Croaked with a drone and ion dmg focussed Engi ship on stage 2 of the boss and got utterly destroyed with the Kestrel immediately upon fighting the boss. Other than that I had long-range scanners and drone recovery arm. The Osprey, 8 crew, 3 shield bars, 25% evasion upgrade, 20 second recharge on the beam superweapon, 1 burst laser Mk.2, 1 pegasus launcher, 1 ion blaster (the one that inflicts 2 ion dmg for 2 power), 1 fire bomb (never used the latter or got a chance to sell & alternated pegasus and ion), 1 defense drone Mk.2, 1 repair drone (alternated the drones) + random cheap upgrades like above. Nevertheless, Bollard had a good feeling as they jumped into FTL and. The brilliant starship simulator FTL: Faster Than Light offers answers to all those questions, though you might not always like what it has to say.FTL is one of the best-designed PC games of the.
I had the 15% faster weapon recharge, stealth weapons and cloaking to top it all off too. Bollard watched the repaired survey ship separate from the old mining rig and warp. I think I really lucked out with those three low power - high efficiency lasers. The Kestrel, 7 crew, 3 shield bars, 25% evasion upgrade, 3 burst lasers Mk.2, 1 standard starting rocket launcher, 1 repair drone, 1 defense drone Mk.1 (alternating the drones and weapons), some random cheap blast door, life support and helm upgrades.
I unfortunately didn't capture any of it on screenshots so you'd have to trust me but my two victorious ships were:
