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Escape Velocity Nova

Unlockables

Government Ships

All these are done via missions. This does not include capturing the ship, but making available in shipyards.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Auroran Cruiser, Carrier	Become Heraan Thurokiir
Auroran Firebird, Phoenix, Abomination	Become a warrior of the Heraan House
Auroran Thunderforge	Complete 2nd Auroran offshoot, wait about 30 gamedays
Fed Destroyer, Carrier	Become the Fed Ambassador
Fed Scout Ship	Complete the Fed weapon runs
Fed Viper, Andaconda, Patrol Boat	Complete the Fed secure prisoner missions
Pegasus, Starliner, Leviathan	Complete first Sigma Mission, do not fail 2nd or 3rd
Polaris Arachnid, Scarab	Complete 2/3 Polaris Missions
Polaris Manta, Striker, Dragon	Complete first few Polaris missions
Polaris Raven	Complete almost all the Polaris Missions, probably about 5 missions left at this point
Polaris Zephyr	Finish either Track A or B Polaris missions (you are not notified of it's development in Track A)
R.A.G.E. Gunboat	Complete 6th Gli-Tech-Nia mission (Fed storyline only)
Rebel Dragon, Destroyer, IDA Frigate	Complete most Rebel missions (about 2/3)
Rebel Viper, Lightning, Thunderhead, Valkrye, Starbridge	Become Ory-Hara
Unrelenting	Complete 2/3 Pirate missions
Vell-os Arrow	Become a T2
Vell-os Dart	Become a T3
Vell-os Javelin	Become a T1

Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.

Outfits, Weapons

All are unlocked by doing missions. This does not include getting them by capturing ships, but by making them available in the outfitters.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Bio-Relay Laser, Fusion Reactor, Polaris Jammer, Wrathii	Complete 1/3 Polaris Missions
Capacitor Pulse Laser, Spun Diamond, Shield Organele, Organic Shields, Manta Bay, Anti-Matter Reactor, Nilk'emorya Jammer, Polaron Torpedos	Complete 2/3 Polaris missions
Cloaking Organ 1.1	Wait 180 game days after Cloaking Organ is unlocked in Track B
Etheric Wake Missle	Complete 3rd Gli-Tech-Nia Mission
Fire While Cloaked Wrathii, Polaron Torps, Tunneling Organ, Multi-Jump Organ	Unlocked at various points in 2nd Polaris offshoot
Fusion Pulse Battery, Auroran Radar and IR Jammers, 100mm Turreted Rail Gun, Firebird and Phoenix Bays, Disabling Radar missles and Fusion weapons	Complette 2/3 Auroran Missions
Heavy Blaster Turret, Titanium Lattice, Quad Light Blaster Turret, Shield Buffer, Shield Recharger, Legal Ion Cannons, Fed Viper and Andaconda Bays	Comeplete 2/3 Fed Missions
Ionization Dampener, Repair Droids, Overdrive, Aullival Sutherland Dampener	Unlocked at various stages in Pirate offshoot
Moash IFF Projecotor, Federation IFF Projector, Transmission Jammer	Complete 1st Auroran offshoot
Polaris Cloaking Organ	Complete Track A or B Polaris Missions (not notified in Track A)
Polaron Cannon	Complete 2nd Gli-Tech-Nia mission OR earn in Pirate offshoot
Polaron Multi-Torpedos	Unlock the Raven
Real Thorium Reactor, Fed Cloak, Fed Radar and IR Jammers	Complete 2/3 Fed Missions
Rebel Viper Bay, Illegal Quad Light and Heavy Blaster Turrets, Rebel Wrathii, Rebel Cloak, Rebel Bio-Relay Laser, Rebel Radar and IR Jammers	Complete 2/3 Rebel Missions
Sigma Mass Addition, Mount Reinforcement, Engine Tune-up, Eletrical Rewriring, Mass Expansion	Complete 1st Sigma Mission, do not fail 2nd or 3rd
Telekinetic Boost, Hostility Sense, Distraction Sense, T6-0 Strength Levels, Flower of Spring, Summer Bloom, Autumn Petal, Create Dart, Winter Tempest	First few, become a T4. Flower is T3, Bloom is T2, Petal and Darts are T1, Tempest is T0. Strength Levels correspond with the T Ranks.
Wrathii (Federation)	Complete 5th Gli-Tech-Nia Mission

Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.

Ranks

Most ranks are unlocked through missions. Most are permanent, others can be lost.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Cunjo Hunter	25% to get when you go Cunjo Hunting
Director of the Bureau of Internal Investigations	Complete Federation storyline
Federation Ambassador	Complete 2/3 Fed Missions
Federation Naval Commander	Comepete 1/3 Fed Missions
First Thurokiir of the Auroran Empire	Lead the Heraan House to becoming the First Family
Have Hypergate Access	Start the 3rd Sigma Mission OR become Ory-Hara
Heraan Thurokiir	Win the disabling duel against the other pack members
Kar'Hallarn, Leader of the Pack	Complete about 1/2 Auroran missions
Knight of the Red Branch	Complete Wild Geese storyline with Michalean alive and McGowan accepting the peace proposal
Member of the Guild of Bounty Hunters	Complete 1st Bounty Hunter mission, rank is very fragile and can be easily lost through many means.
Ory'Hara	Complete 1/3 Polaris Missions
Ory-Hara	Complete 1/3 Rebel missions
Pirate Guild Master	Comeplete 1/2 Pirate Missions
Sworn Enemy of the Wild Geese	Board Eamon Flanaggin's ship (destroying doesn't count), replaces Knight of Red Branch if you have it
T6, T5, T4, T3, T2, T1, T0	Complete Vell-os missions, ranks earned in that order
U.N. Shipping Courier	Complete 1st U.N. mission
Warrior of the Heraan House	Complete the duel for initiation

Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.

Easter Eggs

ATMOS dudes/system
All of the ATMOS crew, as well as several Ambrosia employees, and Matt Burch are in the game as personalities.

After you beat one of the major storylines, there will be 4 new planets in north-western space. These four systems belong to some of the ATMOS developers, and can be found one jump up and one jump to the right of South Manchester
Contributed By: ambrosia.
Blue Zephyr
Sometimes you will come across a Polaris Zephyr named Shade of Blue. He was the beta tester who named the ship he flies. He has extra weapons that the normal Zephyr doesn't have, such as a 200mm Rail Gun. If you capture him, he will stay blue. You can then fly around and impress your friends with your blue Zephyr.
Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.
Read hidden Thank you's from the producers
To read hidden Thank you's from the producers of this game, simply press the ''X'' key on the main menu.
Contributed By: Cool mario 6446.
You Killed Kenny
Create a new pilot with the name 'kenny' (not strict play), and proceed to play the game like normal. Any time you are killed, the status window (on the main menu) shows 'Oh my God! You killed Kenny!'
Contributed By: ambrosia.
Zero Wing Reference
Cats, from the game Zero Wing, appears in Escape Velocity Nova flying a red Leviathan. Hail him and the normal Leviathan picture will be replaced with a picture of him. Send him a greetings and he will respond with his infamous "All your base are belong to us" line. Also, attacking him will cause him to shout "For Great Justice!" He has extra weapons, such as Pirate Viper Bays, which you will have if you capture and use him as your own ship. He won't stay red if captured, however.
Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.

Glitches

Ion Cannons always legal
If you get Ion Cannons by capturing a ship or by purchasing the Manticore, they are always legal, even though they are often found on Pirate vessels and legal ones are supposed to be found only on Federation ships.
Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.
Loop around in systems
If you fly far enough in one direction without entering hyperspace, you'll eventually appear on the other side of the system you are currently in. Hostile ships, auto-pilot and escorts will act as though you were still on the side you were initially on. This is useful landing on blockaded planets.
Contributed By: TwilightPhoenix.

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