The Rock Cruiser

"Prove yourself to the rockmen to earn this powerful cruiser."

Layout A

"Similar to its designers, this super dense behemoth uses brute force to overwhelm its foes."

• Default name: Bulwark
• Starting Crew: 3 Rockmen
• Starting Reactor: 8
• Starting Systems:
  • Piloting (1)
  • Doors (1)
  • Sensors (1)
  • Medbay (1)
  • Oxygen (1)
  • Shields (2)
  • Engines (2)
  • Weapons (3)
• Starting Weapons:
  • Artemis Missiles
  • Hull Missile
• Starting Augmentation:
  • Rock Plating
• Starting Resources:
  • 16 Fuel
  • 28 Missiles
  • 0 Drone parts
• Slots: 4 Weapon, 2 Drone (requires system)
• Total Scrap Cost (Including Resources): 1016
• Total Scrap Cost (Not Including Resources): 844

Unlock
See the Rock war vessel encounter.
Alternatively, defeat The Rebel Flagship with the Slug cruiser.

Layout B

"With no airlocks, this ship must rely entirely on its rock crew to put out fires."

• Default name: Shivan
• Starting Crew: 4 Rockmen
• Starting Reactor: 8
• Starting Systems:
  • Piloting (1)
  • Sensors (1)
  • Medbay (1)
  • Oxygen (2)
  • Shields (2)
  • Engines (2)
  • Weapons (3)
• Starting Weapons:
  • Heavy Pierce Laser Mk. I
  • Fire Bomb
• Starting Augmentation:
  • Rock Plating
• Starting Resources:
  • 16 Fuel
  • 18 Missiles
  • 0 Drone parts
• Slots: 4 Weapon, 2 Drone (requires system)
• Total Scrap Cost (Including Resources): 978
• Total Scrap Cost (Not Including Resources): 870

The Shivan starts without a Door System, requiring 60 scrap to buy it. It is the only ship which does not have airlocks, preventing any sections from being vented to space except via a hull breach or with Lanius crew.

Unlock
Earning two of the three Rock Cruiser achievements will unlock Layout B.

Layout C

"Contact has been made with the Crystalline race and this cruiser was offered to the Federation as part of diplomatic discussions between the sister species."

• Default name: Tektite
• Starting Crew: 2 Rockmen, 1 Crystal
• Starting Reactor: 8
• Starting Systems:
  • Piloting (1)
  • Doors (1)
  • Sensors (1)
  • Clone Bay (1)
  • Oxygen (1)
  • Shields (2)
  • Engines (2)
  • Weapons (3)
• Starting Weapons:
  • Swarm Missiles
  • Heavy Crystal Mark I
• Starting Augmentation:
  • Rock Plating
• Starting Resources:
  • 16 Fuel
  • 15 Missiles
  • 0 Drone parts
• Slots: 4 Weapon, 2 Drone (requires system)
• Total Scrap Cost (Including Resources): 925
• Total Scrap Cost (Not Including Resources): 835

Unlock
Reaching sector 8 with the Rock Cruiser B with Advanced Mode enabled will unlock layout C.

Achievements

• Is it warm in here? - Have your crew kill a burning enemy on their ship while using the Rock Cruiser.
• Defense Drones Don't Do D'anything! - While using the Rock Cruiser, destroy an enemy ship which has a defense drone deployed using only missiles.
• Ancestry - Find the secret sector with the Rock Cruiser.

Trivia

• The name Bulwark is a type of defensive wall, a reference to the Rockman culture of strength.
• The name Shivan combined with the color scheme of Layout B is a reference to an alien race of the same name in the game Descent: Freespace.
• The name Tektite refers to a type of naturally-formed glass that results from meteorite impacts.