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I notice there are a lot of different types of ships in this game. I thought I had researched all of them and I want to say I might only have about half of them and still counting. I dont think the game not having a ship designer matters anymore since I have so many choices on what ships to build. Anyone know how many types there are? Dont remember seeing it in the manual.

Warspite,

You can open up the Ship Types XML file and count 'em. Even cooler you can design any ship you want by cutting and pasting attributes, etc. I've done this in the middle of a scenario with no prob.

just parsed the xml file. have to format it to wiki-code before posting it on the armada wiki, but here's a list with the ship classification.
Many of the ships are race specific, so that's why there are e.g. so many corvettes.

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Ark Ship ........... Ark Ship
Ark Ship ........... Extreme Ark
Ark Ship ........... Mother Ark
Ark Ship ........... Super Ark
Ark Ship ........... Universal Ark
Assault Ship ....... Armor Assault Ship
Assault Ship ....... Assault Ship
Carrier ............ Escort Carrier
Carrier ............ Fleet Carrier
Carrier ............ Star Castle
Corvette ........... A Corvette
Corvette ........... A Corvette II
Corvette ........... C Corvette
Corvette ........... C Corvette II
Corvette ........... Corvette
Corvette ........... Corvette II
Corvette ........... Corvette III
Corvette ........... Corvette IV
Corvette ........... J Corvette
Corvette ........... J Corvette II
Corvette ........... K Corvette
Corvette ........... K Corvette II
Corvette ........... L Corvette
Corvette ........... L Corvette II
Corvette ........... Lo Corvette
Corvette ........... Lo Corvette II
Corvette ........... Q Corvette
Corvette ........... Q Corvette II
Corvette ........... T Corvette
Corvette ........... T Corvette II
Corvette ........... W Corvette
Corvette ........... W Corvette II
Corvette ........... X Corvette
Corvette ........... X Corvette II
Cruiser ............ A Cruiser
Cruiser ............ A Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ Battlecruiser
Cruiser ............ Battlecruiser II
Cruiser ............ Cruiser
Cruiser ............ Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ Cruiser QaQa
Cruiser ............ Cruiser QaQa II
Cruiser ............ Cryo Cruiser
Cruiser ............ Cryo Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ J Cruiser
Cruiser ............ J Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ K Cruiser
Cruiser ............ K Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ L Cruiser
Cruiser ............ L Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ Lo Cruiser
Cruiser ............ Lo Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ Missile Cruiser
Cruiser ............ Missile Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ T Cruiser
Cruiser ............ T Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ W Cruiser
Cruiser ............ W Cruiser II
Cruiser ............ X Cruiser
Cruiser ............ X Cruiser II
Destroyer .......... A Destroyer
Destroyer .......... A Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... Destroyer
Destroyer .......... Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... Destroyer QaQa
Destroyer .......... Destroyer QaQa II
Destroyer .......... J Destroyer
Destroyer .......... J Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... L Destroyer
Destroyer .......... L Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... Lo Destroyer
Destroyer .......... Lo Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... T Destroyer
Destroyer .......... T Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... T Destroyer III
Destroyer .......... W Destroyer
Destroyer .......... W Destroyer II
Destroyer .......... X Destroyer
Destroyer .......... X Destroyer II
Devastator ......... K Devastator
Devastator ......... K Devastator II
Dreadnaught ........ Cryo Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught ........ Cryo Dreadnaught II
Dreadnaught ........ Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught ........ Dreadnaught II
Dreadnaught ........ L Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught ........ L Dreadnaught II
Dreadnaught ........ Old Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught ........ Old Dreadnaught II
Dreadnaught ........ T Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught ........ T Dreadnaught II
Dreadnaught ........ T Dreadnaught III
Explorer ........... Scout
Explorer ........... Survey Ship
Fighter ............ Fighter
Fighter ............ Fighter II
Fighter ............ Fighter III
Infector ........... Giant Spore
Infector ........... Infector
Infector ........... Plaguewinger
Neutronium Ship .... NDomitable
Neutronium Ship .... Neutronium Dragon
Pirate ............. Pirate Base Ship
Pirate ............. Pirate Cutlas
Pirate ............. Pirate Dreadlock
Pirate ............. Pirate Sabre
Predator ........... Predator
Predator ........... Predator II
Skirmisher ......... Doomwinger
Skirmisher ......... Doomwinger II
Skirmisher ......... Falcon
Skirmisher ......... Falcon II
Skirmisher ......... Merlin
Skirmisher ......... Merlin II
Special ............ Fire Tree
Special ............ Landing Pod
Special ............ Powered Asteroid
Special ............ Roid Roller
Special ............ X Brain
Special ............ X Brain II
System Defense Ship Cutter
System Defense Ship Loose Cannon
System Defense Ship Space Squid
Transport .......... EmptyTransport
Transport .......... Transport
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Even considering many are race specific, that is still a lot of ships. I never even seen a star castle, obviously it is larger then a fleet carrier. Is that one race specific? I never thought about changing the attributes of the ships in the files, that is awesome.

the star castle is specific to the AROM. Very powerful.
And while expensive, you can research it right from the start.