*A lightning mine is very dangerous and can kill ships who decide to hang around it. The lightning mine is equipped with a large battery and much more sophisticated sensors than the other mines. The sensors are able to determine wether or not ships within range are hostile. The lightning mine utilizes a weapon that causes pure energy to arch from itself to an enemy ship which causes 1000 damage per second and will keep firing until the ship is not within range, the mine is destroyed, or the mine's energy is depleted and self-destructs. So, anywho, onto the prey!
===Atlas===
First, we have the [[Ships:Atlas|Atlas]], this is the first transport class ship that players get access to. The main variant can contain ++ 32 cargo and other variants can hold up to ++38. The atlas is outfitted with one small weapon port and one large weapon port. There really is not much to say about the Atlas except that it is a low level trading vessel and fairly easy prey, there are much better space fish in the universe.
===Centaur===
The next ship is the [[Ships:Centaur|Centaur]], this transport vessel can hold ++ units of cargo and the other variants can hold up to ++ units of cargo. The Centaur is constructed with one small port and two large ports, allowing it to launch two mines at once. A popular configuration with transport vessels that have two or more large weapon ports is to launch a concussion mine to get you disorientated and to launch swarmer missiles. Swarmer missiles are a type of missile that carry a small payload individually, but the launcher launches 8 missiles per round. This increases the chance of a missile hitting you, if all missiles hit you it can cause large amounts of damage.