Shortest Trip to Earth – Nuke Runner Ship Guide

Other Shortest Trip to Earth Guides:

• Tips and Tricks for Beginners.
• Pumpkin Hammer Ship Guide.
• Fierce Sincerity Ship Guide.
• Rogue Rat Ship Guide.
• Tigerfish Ship Guide.
• Bluestar Ship Guide.
• Atlas Ship Guide.

Nuke Runner

All credit goes to Dr Hobo!

Unlock this ship by finishing the tutorial.

Installed modules are:

Primary / Storage

• Command bridge, type TRIPLE-3
• Non-combat sensor Mk Ia
• Heavy Jets Engine
• Warpdrive, grade II
• Terran industrial energy reactor
• Terran energy reactor (old)
• Fuel tank (medium)
• Multi-container FEO
• Multi-container ESM-2
• Explosive storage (large)

Weapons / Defence

• Aegis shield generator (old)
• 2x Terran point-defence
• Sniper Cannon II
• Light laser
• Nova gatling cannon, type I
• Speeder nuke

Utility

• Cryosleepx6, standard issue

Free slots

• 1x Internal module slot
• 1x Weapon slot
• 1x Capital missile launch tube

Ship specific perks available on the Nuke Runner

Sniper cannon upgrade – 3 Fate Points

Replaces the Sniper Cannon II with Sniper Cannon III.

Combat laser upgrade – 3 Fate Points

Replaces the Light laser with Medium laser II.

Gatling gun upgrade – 3 Fate Points

Replaces the Nova gatling cannon, type I with Automated galing cannon, type II.

Nuke arsenal x5 – 5 Fate Points

Adds 5 random nukes to your storage.

Shield generator replacement – 2 Fate Points

Replaces the Aegis shield generator (old) with Aegis shield generator.

Reactor replacement – 3 Fate Points

Replaces the Terran energy reactor (old) with Terran energy reactor.

Mk I sensor replacement – 3 Fate Points

Replaces the Non-combat sensor Mk 1a with Non-combat sensor Mk II.

The oilcake converter – 1 Fate Point

Adds an Oilcake Organics converter to your ships storage.

The top cadet – 5 Fate Points

Adds a random Human pilot to your crew. Stats can vary, but are focused towards Bridge, Sensor, Gardening and Science from the few times I tried.

Light security drone – 5 Fate Points

Adds a light combat drone to your crew armed with a pistol. Can fight intruders and put out fires.

Tactical security drone – 7 Fate Points

Adds a slightly stronger combat drone to your crew armed with an assault rifle. Can fight intruders and put out fires.

Heavy sentinel – 10 Fate Points

Adds a heavy combat drone to your crew armed with a gatling gun. Can fight intruders and put out fires.