="Tractor Beam"
! Tractor Beam
| <center>[[File:TractorBeamV2.gif]]</center>
| <center>80</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Pulls one item (small or large) towards the pod. It moves with you, just as if you were pulling it in-person, so moving away does not hinder the beam's pulling ability. The tractor beam is controlled through the ''secondary system'' HUD icon: select a target to activate the beam, or use the icon again to shut it down. A couple of tractor beam modules can be found in the security pod bay.
 
|- id="Ship Navigational GPS"
! Ship Navigational GPS
| <center>[[File:NavigationSystemV2.gif]]</center>
| <center>50</center>
| 0.5 Metal, 0.5 Conductive Material
| Displays your current coordinates.
 
|- id="SEED"
! Syndicate Explosive Entry Device
| <center>[[File:SyndicateExplosiveEntryDeviceV2.gif]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| {{N/a}}
| This upgrade turns the pod into a flying bomb. On contact with the station, it will crash through a limited number of normally impenetrable (for a pod) obstacles such as walls, windows or regular floor tiles and then blow up, creating a sizable explosion. The pilot can either bail out before impact or chose to rely on the automatic ejection system. Once activated, the SEED cannot be shut down or disarmed.
 
|- id="Medusa Stealth System 300"
! Medusa Stealth System 300
| <center>[[File:MedusaStealthSystemV2.gif]]</center>
| <center>250</center>
| {{N/a}}
| More Syndicate hardware. Takes a huge chunk of power to run, but will cloak your pod from the naked eye. Other pods, cyborgs and people with [[Security Objects#Optical Thermal Scanner|thermals]] can still see you.
 
|- id="Syndicate Rewind System"
! Syndicate Rewind System
| <center>[[Image:SWORD-Syndicate-Shield-System.gif]]</center>
| <center>50</center>
| 1.6 Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 0.8 Crystal, [[S.W.O.R.D.#Rewards|S.W.O.R.D. Engine Core]]
| An extra special Syndicate pod system made from the [[S.W.O.R.D.#Rewards|Engine Core]] of the S.W.O.R.D. When activated, takes a snapshot of your pod's health. Five seconds later, it will rewind to that health value if it's higher than the current pod health value.
|}
 
===Comm Systems===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="sortable" | Power used
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Robustco Comm Array"
! Robustco Comm Array
| <center>[[File:RobustcoCommArray.png]]</center>
| <center>10</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Default communication array for most pods and putts.
 
|- id="Robustco Security Communication Array"
! Robustco Security Communication Array
| <center>[[File:RadioarbeitenCommArray.png]]</center>
| <center>10</center>
| {{N/a}}
| The default communications array for Security pods, putts, and minisubs. Lets the pods interface with all of the station's pod bay hangar doors, including the [[Security Dock]]'s, which most other pods cannot go through.
 
|- id="Radioarbeiten Comm Array"
! Radioarbeiten Comm Array
| <center>[[File:RadioarbeitenCommArray.png]]</center>
| <center>10</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Used by Syndicate ships and the Strelka. Cannot interface with NT pod hangar doors.
 
|- id="MagicaTech Communication Array"
! MagicaTech Communication Array
| <center>[[File:RadioarbeitenCommArray.png]]</center>
| <center>10</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Used by Wizard ships. Cannot interface with NT pod hangar doors.
 
|- id="NT Magnet Link Array"
! NT Magnet Link Array
| <center>[[File:NTMagnetLinkArray.png]]</center>
| <center>30</center>
| 1 Sturdy Metal, 2 Conductive Material
| Remote control for the [[Miner#Gettin' to work|mineral magnet]] (7 tile range) intended as an upgrade for mining pods. This array doesn't have a built-in radio or external speaker.
|}
 
===Sensors===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="sortable" | Power used
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Standard Sensor System"
! Standard Sensor System
| <center>[[File:StandardSensorSystem.png]]</center>
| <center>20</center>
| {{N/a}}
| It's a basic sensor system that comes standard with all pods and putts.


|- id="Conclave A-1984 Sensor System"
|- id="Conclave A-1984 Sensor System"
! Conclave A-1984 Sensor System
! Conclave A-1984 Sensor System
| <center>[[File:PodSensors.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:ConclaveA1984SensorSystem.png]]</center>
| 1 Cerenkite, 5 Molitz, 2 Claretine
| <center>35</center>
| Advanced sensor systems
| 0.1 Power Source, 0.5 Crystal, 0.2 High Energy Conductor
| Essentially the same as the standard sensors, with the added bonus of upgrading the pod with optical mason scanners and a geological scanner for mining asteroids.
|}


|- id="Standard Sensor System"
===Main Weapons===
! Standard Sensor System
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
| <center>[[File:PodSensors.png]]</center>
! Item
| N/A
!class="unsortable" | Image
| It's a basic sensor system that comes standard with Mining Pods.
!class="sortable" | Power used
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description


|- id="Ship's Navigation GPS"
|- id="Class-A Light Phaser"
! Ship's Navigation GPS
! Class-A Light Phaser
| <center></center>
| <center>[[File:LightPhaserV2.png]]</center>
|  
| <center>65</center>
| Apparently space is a globe and you need a positioning system for the globe in case you get lost. You will get lost in space and this handy device will be very helpful.  
| {{N/a}}
| A weak phaser weapon, pre installed on some putts at round start.  


|- id="Plasma Cutter System"
|- id="Linked Taser Array"
! Plasma Cutter System
! Mk.1 Combat Taser
| <center>[[File:PodPlasmaCutter.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:CombatTaserV2.png]]</center>
| 5 Cerenkite, 5 Plasmastone, 10 Bohrum
| <center>50</center>
| Shoots bolts of plasma that dig up asteroids.
| {{N/a}}
| Pods shooting tasers! Complementary equipment for security's command pods. Taser shots disable the random systems in hostile crafts and stun the driver, making them useful for stopping pod-borne criminals. They, of course, stun people on the ground/not in pods too.


|- id="Dual Phasers"
|- id="Dual Phasers"
! Dual Phasers
! Mk 1.5 Light Phasers
| <center>[[File:PodPlasmaCutter.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:LightPhaserV2.png]]</center>
| 15 Mauxite, 15 Pharosium, 15 Molitz
| <center>65</center>
| 1.5 Sturdy Metal, 1.5 Conductive Material, 1.5 Crystal
| A pair of weak phaser weapons.
| A pair of weak phaser weapons.


|- id="Linked Laser Array"
|- id="Linked Laser Array"
! Linked Laser Array
! Mk.2 Scout Laser
| <center>[[File:PodPlasmaCutter.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:ScoutLaserV2.png]]</center>
| n/a
| <center>100</center>
| Pods shooting lasers! The Head of Security has one of these in his Armoury.
| {{N/a}}
| Pods shooting lasers! The Head of Security (or people [[Hacking|who find their own way in]]) has access to a couple of these in the armory.
 
|- id="Light Disruptor"
! Mk.3 Disruptor
| <center>[[File:DisruptorArrayV2.png]]</center>
| <center>65</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Pod-mounted variant of the [[Murder#Disruptor|disruptor gun]]. Deals a minor amount of burn damage and also stuns people, even if they're in a pod, so it effectively combines the characteristics of the phaser and taser.


|- id="Rock Drilling Rig"
|- id="Prismatic Laser"
! Rock Drilling Rig
! Svet-Oruzhiye Mk.4
| <center>[[File:PodPlasmaCutter.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:PrismaticLaserV2.png]]</center>
| n/a
| <center>75</center>
| A weapon system that only works at pointblank range but does a fair amount of damage. Great for digging up asteroids.
| {{N/a}}
| Better known as simply the Strelka laser and occasionally the prismatic laser. The Soviet counterpart to Nanotrasen Scout Laser weaponry. It appears on the [[#Strelka|Strelka]] and cannot be removed from the vehicle. If you do somehow remove it (or obtain the weapon itself) and then attach it to a different pod/miniputt/minisub, you won't be able to remove it from the new vehicle.  


|- id="Ballistic System"
|- id="Ballistic System"
! Ballistic System
! SPE-12 Ballistic System
| <center>[[File:PodPlasmaCutter.png]]</center>
| <center>[[File:BallisticSystemV2.png]]</center>
| n/a
| <center>30</center>
| A pair of linked guns firing kinetic cluster shot. Available to [[Nuclear_Operative|Nuclear Operatives]].
| {{N/a}}
| A pair of linked guns firing kinetic cluster shot. Basically dual shotguns. Available to [[Nuclear Operative|nuclear operatives]].


|- id="Assault Laser Array"
|- id="Assault Laser Array"
! Assault Laser Array
! Assault Laser Array
| <center></center>
| <center>[[File:AssaultLaserArrayV2.png]]</center>
| 50,000 credits
| <center>300</center>
| Usually only seen on cruiser-class ships. Where you buy this is another quest.  
| {{N/a}}
| A slow-firing pair of heavy lasers, which set people on fire and can destroy walls. Where you buy this is another quest.
 
|- id="Linked Disruptor Array"
! Heavy Disruptor Array
| <center>[[File:HeavyDisruptorArrayV2.png]]</center>
| <center>180</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Fires heavy disruptor shots. Its power roughly matches that of the assault lasers, but doesn't cause unintentional damage to walls.
 
|- id="40mm Assault Platform"
! 40mm Grenade Launcher Platform
| <center>[[File:GrenadeLauncherPlatformV2.png]]</center>
| <center>65</center>
| {{N/a}}
| This autocannon fires explosive shells akin to pipe bombs. Unlike other pod weapons, it requires ammunition (namely [[Murder#40Frag|40mm grenades]]) but comes with 14 shots by default. To check the current ammo count or reload the weapon, open the maintenance panel and insert grenades if necessary. Devastating to pods, station, and personnel alike. Try not to fire it point-blank to the pod, dumbass.
 
|- id="Syndicate Purge System"
! Syndicate Purge System
| <center>[[Image:SWORD-Syndicate-Pod-System.gif]]</center>
| <center>65</center>
| 0.8 Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 1.6 Crystal, [[S.W.O.R.D.#Rewards|S.W.O.R.D. Engine Core]]
| A devastating Syndicate-styled laser made from the [[S.W.O.R.D.#Rewards|S.W.O.R.D. Engine Core]]. Shoots up to four tiles in front of the pod to destroy walls and floors and deal moderate amounts of damage to anyone in the affected area. Does not shoot diagonally.
 
|- id="Industrial Utility Arms"
! Industrial Utility Arms
| <center>[[File:IndustrialUtilityArmsV2.png]]</center>
| <center>65</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Consists of two systems. The foam nozzle (activated by default) dispenses a small patch of metal foam to repair hull breaches without the need for EVA gear, whereas the cutter blades are useful for mining or as a general-purpose weapon. To select between the two, left-click on the pod while you're in it and choose the ''Access Main Computer'' icon and click on the underlined ''Industrial Utility Arms'' entry. Available in [[engineering]].
 
|- id="Mining Phaser System"
! Mining Phaser System
| <center>[[File:MiningPhaserSystemV2.png]]</center>
| <center>10</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Shoots weak phasers that can break rock in two hits but can barely damage ore-bearing rock, people, fish, or [[monkeys]]. Starting equipment for the minisubs of [[Mining Department#Oshan|Oshan's Mining Department]].
 
|- id="Plasma Cutter System"
! Plasma Cutter System
| <center>[[File:PlasmaCuttersV2.png]]</center>
| <center>80</center>
| 1 Power Source, 1 Extremely Tough Metal, 2 Extraordinarily Dense Crystalline Matter
| Shoots bolts of plasma that instantly dig up asteroids. Available in the ship component fabricators.
 
|- id="Rock Drilling Rig"
! Rock Drilling Rig
| <center>[[File:RockDrillingRigV2.png]]</center>
| <center>90</center>
| 1 Power Source, 1 Extremely Tough Metal Metal, 1 Extraordinarily Dense Crystalline Matter
| This IS a drill. As in one that quickly digs up asteroids, albeit one row at time unlike the plasma cutter. Surprisingly decent in cutting up other pods (and people)too. Available in the ship component fabricators.
|}
 
===Engines===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="sortable" | Generated power
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Escape Engine"
! Rickety Old Engine
| <center>[[File:Warp1EngineV3-32x32.gif]]</center>
| <center>200</center>
| {{N/a}}
| This engine will only make a warp jump. Once. Very slow, generally bad, and found only in escape pods.


|- id="Artillery System"
|- id="Warp-0 Engine"
! Artillery System
! Warp-0 Engine
| <center></center>
| <center>[[File:Warp0EngineV2-32x32.gif]]</center>
| ???
| <center>190</center>
| This bad boy fires explosive rounds akin to pipe bombs. Devastating to pods, station, and personnel alike.
| {{N/a}}
| The engine used in the pod/sub those with the [[Trait#Pilot|Pilot trait]] start with. It cannot make wormholes.
 
|- id="Warp-1 Engine"
! Warp-1 Engine
| <center>[[File:Warp1EngineV3-32x32.gif]]</center>
| <center>200</center>
| 0.3 Sturdy Metal, 0.5 Conductive Material
| The standard engine of all pods and putts. Will be equipped automatically when you complete pod construction.


|- id="Helios Mark-II Engine"
|- id="Helios Mark-II Engine"
! Helios Mark-II Engine
! Helios Mark-II Engine
| <center></center>
| <center>[[File:HeliosMarkIIEngineV3-32x32.gif]]</center>
| 10 Bohrum, 15 Claretine
| <center>300</center>
| Produces more energy than a standard engine.
| 2 Sturdy Metal, 1 Extremely Tough Metal, 1 High Energy Conductor
| Produces more energy, giving you more power for better weapons and upgrades, and is slightly faster than a standard engine.


|- id="Helios 3.0 Engine"
|- id="Hermes 3.0 Engine"
! Helios 3.0 Engine
! Hermes 3.0 Engine
| <center></center>
| <center>[[File:Hermes3EngineV3-32x32.gif]]</center>
| 20 Bohrum, 20 Claretine, 5 Erebite
| <center>500</center>
| A really powerful engine!
| 2 Extremely Tough Metal, 2 High Energy Conductor, 0.5 Power Source
| Produces even more energy for high-end pod weapons and modules, but is slightly slower than a standard engine.
|}
|}


== Building the Pod ==
===Locomotion===
An extra slot found only on [[#Minisub|minisubs]]. They can't drive if this slot has nothing in it.


Now you got the pieces all memorized its time to build the damn thing. Be advised since it is a 64x64 sprite you have to stand on the South West corner of the pod sprite in order to construct it. The steps below should be followed in order.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="sortable" | Power used
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description


* Get the Pod Frame Kit. Deploy the box and you should have a jumble of metal.
|- id="Treads"
* Wrench the mass of metal. It should look less like a pile of junk.  
! Treads
* Wrench again. This time it should look like a functional but unsecured frame of a space pod.  
| <center>[[File:Treads.png]]</center>
* Weld.  
| <center>0</center>
* Insert Wires
| {{N/a}}
* Place Pod Circuitry inside.
| Common to all the minisubs of [[Oshan Lab]]. Vehicles with treads can travel on both station and seafloor tiles and face all 8 directions, allowing for easier, narrower turns. However, the controls are...[[Game FAQ#Space_pod_and_Minisub_controls|a bit unusual]].
* Add Metal
* Place Engine Manifold.
* Put Light/Heavy Pod Armor on the pod frame.
* Weld.
* Place Pod Control Interface
* Place 5 sheets of Reinforced Glass


This will complete your Space Pod. To add extras, use a crowbar on the pod and add any system. To replace an existing system (like the engine), interact with a pod while the maintenance panel is open to bring up an interface for removing current systems. You can't replace a pod's armor once it is already built.
|- id="Wheels"
! Wheels
| <center>[[File:Treads.png]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Standard equipment for cars. Handle similarly to treads, but the sub can only turn while moving forward or backwards.
|}
 
===Other===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="sortable" | Power used
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Pod Locking Mechanism"
! Pod Locking Mechanism
| <center>[[File:HatchLockingMechanism.png]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| 0.5 Crystal, 1 Conductive Material
| Controlled through the HUD interface. The user can lock the pod and set a four digit code for the lock. Players can leave a locked pod without issues, but must click on the pod with an empty hand and enter the four digit code to unlock the hatch. Pods can still be dismantled while they're locked, so don't park your shiny new ride in a bad neighbourhood, or it'll be stripped on blocks by the time you return.
 
|- id="Paint Job Kit"
! Paint Job Kit
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| <center>0</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Pimp My Space Ride! Simply apply the kit to a finished pod or putt. A variety of kits are available from different space merchants.
 
|- id="Nanotrasen Life-Support System"
! Nanotrasen Life-Support System
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| <center>20</center>
| {{N/a}}
| A mandatory pod system that will keep it supplied with oxygen and maintain a healthy temperature in the pod. Don't take it out or deactivate it in space, unless you have a space suit and internals or want to die.
 
|- id="Star Lights"
! Star Lights
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| <center>30</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Something that will keep your pod and its surroundings visible in the deep dark space.
|}
 
==Building the Pod==
{{main|Construction#Space Pod}}
 
If you can't find a pod or want one that's better than the ones on-board, you can also make your own. To build a pod, you need a set of [[#Pod Armor|pod armor]], a [[#Frame Kit|frame kit]], and some tools. Certain [[Pod Bay]]s come with sets of tools and a [[Making and Breaking#Ship Component Fabricator|ship component fabricator]] to facilitate this. While you need only two components to build a pod (tools aside), the process of assembling them together into a functional pod is rather lengthy and fairly labor-intensive, and the components themselves require a fair amount of material.
 
Since [[#Pods|big pod]] and [[#MiniPutts|MiniPutt]] frame kits only appear on space maps, and [[#Minisubs|minisub]] frame kits only appear on underwater maps, that means you can't build space pods on underwater maps and vice versa, barring [[Admin]] shenanigans.
 
Try and keep the hanger doors closed when you are building the pod itself, unless you wish to suffocate. If pods are flying in and out of the hanger when you are working in said hanger, there should be a button on a wall in the room somewhere (Not the one right next to the hanger doors that looks like some kind of microchip. You can only use those when in a pod.) which opens/closes the doors. With this, you can close the doors as soon as a pod leaves/enters to minimize air loss.
 
===Pod Armor===
You can't replace a pod's armor once it is already built, so consider the options carefully. MiniPutts, minisubs, and 2x2 pods both share an armor kit, i.e. unlike with frames kits, there isn't a separate set of armor for constructing MiniPutts, minisubs, and full size pods.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Light Pod Armor"
! Light Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| 3 Sturdy Metal, 2 Conductive Material
| Standard hull plating available to civilians, and the armor used for [[#Pod C|civilian C series pods]], [[#Civilian Minisub|Civilian Minisubs]] and [[#MiniPutt|MiniPutts]]. Pods made with light armor move faster than most other models, but tend to have limited passenger space. Can be manufactured at [[Making and Breaking#Ship Component Fabricator|ship component fabricators]].
 
|- id="Heavy Pod Armor"
! Heavy Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| 3 Sturdy Metal, 2 Extremely Tough Metal
| Heavier armor for prolonged dogfights that can be created at [[Making and Breaking#Ship Component Fabricator|ship component fabricators]]. Pods with this armor are named some form of [[#Pod T|"Pod T"]], [[#Heavy Minisub|"Heavy Minisub"]], or [[#NanoPutt|"NanoPutt"]] followed by some numbers.
 
|- id="Syndicate Pod Armor"
! Syndicate Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Almost exactly the same as the [[#Heavy Pod Armor|Heavy Pod Armor]], but this kit automatically installs a hatch locking mechanism. This cannot be manufactured; instead, it sold by the [[Listening Post]] merchant. Pods with this armor have [[#SyndiPutt|"SyndiPutt"]], [[#Syndicate Minisub|"Syndicate Minisub"]], or [[#Pod S|"Pod S"]] in their names.
 
|- id="Industrial Pod Armor"
! Industrial Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| 2.5 Extremely Tough Metal, 1 High Energy Conductor, 0.5 High Density Matter
| One of the stronger armors and ample passenger space, with the drawback of low speed. Like other pod armor sets designed for standard station-use, they can be manufactured at [[Making and Breaking#Ship Component Fabricator|ship component fabricators]]. The [[#Pod I|I-series industrial pods]], [[#Industrial Minisub|Industrial Minisub]], and [[#IndyPutt|IndyPutts]] have this armor.
 
|- id="Strange Pod Armor"
! Strange Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Stolen prototype NT armor system and the secret behind the [[#XeniPutt|XeniPutt]], [[#Strange Minisub|Strange Minisub]], and [[#Pod X|X series pods]]. It is stamped with the Nanotrasen symbol and a lengthy list of classified warnings. Neat. Sold in [[Z-level|deep space]] in a dark, damp place of a very seedy establishment.
 
|- id="Gold Pod Armor"
! Gold Pod Armor
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| {{N/a}}
| Bling. Pods with golden pod plating are named some variant of either [[#Pod G|"Pod G"]] or [[#PyriPutt|"PyriPutt"]], followed by some numbers. Golden pods can move faster than all other pods. Another armor sold by a merchant in deep space. ''Gold armor is not compatible with Minisubs.''
|}
 
===Frame Kits===
These kits are essential for constructing your very own space pod. You obtain frame kits by manufacturing them at a [[Making and Breaking#Ship Component Fabricator|ship component fabricator]]. Minisub frame kits replace MiniPutt frame kits and pod frame kits on underwater stations.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left"
! Item
!class="unsortable" | Image
!class="unsortable" | Resource Cost
!class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Preassembled Pod Frame Kit"
! Preassembled Pod Frame Kit
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| 4.5 Sturdy Metal, 2.5 Conductive Material, 1.9 Crystal
| This frame kit contains of mass of jumbled-together metal bars and beams for a 2x2-sized pod. If you want to make your own [[#Pods|big 'un pod]], start here.
 
|- id="Preassembled MiniPutt Frame Kit"
! Preassembled MiniPutt Frame Kit
| <center>[[File:ItemFrameV3.gif]]</center>
| 2.3 Sturdy Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 0.9 Crystal
| An essential component for making [[#MiniPutts|MiniPutts]].


== Flying the Pod ==
|- id="Preassembled Minisub Frame Kit"
Getting inside the pod is easy enough. Simply right click on it and select "Board". The engine and life support start turned on. Steer with the arrow keys, keeping in mind that the pod will experience some inertia.
! Preassembled Minisub Frame Kit
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While inside a pod, you get a new tab called, surprisingly, "Ship", with some important commands. Most are self-explanatory, some are a little more complex.
==Supplementary Video==
* Access Main Computer will show you the components of the pod, and the status of the fuel and life support tanks.
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* Create Wormhole is how you reliably get places. It will list existing navigation beacons, including some strategically placed on the main station and the [[Mining Outpost]].
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* Toggle Hangar Door lets you open hangar doors by remote control. Type in their FULL name to open or close, not just the number like it tells you. Or you can just click the door control panel while inside the pod.


If you think you'll end up in space for any amount of time outside your pod, wear a spacesuit, breath mask and oxygen tank. You'll be able to explore more and you won't die as fast. This should be obvious, but most people will just jump in a spaceship without much thought.
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Where Space Pods are born!

Space Pods are the ship's/station's pilotable support craft, capable of holding one pilot, a number of passengers depending on the pod's armor, and a variety of fun gizmos.

Pods can dock in the many Pod Bays on the station/ship as well as well the Mining Outpost, Research Outpost, and many other off-station locales. Of course, you can always stop near interesting places and take a spacewalk/seawalk.

How to build the damn thing is a different story. Grab your welding mask and get cracking!

Just about everybody can fly a pod, except for critters. They can still ride along as passengers though.

Note: On the the Goonstation Roleplay 3: Morty and Goonstation Roleplay 4: Sylvester servers, "RP Mode" is on, meaning public pods spawn locked. You can randomly get the codes for them sometimes when your character spawns. Speaking of codes, other times, you may spawn knowing a code for one of the pods at the Space Diner.

Flying the Pod

The pod's HUD.

Getting inside the pod is easy enough. Either drag-and-drop yourself onto the pod or left-click on the pod and select the icon of a little stick figure entering something that says Board. By default, the engine starts off, so don't forget to turn it on. After this, turn on the life support, as well as weapons, sensors, etc. if you need them.

Steering depends on whether or not your pod uses has treads, though in both cases you should be mindful of inertia. You should also try to avoid running into any solid objects; if you collide into something, you'll damage both your pod and the thing you smashed into, depending on the angle of the collision and the speeds at which you and the other object collided. To brake and stop yourself from smashing into something, hold SHIFT.

Regular pods without treads are pretty intuitive. You press up, the pod goes up. Press down, the pod goes down. Press up and left, pod goes northwest. Let go, and you'll continue moving in the same direction by inertia.

  • A basic direction change requires one press of the directional key. You'll still go careening where you were headed by inertia unless you press the same key again. So, if you're going left and you press down, you'll go southwest, and if you press down again, you'll go straight down.
  • Doing a 180 requires at least two presses: the first changes where you face, the second stops you but eventually gets you moving again. A third press will accelerate you much faster.

Pods with treads are a bit different, because directional controls are separated from movement controls. Up moves you forward in whatever direction the pod's facing, while down moves you backward, opposite the direction the pod's currently. It might be northward, it might be downward, it might be southwestward, again, it depends on the direction of the pod. Left and right turn your vehicle counterclockwise and clockwise, respectively, rather than going east or west. It takes a bit of practice, but turning is much easier:

  • A basic direction change requires just pressing either left or right. Even better, you smoothly turn and maintain speed rather than awkwardly careening in the previous direction, and diagonal movement is more like moving along an actual diagonal instead of going up/down & left/right really quickly.
  • Under ideal conditions, a 180 requires only holding down one of the directional keys. In tighter areas, you might have to press left or right again a few times to quickly turn the pod around.

While inside a pod, you can access the controls easily through the HUD interface or by left-clicking on the pod. Most are self-explanatory, some are a little more complex:

Icon Name Description
Click on pod to access Access Main Computer Will show you the components of the pod, just use the HUD icons instead.
Click on pod to access Toggle Hangar Door Lets you open hangar doors by remote control. Type in their full name to open or close, not just the number like it tells you. Or you can just click the door control panel while inside the pod, provided your pod's comm system is online and of the correct type. Syndicate and Soviet ships for instance will be denied access to all hangars on the station.
WormholeIcon.png Create Wormhole How you reliably get places. It will list existing navigation beacons, including some strategically placed on the main station and in the debris field. Once you select a location, it will create a portal to the beacon of choice right in front of your pod. Your pod must be stationary for this to work.
SensorsIcon.png Perform Scan Gives a list of living people, critters, other pods, and hostile drones within 30 tiles of you, as well as their location relative to you and, if they're a drone, a threat level.
ReturnIcon.png Return To Station Sets a course for the station Z-level, and will send you there the next time you cross the border of the map.
LightsIcon.png Star Lights Basically headlights but IN SPACE! (or UNDERWATER! if you're on Oshan Lab). Space itself and the seafloor are both pretty bright and well-lit; the Trench, the dark derelicts, and abandoned stations open to it, not so much. Bigger pods light up more area.

If you think you'll end up in space for any amount of time outside your pod, wear a spacesuit, breath mask and oxygen tank. You'll be able to explore more and you won't die as fast. This should be obvious, but most people will just jump in a spaceship without much thought.

Dogf- er, Podfighting

Going out into space without an idea of where to go - indeed, your first trips will probably consist of figuring out where to go - will usually see you encountering some enemies, often in the form of Syndicate drones. Space is a wide-open area with a lot of room to chase, and critters oh so love to chase you; unless they get stuck on an obstacle of some sort, they'll hound your pod relentlessly - even into hangars that don't have the doors closed (or don't have doors at all!). This is very bad, as critters aggro pods like any other player, even when empty. Coming back from raiding a derelict only to see your pod reduced to scrap and the drone waiting to ambush you is a nightmare scenario in space.

Thus, your best option when encountering an enemy in space is to destroy it on sight. Some enemies don't have ranged attacks, but most of them do, and they like to be cheating bastards and shoot you diagonally while you can only shoot in four directions. But don't worry, in most cases your pod will be way more durable than the target, so hammer away at them with whatever weapon your pod of choice came with, and move on once it's destroyed. Note that some enemies have mean tricks that can mess with your pod in ways other than direct damage, so watch out for that. The important thing to remember is to fire while strafing and reversing. Once you get the hang of it, most Drones aren't really a threat anymore.

Other players, on the other hand, can give you a hell of a time. Opposing players can be smart and try to board your pod with you in it: in most cases there's nothing you can do to shoo them out and then can fuck with your pod's systems and movement, so practice some basic vehicle security and lock the damn door when you're piloting. Especially common in nuke rounds, but otherwise rare, is having to fight an enemy pod with your own. Most Syndicate pods will heavily outgun you, but it's not impossible to beat them if you have some good piloting skills (or steal one of their pods if they fail to practice aforementioned basic vehicle security).

You'll know a pod has taken a lot of damage if it sets on fire, and is near-death if it explodes. If it explodes a second time after that, then it's officially dead and you'll be ejected in a flaming heap before the pod detonates fully. Staying in the pod and waiting for the eject is bad, as the final explosion can hurt quite a bit, but if you're feeling spiteful then you can kamikaze into the thing that ruined your ride (Syndicate operatives in particular hate this). On the other hand, should you and your pod survive and you want to repair it, it's a simple as hitting it with a lit welder from the outside.

Man vs Machine

Every now and then you may encounter a bad guy in a pod that is attacking the station and you do not have a pod readily available to go out and fight the pod. You mainly have two options, fight or flight.

Fleeing from a pod has a different difficulty depending on how good the pilot is and what weapon they are using. But you should prioritize getting cover, lasers (also what most pod weapons use) travel through windows, making them useless for cover. So you may want to duck behind a wall or a locker, as even the weakest laser could turn out deadly. Though do not mistake the pod weapons being overpowered, as you can take a few shots before going into critical. Trying to find a room with no windows or enough distance from space that the pod cannot see you anymore should be your priority if you intend to run away from a pod. Being in space unarmed and against a pod is a bad idea, as it leaves you very vulnerable to being shot while giving the pod free room to move anywhere it pleases, in addition to the pod being able to ram into you for BRUTE damage. If you have floor tiles, you can place them on space tiles to prevent passage through that tile, essentially locking down an area given enough time as pods can only travel through floor tiles that have been reinforced.

On the other hand, if you want to fight a pod and are decently equipped, it is very possible to take them down. Unlike humans, pods take damage from tasers. This makes them incredibly useful for fighting a pod, in fact they even set the pod's wormhole function into cooldown, limiting their ability to escape. Using the aforementioned floor tiles to trap pods makes them incredibly vulnerable to hit. In addition, pods can shoot only North, South, West, and East, while you have the entire 360 suite, you can abuse this by staying in a diagonal direction from the pod, allowing you to shoot the pod as much as you desire, just make sure it doesn't ram you though. If you manage to get your hands on the pod-targeting missile launcher, you will be extremely effective at destroying pods. As the name implies, the missiles it fires will follow pods and explode on impact, dealing great damage, on top of directing shaving off a quarter of the target's health. Although a bad idea, sometimes you may even be able to get a few melee hits in. Melee attacks stun the pod's occupants, including the pilot. But you may be better off using ranged weapons as it leaves you vulnerable to pod lasers while rushing with your melee weapon.

It should be noted though that pods have an advantage as well, as pod versions of handheld weapons actually travel faster and have more range than their handheld counterparts.

Upon a pod's defeat, the pilot only has a few seconds before the engine explodes while in the pod! Dealing massive amounts BURN damage to the pod driver and occupants and making the pod a useless hunk of metal. When the pod starts flaming, you know the pod's demise is near. Once you forced all the occupants out, you know how to deal with them, right?

Types of Pods

Pods

The big ones that take up a 2 by 2 tiles of space. Their size has both benefits and drawbacks. They tend to have more health than MiniPutts, their podlights illuminate larger areas, and pod weapons fire two projectiles, one beside another, rather than just one, making it easier to score hits. At the same time, their larger size makes them unable to navigate narrow gaps and easier to hit, and they tend to be slower than their MiniPutt equivalents, e.g. a Syndicate pod is slower than a SyndiPutt, even though both have the same armor sets.

Item Image Health Capacity
(Driver + Passenger)
Description
Light Pod Armor
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250 1 + 1 Standard hull plating available to civilians. Light pods move faster than most other models, but can carry only one passenger. Numerous pods can be found in the main hanger and elsewhere on the station.
Heavy Pod Armor
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500 1 + 2 Heavier armor for prolonged dogfights. Law enforcement has access to command pods in the security hanger, along with everything needed to stop those spaceborne criminals.
Syndicate Pod Armor
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500 1 + 2 Almost exactly the same as the green variant. These pods have a large amount of armor, allowing them to take a decent amount of hits before going down, and can carry up to two passengers. The only readily available pod equipped with this armor is usually located on the Syndicate Battlecruiser, where its owners use it for dastardly deeds. This armor kit automatically installs a hatch locking mechanism.
Industrial Pod Armor
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550 1 + 3 Even stronger armor, at the cost of low speed. The miner's pods are equipped with this armor, and can carry three passengers.
Strange Pod Armor
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700 [data missing] Stolen prototype NT armor system. It is stamped with the Nanotrasen symbol and a lengthy list of classified warnings. Neat. Found in deep space in a dark, damp place of a very seedy establishment.
Gold Pod Armor
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250 [data missing] Bling. Golden pod plating. Golden pods can move faster than all other pods. Also found in deep space.

MiniPutts

MiniPutts use the same armor plating as the larger pods, and can be upgraded with the same components. They're usually quite fast, though they tend to be lacking in health.

Note that all MiniPutts can fit only one driver, with no passengers available (unless you get creative with cargo holds and such).

Item Image Health Description
Light MiniPutt Armor
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125 A couple of civilian putts are parked on the station at the start of every shift. They are equipped with a phaser cannon, but aren't particularly speedy or durable.
Heavy MiniPutt Armor
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250 A fast and heavily armored attack craft.
Syndicate MiniPutt Armor
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250 The Syndicate's version, which appear in the Nuclear Operatives' Syndicate Battlecruiser. This armor kit automatically installs a hatch locking mechanism.
Industrial MiniPutt Armor
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275 Slow and sluggish in combat, but quite sturdy. Available to the engineering department.
Strange MiniPutt Armor
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300 Heavily armored.
Gold MiniPutt Armor
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125 The fastest MiniPutt by a considerable margin.
Strelka
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225 Usually found parked on a derelict Soviet spaceship. Comes with a prismatic laser array by default, which cannot be removed. The Strelka cannot be assembled by hand.
MagicPutt
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225 Found parked in the pod bay of the Wizard's Den. The best pod out there, according to the Wizard Federation.
IridiPutt
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400 An experimental vehicle based on the Syndicate's IRIDIUM project. Cannot be assembled by hand.
Escape Pod
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60 Escape pods are custom-built from random bits and pieces left over in the hangars to make sure escapees are carried away from the confines of the station. Unlike regular putts, the escape pods all have autopilots. When the escape shuttle is in transit, they have a chance to join it, allowing for a brief but treacherous jump over to the main shuttle...and an smaller chance to catastrophically fall apart and explode. Cannot be assembled by hand.
Emergency Pod
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140 A surprisingly sturdy pod created by emergency pod fabs. Don't let the Examine text or startling appearance to escape pods fool you; they won't explode or malfunction upon use, are still fully controllable, and can be used multiple times. While they can't be repaired or outfitted with extra/different components, they are much faster than regular models.

Minisubs

The Oshan Lab version of miniputts. In addition to the usual components, they also come an extra "locomotion" slot for treads, so their controls are a little bit different from what you're used to. All the other components otherwise use the exact same parts as space-faring pods. Also, if a minisub collides into a wall or other obstacle, it damages the sub a bit. If a minisub collides into a person at high speed, it damages the person and can very briefly stun them.

Item Image Health Capacity
(Driver + Passenger)
Description
Minisub
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100 1 + 3 The generic yellow submarine, with a modest 100 health and room for one driver and two additional passengers. By default, it has no weapons or secondary systems, not even a cargo hold.
Civilian Minisub
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100 1 + 3 Standard hull, ostensibly designed for transport. Comes with a cargohold and space for one driver and two passengers. A fairly common sight, found in Oshan's Catering Dock and Research Dock. Can be constructed with light pod armor.
Engineering Minisub
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100 1 + 3 A teensy bit slower than the rest, though not by very much, and still as durable as standard models. Starts with industrial utility arms for heavy-duty construction foam spraying.
Heavy Minisub
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130 1 + 3 A sturdier version of the civilian minisub. It can by made by constructing a minisub with heavy pod armor.
Mining Minisub
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130 1 + 3 At 130 HP, this sturdier-than-average sub can tank more fishdrone attacks and collisions into walls than normal minisubs, a great boon down in the Trench. The Miners start with two in their department hangar on Oshan, and each one can fit one driver and three passengers.
Industrial Minisub
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150 1 + 3 A constructable pod even stronger than the heavy minisub. It can by made by constructing a minisub with industrial pod armor. It is built for combat and deep sea exploration.
Security Minisub
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150 1 + 3 Robust 150-HP armor for more prolonged sub-on-sub action, though still just as fast as the standard models. Because they by default are equipped with a Robustco Security Communication Array, they can open ALL hangar doors, i.e., they can enter the Security Dock, which other subs cannot. Fits one driver and three passengers and comes equipped with pod tasers.
Syndicate Minisub
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150 1 + 3 This black, red, and evil all over sub replaces two of the regular Syndiputts on the Syndicate Battlecruiser during Nuclear Operative rounds on Oshan. It fits one driver and three passengers, comes with a Pod Locking Mechanism, and boasts 150 HP with standard sub speed.
Strange Minisub
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175 1 + 3 A rare and particularly well-armored minisub. It can be made by constructing a minisub with strange pod armor.

Cars

A special subset of minisubs that shares the same control scheme. Like minisubs, they can readily turn to and move in all 8 directions, cross station, space, and seafloor tiles, and collide into people, walls, and other solid objects. Unlike minisubs, they use wheels instead of treads, so they can only turn while in motion (i.e. moving forward or backward), making entertaining screeching sounds in the process.

Item Image Health Capacity
(Driver + Passenger)
Description
Truck
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90 1 + 3 A Toriyama-Okawara AV-92 personal mobility vehicle, aka a truck. Has 90 health. Pretty rare. If you see one, it means that the driver's gone a shopping spree in an underwater mall, that the driver has nabbed it from underwater racetrack, or that someone is up to shenanigans.
Security Patrol Car
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110 1 + 3 A car that can be ordered by gang members for a considerable sum of gang points, meaning the driver is most likely someone who isn't a cop. It has 110 health and is equipped with pod tasers. In addition, in lieu of the usual Star Lights pod light system, it has Police Lights that flash red and blue and go weewoo.

Pieces of the Pod

Note: See Guide to Mining for an overview of the ore classifications.

Upgrading the Pod

Before you add or replace any components, you first must open the maintenance panel by left-clicking the pod and choosing the jumbled circle icon that says "Show Parts Panel". To add a part, click on the pod with the part in your active hand while the panel is open. To replace an existing system (like the engine), click the pod with an empty hand while the maintenance panel is open to bring up an interface for adding and removing installed systems. The maintenance panel cannot be manipulated if the pod is locked, however, or if someone is in the pod.

You can also change the gas mix used for the engine and the gas mix used for the pod's life support system, though this doesn't have much of a use other then to suffocate the people in the craft with plasma.

Secondary Systems

Item Image Power used Resource Cost Description
Cargo Hold
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0
2 Sturdy Metal Standard equipment of all pods. Use the HUD icon to load/unload nearby cargo. You can also load/unload items by drag-and-dropping them onto the pod or an adjacent tile respectively. The cargo hold accepts crates, canisters, air pumps, air scrubbers, space HVACs, large artifacts, bots, mop bucket, dead bodies, and the nuclear bomb.
Small Cargo Hold
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0
N/A Standard equipment of all putts. Works the same as the larger model, but can only store one object at a time.
Storage Hold
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0
2 Sturdy Metal Give your vehicle a backpack! The Storage Hold gives pods 10 storage slots, which can fit normal-sized items. To add an item, click-drag the item's sprite onto the pod's, while you're outside the pod. To access its contents and take items out, either click on the Secondary System button on your HUD or click on the pod and choose Use Secondary System. If you're outside the pod, you can also click-drag the pod onto you.
Alloyed Solutions Ore Scoop/Hold
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0
2 Sturdy Metal, 1 Conductive Material Heavy-duty version of the ore scoop for pods, with a maximum capacity of 300 pieces of ore (not stacks, because this also separates any stacks it finds) but without the setting to collect rock and ice. Install and activate the system, fly over ore to collect it, drag & drop the pod onto an adjacent tile to empty out the hold when necessary. This component spawns near the mining pods.
Tractor Beam
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80
N/A Pulls one item (small or large) towards the pod. It moves with you, just as if you were pulling it in-person, so moving away does not hinder the beam's pulling ability. The tractor beam is controlled through the secondary system HUD icon: select a target to activate the beam, or use the icon again to shut it down. A couple of tractor beam modules can be found in the security pod bay.
Ship Navigational GPS
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50
0.5 Metal, 0.5 Conductive Material Displays your current coordinates.
Syndicate Explosive Entry Device
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0
N/A This upgrade turns the pod into a flying bomb. On contact with the station, it will crash through a limited number of normally impenetrable (for a pod) obstacles such as walls, windows or regular floor tiles and then blow up, creating a sizable explosion. The pilot can either bail out before impact or chose to rely on the automatic ejection system. Once activated, the SEED cannot be shut down or disarmed.
Medusa Stealth System 300
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250
N/A More Syndicate hardware. Takes a huge chunk of power to run, but will cloak your pod from the naked eye. Other pods, cyborgs and people with thermals can still see you.
Syndicate Rewind System
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50
1.6 Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 0.8 Crystal, S.W.O.R.D. Engine Core An extra special Syndicate pod system made from the Engine Core of the S.W.O.R.D. When activated, takes a snapshot of your pod's health. Five seconds later, it will rewind to that health value if it's higher than the current pod health value.

Comm Systems

Item Image Power used Resource Cost Description
Robustco Comm Array
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10
N/A Default communication array for most pods and putts.
Robustco Security Communication Array
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10
N/A The default communications array for Security pods, putts, and minisubs. Lets the pods interface with all of the station's pod bay hangar doors, including the Security Dock's, which most other pods cannot go through.
Radioarbeiten Comm Array
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10
N/A Used by Syndicate ships and the Strelka. Cannot interface with NT pod hangar doors.
MagicaTech Communication Array
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10
N/A Used by Wizard ships. Cannot interface with NT pod hangar doors.

Sensors

Item Image Power used Resource Cost Description
Standard Sensor System
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20
N/A It's a basic sensor system that comes standard with all pods and putts.
Conclave A-1984 Sensor System
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35
0.1 Power Source, 0.5 Crystal, 0.2 High Energy Conductor Essentially the same as the standard sensors, with the added bonus of upgrading the pod with optical mason scanners and a geological scanner for mining asteroids.

Main Weapons

Item Image Power used Resource Cost Description
Class-A Light Phaser
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65
N/A A weak phaser weapon, pre installed on some putts at round start.
Mk.1 Combat Taser
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50
N/A Pods shooting tasers! Complementary equipment for security's command pods. Taser shots disable the random systems in hostile crafts and stun the driver, making them useful for stopping pod-borne criminals. They, of course, stun people on the ground/not in pods too.
Mk 1.5 Light Phasers
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65
1.5 Sturdy Metal, 1.5 Conductive Material, 1.5 Crystal A pair of weak phaser weapons.
Mk.2 Scout Laser
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100
N/A Pods shooting lasers! The Head of Security (or people who find their own way in) has access to a couple of these in the armory.
Mk.3 Disruptor
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65
N/A Pod-mounted variant of the disruptor gun. Deals a minor amount of burn damage and also stuns people, even if they're in a pod, so it effectively combines the characteristics of the phaser and taser.
Svet-Oruzhiye Mk.4
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75
N/A Better known as simply the Strelka laser and occasionally the prismatic laser. The Soviet counterpart to Nanotrasen Scout Laser weaponry. It appears on the Strelka and cannot be removed from the vehicle. If you do somehow remove it (or obtain the weapon itself) and then attach it to a different pod/miniputt/minisub, you won't be able to remove it from the new vehicle.
SPE-12 Ballistic System
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30
N/A A pair of linked guns firing kinetic cluster shot. Basically dual shotguns. Available to nuclear operatives.
Assault Laser Array
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300
N/A A slow-firing pair of heavy lasers, which set people on fire and can destroy walls. Where you buy this is another quest.
Heavy Disruptor Array
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180
N/A Fires heavy disruptor shots. Its power roughly matches that of the assault lasers, but doesn't cause unintentional damage to walls.
40mm Grenade Launcher Platform
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65
N/A This autocannon fires explosive shells akin to pipe bombs. Unlike other pod weapons, it requires ammunition (namely 40mm grenades) but comes with 14 shots by default. To check the current ammo count or reload the weapon, open the maintenance panel and insert grenades if necessary. Devastating to pods, station, and personnel alike. Try not to fire it point-blank to the pod, dumbass.
Syndicate Purge System
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65
0.8 Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 1.6 Crystal, S.W.O.R.D. Engine Core A devastating Syndicate-styled laser made from the S.W.O.R.D. Engine Core. Shoots up to four tiles in front of the pod to destroy walls and floors and deal moderate amounts of damage to anyone in the affected area. Does not shoot diagonally.
Industrial Utility Arms
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65
N/A Consists of two systems. The foam nozzle (activated by default) dispenses a small patch of metal foam to repair hull breaches without the need for EVA gear, whereas the cutter blades are useful for mining or as a general-purpose weapon. To select between the two, left-click on the pod while you're in it and choose the Access Main Computer icon and click on the underlined Industrial Utility Arms entry. Available in engineering.
Mining Phaser System
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10
N/A Shoots weak phasers that can break rock in two hits but can barely damage ore-bearing rock, people, fish, or monkeys. Starting equipment for the minisubs of Oshan's Mining Department.
Plasma Cutter System
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80
1 Power Source, 1 Extremely Tough Metal, 2 Extraordinarily Dense Crystalline Matter Shoots bolts of plasma that instantly dig up asteroids. Available in the ship component fabricators.
Rock Drilling Rig
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90
1 Power Source, 1 Extremely Tough Metal Metal, 1 Extraordinarily Dense Crystalline Matter This IS a drill. As in one that quickly digs up asteroids, albeit one row at time unlike the plasma cutter. Surprisingly decent in cutting up other pods (and people)too. Available in the ship component fabricators.

Engines

Item Image Generated power Resource Cost Description
Rickety Old Engine
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200
N/A This engine will only make a warp jump. Once. Very slow, generally bad, and found only in escape pods.
Warp-0 Engine
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190
N/A The engine used in the pod/sub those with the Pilot trait start with. It cannot make wormholes.
Warp-1 Engine
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200
0.3 Sturdy Metal, 0.5 Conductive Material The standard engine of all pods and putts. Will be equipped automatically when you complete pod construction.
Helios Mark-II Engine
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300
2 Sturdy Metal, 1 Extremely Tough Metal, 1 High Energy Conductor Produces more energy, giving you more power for better weapons and upgrades, and is slightly faster than a standard engine.
Hermes 3.0 Engine
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500
2 Extremely Tough Metal, 2 High Energy Conductor, 0.5 Power Source Produces even more energy for high-end pod weapons and modules, but is slightly slower than a standard engine.

Locomotion

An extra slot found only on minisubs. They can't drive if this slot has nothing in it.

Item Image Power used Resource Cost Description
Treads
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0
N/A Common to all the minisubs of Oshan Lab. Vehicles with treads can travel on both station and seafloor tiles and face all 8 directions, allowing for easier, narrower turns. However, the controls are...a bit unusual.
Wheels
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N/A Standard equipment for cars. Handle similarly to treads, but the sub can only turn while moving forward or backwards.

Other

Item Image Power used Resource Cost Description
Pod Locking Mechanism
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0.5 Crystal, 1 Conductive Material Controlled through the HUD interface. The user can lock the pod and set a four digit code for the lock. Players can leave a locked pod without issues, but must click on the pod with an empty hand and enter the four digit code to unlock the hatch. Pods can still be dismantled while they're locked, so don't park your shiny new ride in a bad neighbourhood, or it'll be stripped on blocks by the time you return.
Paint Job Kit
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N/A Pimp My Space Ride! Simply apply the kit to a finished pod or putt. A variety of kits are available from different space merchants.
Nanotrasen Life-Support System
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N/A A mandatory pod system that will keep it supplied with oxygen and maintain a healthy temperature in the pod. Don't take it out or deactivate it in space, unless you have a space suit and internals or want to die.
Star Lights
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N/A Something that will keep your pod and its surroundings visible in the deep dark space.

Building the Pod

Main article: Construction#Space Pod

If you can't find a pod or want one that's better than the ones on-board, you can also make your own. To build a pod, you need a set of pod armor, a frame kit, and some tools. Certain Pod Bays come with sets of tools and a ship component fabricator to facilitate this. While you need only two components to build a pod (tools aside), the process of assembling them together into a functional pod is rather lengthy and fairly labor-intensive, and the components themselves require a fair amount of material.

Since big pod and MiniPutt frame kits only appear on space maps, and minisub frame kits only appear on underwater maps, that means you can't build space pods on underwater maps and vice versa, barring Admin shenanigans.

Try and keep the hanger doors closed when you are building the pod itself, unless you wish to suffocate. If pods are flying in and out of the hanger when you are working in said hanger, there should be a button on a wall in the room somewhere (Not the one right next to the hanger doors that looks like some kind of microchip. You can only use those when in a pod.) which opens/closes the doors. With this, you can close the doors as soon as a pod leaves/enters to minimize air loss.

Pod Armor

You can't replace a pod's armor once it is already built, so consider the options carefully. MiniPutts, minisubs, and 2x2 pods both share an armor kit, i.e. unlike with frames kits, there isn't a separate set of armor for constructing MiniPutts, minisubs, and full size pods.

Item Image Resource Cost Description
Light Pod Armor
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3 Sturdy Metal, 2 Conductive Material Standard hull plating available to civilians, and the armor used for civilian C series pods, Civilian Minisubs and MiniPutts. Pods made with light armor move faster than most other models, but tend to have limited passenger space. Can be manufactured at ship component fabricators.
Heavy Pod Armor
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3 Sturdy Metal, 2 Extremely Tough Metal Heavier armor for prolonged dogfights that can be created at ship component fabricators. Pods with this armor are named some form of "Pod T", "Heavy Minisub", or "NanoPutt" followed by some numbers.
Syndicate Pod Armor
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N/A Almost exactly the same as the Heavy Pod Armor, but this kit automatically installs a hatch locking mechanism. This cannot be manufactured; instead, it sold by the Listening Post merchant. Pods with this armor have "SyndiPutt", "Syndicate Minisub", or "Pod S" in their names.
Industrial Pod Armor
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2.5 Extremely Tough Metal, 1 High Energy Conductor, 0.5 High Density Matter One of the stronger armors and ample passenger space, with the drawback of low speed. Like other pod armor sets designed for standard station-use, they can be manufactured at ship component fabricators. The I-series industrial pods, Industrial Minisub, and IndyPutts have this armor.
Strange Pod Armor
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N/A Stolen prototype NT armor system and the secret behind the XeniPutt, Strange Minisub, and X series pods. It is stamped with the Nanotrasen symbol and a lengthy list of classified warnings. Neat. Sold in deep space in a dark, damp place of a very seedy establishment.
Gold Pod Armor
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N/A Bling. Pods with golden pod plating are named some variant of either "Pod G" or "PyriPutt", followed by some numbers. Golden pods can move faster than all other pods. Another armor sold by a merchant in deep space. Gold armor is not compatible with Minisubs.

Frame Kits

These kits are essential for constructing your very own space pod. You obtain frame kits by manufacturing them at a ship component fabricator. Minisub frame kits replace MiniPutt frame kits and pod frame kits on underwater stations.

Item Image Resource Cost Description
Preassembled Pod Frame Kit
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4.5 Sturdy Metal, 2.5 Conductive Material, 1.9 Crystal This frame kit contains of mass of jumbled-together metal bars and beams for a 2x2-sized pod. If you want to make your own big 'un pod, start here.
Preassembled MiniPutt Frame Kit
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2.3 Sturdy Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 0.9 Crystal An essential component for making MiniPutts.
Preassembled Minisub Frame Kit
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2.3 Sturdy Metal, 1.2 Conductive Material, 0.9 Crystal Want to build a Minisub? You'll need this. You can only obtain it if you're on an ocean map, i.e. Oshan Laboratory and Nadir

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