Impulse Engine

s are a type of starship equipment that increase a starship's normal flight speed, turn rate, and full impulse speed.

There are three basic types of Impulse Engines in the game: All special Engines are variants of these three types.
 * are balanced in terms of efficiency, speed, and maneuverability.
 * are efficient at low power levels.
 * are efficient at high power levels.

Special Impulse Engines
Numbers taken from a level 60 character with no skill points spent, no traits slotted, no equipment but the shield, 50 shield power, and no specializations affecting item stats.

Fleet Engines
Main article: Fleet Engines

Reputation Engines
The following are reputation set engines. Note that flight speed and full impulse scale with Mark level; the stats below are for Mk XII items. Mk XIII adds +1.5 Flight Speed, just like a [Spd] modifier. Full impulse boosts (both innate and from mods) add 16.5 at Mk XII and 19.5 at Mk XIII. Stats using an X multiplier also scale as the item increases in Mark level, shown in the table above.

Mission and Crafted Engines
Stats given for Mk XII items, as above.