FTL Starships

FTL has many different ships corresponding to each species in the game (human has 3 ship types), and each one of those ships has a few alternate layouts that the player can choose from.

Once you start a new game, you only start out with the first Layout for each ship type (except for Lanius and Crystal), the other Layouts can be unlocked by doing specific achievements or tasks throughout different games, for example, defeat the end boss.

Name	# of Layouts	Layout Names
Kestrel Cruiser	3	The Kestrel, Red-Tail, The Swallow
Engi Cruiser	3	The Torus, The Vortex, Tertragon
Federation Cruiser	3	The Osprey, Nisos, The Fregatidae
Zoltan Cruiser	3	The Adjudicator, Noether, Cerenkov
Mantis Cruiser	3	The Gila Monster, The Basilisk, The Theseus
Slug Cruiser	3	Man of War, The Stormwalker, Ariolimax
Rock Cruiser	3	Bulwark, Shivan, Tektite
Stealth Cruiser	3	The Nesasio, DA-SR 12, Simo-H
Lanius Cruiser	2	Kruos, The Shrike
Crystal Cruiser	2	Bravais, Carnelian

Ship Systems

One of the most important parts of any vessel in FTL would be its Reactor. This powers all the ships systems, weapons and any drones using energy from the reactor. Players can upgrade this using scrap from fallen foes, to be able to power up better weapons and upgraded systems.

Most if not all ships come with a few basic systems to help the ship and crew get to their destination a little more safely. Including but not limited to, the weapons system, the shields system, and the engines system.

These main systems, along with the Piloting System, can be manned by any crew member on the ship to increase its effiency.

Click here for a good guide detailing each system and subsystem in FTL.