Ship

A **Ship** is a player-controlled vessel within the Phoenix II franchise. They are piloted in daily and community missions for combating the enemies known as Invaders. Each ship has a unique main weapon, alongside an Aura Ability and a Zen Ability. Different ships may have the same aura and Zen abilities, but never the same main weapon.

All ships have a reactor (also called core), indicated by a blue orb on their hull. The orb has a noticeable trail when they move around. Ships are only destroyed if a projectile or laser hits the reactor or if the ship collides with an enemy turret. Brushing up against projectiles and lasers on any part of the hull except the reactor will not damage the ship. However, a bullet or laser that glances closely by the reactor transfers some energy to the ship, which slightly replenishes the Aura ability. This is a technique known as grazing.

As of currently, there are a total of 100 ships in the game.

## List of Ships

Ships can be split into three categories based on the specialization of their main weapon—Shield Break, Armor Piercing, and High Impact ships. Based on their targeting behavior, these weapons be further sorted into Beam, Blast, Focused, Homing, Spread, and Tracking. Every weapon has a Damage attribute that refers to the relative damage per second they deal, typically ranging from 20-37.5. Their functions are further elaborated in their individual ship pages.

* Shield Breaking
* Armor Piercing
* High Impact

Shield breaking ships have main weapons that are highly effective in breaking the shields of invaders. Shielded invaders are shrouded by a blue hue. Shield Breaking ships inflict 2.5 times (150%) more damage to shields than other ship types. It should be noted that once a shield of an invader is destroyed by this ship, it will no longer inflict bonus damage onto the unprotected hull.

Against armored invaders, their weapons suffer a 30% damage reduction unless a player successfully hits the weakness of these invaders—their non-armored cockpit, of which then no damage reduction would occur. However, their weapon does not have any advantages against armored or unprotected invaders.

The weapon of Shield Breakers is characterized by a blue background. The following ships are equipped with Shield Breaking weapons.

Armor Piercing ships have main weapons that completely bypass the armor of armored invaders. Armored invaders have a yellow/golden appearance. It should be noted that, unlike shields, armor cannot be deactivated or disabled. Invaders will remain armored until they are destroyed. Armored invaders will block all damage by 30% unless hit by an Armor Piercing weapon, which will deal full damage.

The only part of armored invaders not plated by armor is their cockpit; this is a weakness. That is, a non-armor-piercing weapon will not suffer the 30% damage reduction if the player successfully lands hits onto the cockpit of the invader. Contrary to this, armor-piercing weapons do not suffer any damage reduction regardless of where on the invader's hull they hit. However, their weapon does not have any advantages against shielded or unprotected invaders.

The weapon of Armor Piercers is characterized by a yellow background. The following ships are equipped with Armor Piercing weapons.

High impact ships have main weapons that deal critical his to unarmored invaders. Unprotected invaders have a whitish to grey appearance. Firing upon an unprotected invader has a 50% chance of a critical hit. If a critical hit were to occur, the damage to the enemy is increased by 25%, and the invader will flash red in a display of this.

It should be noted that shielded invaders would become unprotected once their shield is destroyed, and critical damage would then have a chance of occurring if the player is using a High Impact ship. Similarly, critical damage may also be possible if a High Impact weapon hits the cockpit of an armored invader, as that is the only region on their hull not protected. However, their weapons are not the ideal choice for combating both of these invader types.

The weapon of High Impactor is characterized by a red background. The following ships are equipped with High Impact weapons.