Ship booster is a type of ship component. It provides brief bursts of high speed. Good boosters are pitifully easy to come by. Level 2 boosters and level 4 that drop in space are very common and tend to be superior to what a crafter can produce in terms of recharge rate and burn time. Crafted boosters exceed in top speed and acceleration.
Stats and Meanings[]
- Level
Information telling you if you are certed to use the booster. Also, like caps, looted odd boosters tend to be what I call "Buzz Lightyear Tech". Use them to roll for KSE discs and then delete them. The most popular booster is level 2 and 4 looted boosters and the Mark 1 (level 1), Mark 2 (level 3) and Mark 3 (level 5) boosters. Also, at this time POB boosters are not recommended for use because they take the ship to zero speed when they are depleted (very bad when you're trying to run from a trio of high speed Firesprays).
- Armor
Not much and it doesn't matter much.
- Hitpoints
Get damaged when the piece is damaged, the booster will be disabled if its damaged in combat and the hitpoints are gone.
- Reactor Drain
- Lower is better, and it's never that high.
- Mass
If you're really cramped on mass, go for the Mark 1 booster @ around 1kmass.
- Booster Energy
Is depleted by firing the booster at the rate of the "Energy Consumption". When it gets to zero, your booster shuts off and you return to your engine speed.
- Booster Recharge Rate
After the booster is turned off, it begins to recharge its energy by this amount/sec.
- Energy Con. Rate
How fast the boosters burn its energy in energy/sec.
- Acceleration
Self explanatory, but hard to quantify.
- Top Booster Speed
Self Explanatory. The booster speed is also modified by your chassis, just like your engine speed.
- Buying Tips
Unlike other pieces of space loot, finding a decent booster isn't hard. If you haven't looted a level 2 or level 4 booster by the time you've outgrown your prototype booster, then go to the closest bazaar and Ship Component: Booster, sort by price by lowest to highest. You'll find an abundance of level 2 boosters that will be sufficient for just about any situation except hard core pvp. The interesting thing about level 2 and level 4 boosters is that they are all uniformly decent with speeds in the mid 20's, burn times of around 10, recharges above 40. If you fly an interceptor where every last bit of mass is precious, you can get a 1k mass mark 1 crafted booster with a burn time around 10, speed in the lower 30's, and 20ish recharge. Burn time is simply booster energy/consumption, ie energy of 1000, consumption of 100 = burn time of 10.
Booster Names[]
(credit to KaelynRei)
Level 1
Corellian Engineering Corp. TJH-3 Starship Boosters
Gallofree Light Starship Boosters
Incom Intimidator Mark I Booster
Incom NKJ-31 Starship Boosters
Koensayr EVH-12 Starship Boosters
Kuat Drive Yards Mark I Military Grade Boosters
Kuat Systems Engineering CB-6 Boosters
MandalMotors JBJ Mark I Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari JLC-37 Starship Boosters
Sienar Fleet Systems Imperial-1 Boosters
Slayn and Korpil Mark I Ion-Booster
SoroSuub Mark I Liberator Boosters
SubPro Mark I 'Accelatron' Boosters
Level 2
Corellian Engineering Corp. Experimental TJH-3 Starship Boosters
Cygnus 'Flash-Booster 3' Starship Boosters
FreiTek Inc. Outrunner XI Boosters
Incom Performance NKJ-31 Boosters
Koensayr Special Edition EVH-12 Starship Boosters
Kuat Systems Engineering Performance CB-6 Boosters
MandalMotors Enhanced JBJ Mark I Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Limited Edition JLC-37 Starship Boosters
Qualdex 'X-Boost' Mark I Boosters
Sienar Advanced Projects Imperial-1 Boosters
SoroSuub Prized Mark I Liberator Boosters
SubPro Tuned Mark I 'Accelatron' Boosters
Surronian 'Nomad X-4' Boosters
Level 3
Corellian Engineering Corp. Standard Thrust Enhancer
Cygnus 'Flashboost 4' Boosters
Incom 'Mynock' Starship Boosters
Incom Intimidator Mark II Boosters
Koensayr Standard Booster
Kuat Systems Engineering BTI-1 Boosters
MandalMotors JBJ Mark II Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Standard Boosters
Sienar Advanced Projects Imperial-2 Boosters
Sienar Fleet Systems Imperial-2 Boosters
SoroSuub Mark II Liberator Boosters
SubPro Mark II 'Accelatron' Boosters
Level 4
Corellian Engineering Corp. Promotional Edition Standard Thrust Enhancer
Incom Enhanced 'Mynock' Boosters
Koensayr Improved Standard Booster
Kuat Drive Yard BR-12 Booster
Kuat Drive Yards Mark II Military Grade Boosters
Kuat Systems Engineering Performance BTI-1 Boosters
MandalMotors 'M Series' Booster (Tier 2, Mission 2 Freelance reward component)
MandalMotors Modified JBJ Mark II Boosters
Mon Calamari Deluxe Standard Boosters
Novaldex 'Hypernova' Starship Booster (Tier 2, mission 3 Alliance reward component)
Qualdex 'X-Boost' Mark II Boosters
Republic Sienar Systems Ion Booster
Republic Sienar Systems Special Booster
Sienar Design Systems Enhanced Imperial-2 Boosters
SoroSuub Improved Mark II 'Liberator'
SubPro Enhanced Mark II 'Accelatron' Boosters
Surronian 'Nomad X-8' Boosters
Level 5
Corellian Engineering Corp. Heavy Thrust Enhancer
Incom 'Vynock' Boosters
Incom Intimidator Mark III Boosters
Koensayr 'Racer' Mark I Booster
Koensayr Heavy Booster
Kuat Systems Engineering BTI-2 Boosters
MandalMotors JBJ Mark III Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Heavy Booster
Novaldex 'Pulsar' Booster
Qualdex 'X-Boost' Mark III Boosters
SoroSuub Mark III Liberator Boosters
SubPro Mark III 'Accelatron' Boosters
Level 6
Corellian Engineering Corp. Tuned Heavy Thrust Enhancer
Incom Supercharged 'Vynock' Boosters
Koensayr Modified Heavy Booster
Kuat Systems Engineering Enhanced BTI-2 Boosters
MandalMotors Improved Jbj Mk3
Mon Calamari Charged Heavy Booster
SoroSuub Supercharged Mark III Liberator Boosters
SubPro Deluxe Mark III 'Accelatron' Boosters
Surronian Accelerator Mark I
The 'Nova Breaker' 792-W Booster
Level 7
Corellian Engineering Corp. Advanced Thrust Enhancer
Incom 'Fynock' Boosters
Incom Intimidator Mark IV Boosters
Koensayr 'Racer' Mark II Booster
Koensayr Advanced Booster
Kuat Systems Engineering BTI-3 Boosters
MandalMotors JBJ Mark IV Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Advanced Booster
Novaldex 'Quasar' Booster
Qualdex 'X-Boost' Mark IV Boosters
SoroSuub Mark IV Liberator Boosters
SubPro Mark IV 'Accelatron' Boosters
Level 8
Corellian Engineering Corp. Performance Advanced Thrust Enhancer
Incom Deluxe 'Fynock' Boosters
Koensayr Charged Advanced Booster
Kuat Drive Yards Mark III Military Grade Boosters
Kuat Systems Engineering Deluxe BTI-3 Boosters
MandalMotors 'Q Series' Booster (Tier 4, Mission 1 Freelance reward component)
MandalMotors Deluxe JBJ Mark I Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Rare Advanced Booster
Qualdex 'Halcyon' Starfighter Booster (Tier 4, Mission 3 Alliance reward component)
Sorosuub Enhanced Liberator Mk4
SubPro Modified Mark IV 'Accelatron'
Surronian Accelerator Mark II
Level 9
Corellian Engineering Corp. Elite Thrust Enhancer
Incom SLS-1 Boosters
Koensayr 'Racer' Mark III Booster
Koensayr Elite Booster
Kuat Systems Engineering ALS-1 Booster
MandalMotors JBJ Mark V Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Elite Booster
Novaldex 'Pulsar' Advanced Booster
Sienar Fleet Systems 'Ultra-Thrust' Elite Booster
SoroSuub Mark V Liberator Boosters
SubPro Mark IV 'Accelatron' Boosters
Level 10
Corellian Engineering Corp. Highly Modified Elite Thrust Enhancer
Incom Elite SLS-1 Boosters
Koensayr 'Racer' Mark IV Booster
Koensayr Deluxe Elite Booster
Kuat Drive Yards Mark IV Military Grade Boosters
Kuat Systems Engineering Elite ALS-1
MandalMotors Limited Edition JBJ Mark V Starship Boosters
Mon Calamari Enhanced Elite Booster
Novaldex 'Quasar' Advanced Booster
Sienar Design Systems 'B7 Experimental' Elite Booster
SoroSuub Well Tuned Mark V Liberator Boosters
Subpro Elite Mark V 'Accelatron' Boosters