Editing Spaceship (section)

=== Things you might want on a spaceship ===
* '''Landing Gear''': If you want to land on a planet's surface, you need gear to do so. Otherwise you're going to need shuttles or space stations to disembark your cargo and passengers. For terrestrial planets (akin to Terra, Mars, or Mercury), you'll need a robust hydraulics and spring-based system to cushion the impact while gaseous planets (like the Gas giants and Venus' cloud layers) may require an balloon inflation system or sophisticated docking system to latch onto colonies. All will require a lot of robust and reliable sensors to ensure you don't crash and burn.
*'''Weapon Systems''': In the event that your ship is attacked by pirates/hostile aliens/spaceborn predators, you'll need something to defend yourself. That's assuming of course that such threats are present along your route; space is mostly empty after all, and if you're just making a jump from safe harbor to safe harbor it may not be so necessary. These can range from simple point-defense turrets, to various energy weapons and missile pods, to so-called "spinal guns" that are basically massive ballistic weapons that make up part of the ship's superstructure.