How many ships are in Dominion Earth?

Dominion Earth has ten ships, five for each side. Earth flies the Kestrel, Falcon, Hawk, Gyrfalcon and Landing Ship. The Dominion flies the Chariotship, Warriorship, Hoppership, Plasmaship and Tankership. The two rosters mirror each other in hull, speed and turn rate.

Which ship is best for beginners in Dominion Earth?

The Kestrel for Earth or the Chariotship for the Dominion. Both are the lightest hull with 75 hit points, the fastest top speed at 880, and the sharpest turn at 180 degrees per second, which makes them the most forgiving to learn to aim in.

Which ship can capture planets?

Only the carriers: Earth's Landing Ship and the Dominion's Tankership. Each carries up to 1000 warriors, and warriors are the only way to take a planet's ground sectors. No other hull has a troop bay.

Dominion Earth ships: stats, loadouts and roles

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Dominion Earth has ten ships, five a side, and the two rosters mirror each other exactly on hull, armour, speed and turn rate. What differs is the guns they carry and what they are allowed to do — only the carriers can move warriors, and only two hulls can tow an asteroid.

Every ship compared

Ship	Side	Hull	Armour	Speed	Turn °/s	Warriors
Kestrel	Earth	75	2	880	180	—
Falcon	Earth	90	2	770	160	—
Hawk	Earth	100	2	660	135	—
Gyrfalcon	Earth	130	3	550	115	—
Landing Ship	Earth	150	4	440	90	1000
Chariotship	Dominion	75	2	880	180	—
Warriorship	Dominion	90	2	770	160	—
Hoppership	Dominion	100	2	660	135	—
Plasmaship	Dominion	130	3	550	115	—
Tankership	Dominion	150	4	440	90	1000

The pattern is deliberate and it is the whole balance of the game: every point of hull costs you speed and agility. The lightest hull turns at 180 degrees a second and dies to a few good bursts. The carrier survives a great deal and cannot turn out of trouble.

Earth loadouts

Ship	Guns	Mounts	Specials
Kestrel	Disruptorgun	2	Mark I Torp ×5, Mine ×30
Falcon	Disruptorgun, Pulse Laser	4	Mark II Torp ×5, Phoenix I Msl ×5, Mine ×30
Hawk	Disruptorgun, Minigun	4	Mark I Torp ×10, Phoenix I Msl ×5, Mine ×30
Gyrfalcon	Plasmagun, Minigun	4	Mark II Torp ×10, Phoenix II Msl ×10, Striker Msl ×5, Mine ×30
Landing Ship	Plasmagun, Railgun	4	Mark III Torp ×15, Phoenix I Msl ×4, Striker Msl ×30, Avenger Nuke ×3, Mine ×30

Dominion loadouts

Ship	Guns	Mounts	Specials
Chariotship	Tankergun	2	Space Wasp ×5, Mine ×30
Warriorship	Tankergun, Rockgun	4	Space Wasp ×10, Mine ×30
Hoppership	Plasmagun, Rockgun	4	Space Wasp ×15, Mine ×30
Plasmaship	Plasmagun, Tankergun	4	Space Wasp ×20, Plasma Msl ×5, Mine ×30
Tankership	Plasmagun	4	Space Wasp ×25, Plasma Msl ×20, Mine ×30

The Dominion Earth ship selection screen showing a hull with its stats and armament. — The hull selection screen. Stats and armament are shown before you commit.

What each one is for

The light hull — Kestrel / Chariotship

75 hull, 880 top speed, 180 degrees per second. One forward gun and one rear. This is the interceptor: it gets to a fight first, it out-turns everything, and it cannot trade blows with anything heavier. Fly it as a nuisance and a finisher, not a brawler. It is also the best hull to learn in, because the turn rate forgives a bad approach.

The mid hulls — Falcon / Warriorship and Hawk / Hoppership

90 and 100 hull. Both gain side mounts, which is where the game's fire model starts to matter: guns fire in the direction they are mounted, so a target off your left is engaged by cycling to the left gun rather than by turning. The Hawk trades the Falcon's Pulse Lasers for Miniguns and a little more hull for a little less speed.

The heavy — Gyrfalcon / Plasmaship

130 hull, armour 3, and the deepest special loadout of any fighter. This is the strike ship: enough hull to stay in range of a satellite that is shooting back, and enough torpedoes to bring a starbase down. It cannot chase a Kestrel and should not try.

The carrier — Landing Ship / Tankership

150 hull, armour 4, 440 speed, and 1000 warriors. This is the only hull that can take ground, which makes it the most important ship on a capture map and the one everybody shoots at. It also carries the Avenger Nuke, a bombardment warhead that only works against a planet. A carrier without an escort is a delivery for the other side.

Choosing

Pick by the scenario, not by preference. A kill-count match rewards the light and mid hulls. A base match wants the heavy. A planet capture is decided by whether the carriers get through, which means somebody has to fly one and somebody has to protect it.

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