Combat Balance Dashboard

Every ship's base combat stats are now generated from a class × manufacturer × spec profile grounded in Star Atlas lore. Fimbul BYOS is the Jorvik Tankship archetype; Fimbul ECOS runs the bomber line; Pearce is the MUD flagship fighter; Busan is ONI's agile hit-and-run; Rainbow brings Photoli shield tech; Ogrika is the missile-heavy artillery platform; Opal trades survivability for speed; Armstrong stays firmly out of combat.

Component tier progression now rewards upgrades with real tradeoffs. A T5 Hull Reinforcement piles on HP but slows reload by ~8%; a T5 Shield Generator gives thicker shields and better regen but a longer shield-break delay; a T5 Heat Sink fires faster with a small hull-stress HP penalty. There is no "T5 everything dominates every axis" — players who stack one specialisation give up something on another.

The simulation headline: ~3% draw rate overall (down from 97%+ before Pass 1; 26.5% after Pass 2), effectively 0% for combat-focused ships fighting each other. Tier scaling works: T5 beats T1 of the same hull in ~95% of same-ship matchups. Class dominance is monotonic — bigger ships win 63–100% of cross-class fights.

V1 combat reads eight component attributes: hit_points, shield_points, max_ap, ap_recharge_time, shield_recharge_rate, shield_break_delay, ammo_capacity, and asteroid_mining_ammo_rate (the V1 ammo-per-AP cost). Each component card below lists its role, tradeoffs, and the tier × class multiplier curve so you can see at a glance what an upgrade actually does.

Green badges mark primary stats the component is tuned for. Amber badges mark support contributions. Red badges mark tradeoffs — stats that get slightly worse at higher tier to keep build variety honest. Click any component card to see its full stat × tier × class table.