such as the Repair Droids, Reactors for the player's ship, energy shields and hull upgrades, weapons such as lasers and missiles, maneuverability enhancers (like mult jet turn enhancers which increase the ship’s turning rate), and miscellaneous upgrades such as adding extra cargo space, fuel, cloaking devices (which make the ship invisible visually and undetectable by radar/sensors) and ECM systems (anti-missile countermeasures). Every spacecraft can only carry a limited amount of upgrades, as they all have a maximum upgrade capacity. Spacecraft Vega Strike contains a wide array of spacecraft that are sold by each race, and by various factions within each race. Vessels vary in purpose from multipurpose civilian craft such as the Plowshare medium-size cargo shuttle to high-performance fighter/assault craft such as the Ariston. Cargo haulers, bombers, and even capital ships are at the player's disposal. The player starts with the Llama class light cargo shuttle, along with some basic upgrades, and later has the option to buy multiple ships. Reception In 2005 an O'Reilly article on "Open Source Mac Gaming" recommended Vega Strike. In 2008 a Full Circle magazine review named Vega Strike among a list of "Top 5 space games". See also Pioneer List of open source games List of space flight simulation games References External links The official Vega Strike website Open Source Mac Gaming by Robert Daeley on O'Reilly Media, Inc. (2005) 2005 video games IRIX games Linux games Open-source video games MacOS games Python (programming language)-scripted video games Space massively multiplayer online role-playing games Space trading and combat simulators Windows games