# Guide to Ultraseries Space Vessels Space vessels across the Ultraverse tend to go with a departmental system designed to aid in efficiency and modularity. ## Department Types ### Command #### FACTION: ALL SHIPS The Command department is on all ships, serving as its command structure and bridge. It can range in size from thousands of people directing a massive supercruiser to a Captain and Executive Officer. ### Security #### FACTION: MOST SHIPS Security departments are armed with basic less-lethal equipment but tend to stock lethal equipment to enforce local laws onboard. ### Military Operations #### FACTION: Nanotrasen, Gorlex Marauders, OVIASHIELD Military Operations teams handle ranged artillery when Munitions is otherwise occupied and also handle boarding operations, armed with lethal weapons constantly. ### Munitions #### FACTION: ALL ARMED VESSELS Munitions departments handle gunnery, loading, and basic weapons. Often being trained engineers, they are meant to make the ship a weapon. ### Engineering #### FACTION: ALL SHIPS Engineering often maintains vessel thrusters and operates power supplies and life supports, being the maintenance men. ### Medical #### FACTION: ALL SHIPS Medical departments heal and revive wounded and dead crewmembers, often being well-trained. ### Service #### FACTION: MOST SHIPS Service departments help provide food and some logistics and entertainment, running biological reserves, providing alcohol and food, and keeping the crew from going insane. ### Logistics #### FACTION: MOST SHIPS Logistics moves freight and mines ore. ## THRUSTERS Thrusters are divided into a few types. EXPULSION: Flings out gas, does not burn it. IONOSPHERIC: Engines that use electricity to move. FIRE: BURN THE FOOLS WHO CHASE YOU FUSION: Uses a fusion reactor to create an exaust of high-energy plasma, moving the ship. ANTIMATTER: Uses antimatter fuel to propulse ships near the speed of light. Used in conjunction with hyperdrives to reach obscene travel speed. BLUESPACE JUMP DRIVE: Drive that hops in and out of bluespace for rapid transport. REALSPACE JUMP DRIVE: An alcuiberre drive frequently used by the Gorlex Marauders. HYPERDRIVE: An alcubierre drive which is used to increase speeds beyond that of light, but not as a jump system. Used mainly by Nightstar and many spinward ships. ## CONTROL SYSTEMS Ships are often operated from a helm console often in the bridge that controls flight functions, alongside a gunnery console in the bridge or munitions to control weaponry.