Used in building almost everything, space grade plastoys (plastic-metal alloys), play a massive role in ship building. It can be bought from most ports, stolen, or made out of metal and plastic with fabrication equipment. Each resource represents a pallet-sized crate of plastoy plates, ingots, and pipes.

Used to build higher tech modules, these intricate components and circuits are often made primarily of precious metals. Can be obtained by purchasing them, stealing them, or making your own by processing precious metals into components. Each resource represents a pallet-sized crate of various components.

Used to power modules, power comes from power generating modules such as the fission reactor. Most modules will consume power, so the more power you have, the more modules you'll be able to sustain.

An often finite mix of oxidizer and combustible fuel used in combustion thrusters for travel, evasion, and other maneuvers. Stored in fuel tank and combustion drive modules. It can be purchased at almost any port, or refined on-ship with the help of specialized modules.

Used as a measure of the durability of ship modules and walls. When this reaches 0, walls, doors, and airlocks, are completely destroyed, being fully removed from play. When this reaches 0 for other modules, they enter a damaged state where they no longer provide any passive or active bonuses, and can be repaired out of combat for half the resources (rounded to nearest whole number) that they cost to build. Takes damage 1:1 from lancer sources, and largely reduced damage, if any at all, from starfinder sources.

Used as a measure of the durability of the ship's exterior "firewall" shields. Typically hexes apply ship-wide, and block most incoming attacks, receiving the damage instead of what was targeted. When broken, any excess damage will not leak through. Takes damage 1:1 from lancer sources, and largely reduced damage from starfinder sources.

Thrust is a measure of your ship's ability to change its velocity. It is used in overcoming thrust requirements such as escaping gravity, dodging attacks, or repositioning in combat. The more thrusters you have, combustion or ion, the more thrust you will be able to output. More on this in the Maneuvers section!