The FTA Drop-Ship conducts all unit and structure replication for Free Trade Alliance commanders. It is the most valuable ship available and once destroyed it cannot be replaced. Protect it at all costs. FTA Drop-Ships have heavy armor and can withstand a barrage of hits, but it is best to keep it out of harm's way if at all possible. If lost, all unit and structure replication will come to a halt.

	Cost: 0	Build Time: 0s
	Power Output: +100	Tech Req: None
	Allows: FTA Collector	Class: Drop-Ship
	Function: Unit and structure replication	Armor: 3500
	Good For: Building a base and army	Speed: 250kpq
	Counter With: Any offensive unit	Damage Yield: N/A
	Primary Instrument: Replication Buffer	Hover Distance: High
	Secondary Instrument: N/A	Can Deploy: Yes

An FTA Collector is the standard resource collector for the Free Trade Alliance. Collectors carry out the necessary task of gathering resources to fund the army. Although faster than their Globex counterpart, they are defenseless. FTA Collectors can only carry $400 worth of resource per trip, so putting the Drop-Ship next to the closest resource is recommended. Please do note that it takes 15 seconds for the FTA Collector to completely process the resource to the full amount of $400. If your Drop-Ship is too close to the resource, then you won't collect the full amount per trip.

	Cost: 1300	Build Time: 20s
	Power Consumption: 0	Tech Req: Drop-Ship
	Allows: Blade Scout, Turbine	Class: Resource collector
	Function: Resource collection	Armor: 450
	Good Against: Resource pods	Speed: 700kpq
	Counter With: Any offensive unit	Resource Capacity: 400
	Primary Weapon: N/A	Hover Distance: Medium
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

The Blade Scout is a fast scouting ship that can cover ground faster than heavy cruisers. For combat purposes, the Blade Scout is not the best choice. It has low armor and its flak cannon causes minimal damage. However, Blade Scouts are the first available unit and the only choice for defense before a radar has been built. Due to its mobility, it may be able to evade enemy fire for a time and even draw off attackers from more important structures and units. The Blade Scout specializes in shooting down incoming LRM's.

	Cost: 500	Build Time: 15s
	Power Consumption: 0	Tech Req: FTA Collector
	Allows: N/A	Class: Scout
	Function: Light offense and basic air defense	Armor: 150
	Good Against: High flying units and LRM's	Speed: 1400kpq
	Counter With: Offensive units	Damage Yield: 20
	Primary Weapon: Flak cannon	Hover Distance: Low
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

The Interceptor is a medium class offensive unit that can overwhelm enemies when used in clusters. By itself, the Interceptor is not a significant threat. It produces medium damage with its primary weapon and packs slightly more armor than the Blade Scout. However, a group of Interceptors can take down most defenses and wreak havok on an improperly defended base.

	Cost: 800	Build Time: 20s
	Power Consumed: 0	Tech Req: Radar Tower
	Allows: N/A	Class: Tank
	Function: Medium offense	Armor: 200
	Good Against: Low and medium flying units	Speed: 1200kpq
	Counter With: Defense turrets and bombers	Damage Yield: 20 x 2
	Primary Weapon: Twin plasma disruptors	Hover Distance: Low
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

Advocates are a mobile FTA cannon. They are better armored than Interceptors and deliver far supperior damage. A few properly placed Advocates can ensure a base's security against attacks by any low hovering ships. On the down hill side, Advocates cannot target high flying units, allowing enemy Turbine Copters to fly unhindered above.

	Cost: 1200	Build Time: 20s
	Power Consumed: 0	Tech Req: Radar Tower
	Allows: N/A	Class: Defensive Cannon
	Function: Defensive Unit	Armor: 400
	Good Against: Most units and structures	Speed: 450kpq
	Counter With: Bombers and swarms of offensive units	Damage Yield: 60
	Primary Weapon: Plasma cannnon	Hover Distance: Low
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

Da Vinci is a science vessel that can repair damaged units and structures. While it has no attack capabilities, the Da Vinci can prove invaluable if the Drop-Ship and other expensive structures start to take heavy damage. The Da Vinci's burst-based replicator allows it to repair all units and structures within a small proximity, as well as repairing itself if damaged.

	Cost: 1500	Build Time: 20s
	Power Consumption: 0	Tech Req: Radar Tower
	Allows: N/A	Class: Science vessel
	Function: Repairing units and structures	Armor: 500
	Good Against: Units needing repair	Speed: 640kpq
	Counter With: Any offensive unit	Repair Yield: 35bpm
	Primary Instrument: Burst-based replicator	Hover Distance: Medium
	Secondary Instrument: N/A	Can Deploy: Yes

Turbine Copters are a standard high flight bomber class that can inflict severe damage on their targets. Though lightly armored, Turbine Copters drop a high-temperature plasma torpedo that can smash most ground units and inflict heavy damage on structures. The main problem with Turbine Copters is that they require a Copter Station to reload, so they cannot do all of the combat themselves.

	Cost: 1200	Build Time: 20s
	Power Consumed: 0	Tech Req: Copter Station
	Allows: N/A	Class: Bomber
	Function: Bomber	Armor: 150
	Good Against: Low flying units and structures	Speed: 1450kpq when armed
	Counter With: Blade Scouts, Flak Turrets, other Anti-Air Weaponry	Damage Yield: 160
	Primary Weapon: High-temperature plasma torpedo	Hover Distance: High
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

Gamma Cruisers are heavily armored ships that devastate enemy forces by firing plasma torpedoes. The heavy armor of a Gamma Cruiser allows it to take down several enemies before being in any real danger. The high damage inflicted by the Gamma Cruiser's plasma torpedoes can destroy low-armor ships with no prior damage. However, some caution is required when handling these elite ships, as there is always a large amount of money funding them. Gamma Cruisers cannot target high flying units, so they are susceptible to attacks from above.

	Cost: 2200	Build Time: 35s
	Power Consumed: 0	Tech Req: Copter Station
	Allows: N/A	Class: Cruiser
	Function: Heavy offense	Armor: 1000
	Good Against: Low and med. flying units	Speed: 650kpq
	Counter With: Turbine copters and other cruisers	Damage Yield: 75
	Primary Weapon: Plasma torpedo	Hover Distance: High
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

The Hazard Chopper will drop a payload of radioactive explosives that can lay waste to slow moving ground units and structures. It is supperior to its Turbine Copter counterpart for offensive and invasion uses, but pales in comparison for standard base defenses since the debrie it causes will damage all units and structures in the viscinity, including your own.

	Cost: 1600	Build Time: 25s
	Power Consumption: 0	Tech Req: Mammoth Turbine
	Allows: N/A	Class: Bomber
	Function: Advanced Bomber	Armor: 400
	Good Against: Multiple stationary targets	Speed: 1200kpq when loaded
	Counter With: Anti-air weaponry	Damage Yield: 200
	Primary Weapon: Radioactive Explosives	Flight Distance: High
	Secondary Weapon: N/A	Can Deploy: No

BC-45 aka Black Condor is a high flying ship that specializes in reconnaissance missions. Because most of its missions rely on reconnaissance, BC-45 units have been outfitted to detect enemy cloaks. Once BC-45 finds an enemy cloak, it can disable the cloak using its primary weapon. Black Condor's disruptive torpedo can also undeploy any currently deployed enemy ships, including Drop-Ships. Black Condor's high altitude keeps it well away from the attack radius of most enemy units and structures, though it can be attacked by other BC-45's.

	Cost: 2500	Build Time: 40s
	Power Consumption: 0	Tech Req: Cloak
	Allows: N/A	Class: Spy Plane
	Function: Reconnaissance and cloak detection	Armor: 150
	Good Against: Drop-ships, cloaks, stationary units and structures	Speed: 1500kpq
	Counter With: Another BC-45	Damage Yield: 40
	Primary Weapon: Disruptive torpedo	Flight Distance: Very high
	Secondary Weapon: Flak cannon	Can Deploy: No
	Max Quantity: 4