EKibby
The Kibby is the fleet's only starter hull — a mining tug with hull 15, shield 5, zero firepower, and a 10-unit cargo hold. Every new commander begins with three of them: two grouped at the starter station and one already parked on a belt, so a fresh commander's first order is a mining run before it is ever a fight.
The Kibby is the fleet's only starter hull — a mining tug with hull 15, shield 5, zero firepower, and a 10-unit cargo hold. Every new commander begins with three of them: two grouped at the starter station and one already parked on a belt, so a fresh commander's first order is a mining run before it is ever a fight.
Specifications
- Firepower — 0. The Kibby carries no weapons; it mines, it does not fight back.
- Cargo hold — 10 units.
- Shield — 5.
- Hull — 15.
- Shield regeneration — 1, tied for the slowest in the fleet.
- Mining — yes, extracting at the standard three-tick cadence.
- Starter hull — yes, the only one in the fleet.
Role in the fleet
At 100 credits to replace, the Kibby is also the cheapest hull in the fleet — losing one to a pirate or an ambush is a setback, not a disaster. Its whole job is described in Extraction: reach a belt, mine, haul the ore home, sell it. Every credit that trade earns is a step toward the mining line's own upgrade, the Kibby II, or toward the fleet's first armed hull.
A Kibby caught by an armed ship has exactly one tactic: run. Zero firepower does not negotiate.