If you need to design a ship from scratch rather than modify an existing ship, simply start with one of the following stock ships. Each stock ship has a cost and basic description for a generic, no-frills version of a vehicle of that size.  To improve the design, use the vehicle modification rules to add and improve the systems and abilities you need.  A lone character can’t design a starship from scratch without the Starship Designer feat, and even then normally needs the aid of a shipyard to build one.

Once you have determined all the systems you want to add to your stock ship, you can determine its Initiative, Perception, base attack, grapple, attacks, damage threshold, and fighting space using the standard rules for these values.  Remember to select to crew a quality when determining these values (if needed).

SHIP DEFAULTS BY POWER

CALENGIL DOMINION:
Artificial Gravity: No
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Sublight Drives: Fusion Torch
Shields: SR Rating 5 lower than normal for the component (minimum 0)
Damage Reduction: 5 higher than normal for the stock ship type
Armor: 3 higher than normal for the stock ship type
Other: Cockpit Ejection System accessories are treated as non-standard modifications.

CHRYSOARI PROTECTORATE:
Artificial Gravity: Yes
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Shields: Always Chrysoari Energy
Sublight Drives: Gravitic Drive

DEEP ONES MINING UNION:
Artificial Gravity: If the ship is constructed for Deep Ones, no – the ship is water-filled. If the ship is constructed for a non-aquatic species, then it will have an artificial gravity generator installed under license from the Chrysoari. This generator provides a tunable artificial gravity field ranging from 0.5 G to 2 G. However, this generator costs 2,000 x Ships Cost Modifier in Chrysoari Protectorate Credits.
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Sublight Drives: Varies, but functions at 1 square lower than the speed purchased. Deep Ones vessels have considerable bulk due to the fact that they are designed to resist crushing deep-ocean pressures.
Damage Reduction: 10 higher than normal for the stock ship type
Armor: 3 higher than normal for the stock ship type
Hit Points: Deep Ones vessels gain bonus hit points equal to 10 x the vehicle’s Cost Modifier
Ability Scores: +2 STR, -2 DEX
Free Accessories: Amphibious Seals (with +50% bonus to swim speed)

DEVOUT PEOPLE OF THE FOST:
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive

THE GLORIOUS IMPERIUM:
Artificial Gravity: Yes, via an artificial gravity generator installed under license from the Chrysoari. This generator provides a tunable artificial gravity field ranging from 0.5 G to 2 G. However, this generator costs 2,000 x Ships Cost Modifier in Chrysoari Protectorate Credits.
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Free Accessories: Amphibious Seals

JOLKOAR EMPIRE:
Artificial Gravity: Yes
FTL Drives: Dirac Waverider
Sublight Drives: Gravitic Drive

PROXIMAN SUZERAINTY:
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Sublight Drives: Ion Engine
Free Accessories: Reinforced Keel

RISANTHA SPIRITLANDS:
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Sublight Drives: Fusion Torch
Damage Reduction: 5 higher than normal for the stock ship type
Armor: 5 higher than normal for the stock ship type
Ability Scores: -2 INT

SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM:

TERRAN ALLIANCE:
Artificial Gravity: Yes (by default for vehicles larger than Gargantuan), can be added to Gargantuan vehicles at a cost of 6,000 Terran Alliance Credits.
FTL Drives: Higgs Drive
Sublight Drives: Stover Drive

TEUTHIDOID PEOPLES:
Artificial Gravity: If the ship is constructed for Teuthidoids, no – the ship is water-filled. If the ship is constructed for a non-aquatic species, then it will have a Higgs Field artificial gravity generator installed under license from the Terran Alliance. This generator provides a tunable artificial gravity field ranging from 0.4 G to 1.2 G. However, this generator costs 2,000 x Ships Cost Modifier in Terran Alliance Credits.
FTL Drives: Higgs Drive (Uncommon)
Sublight Drives: Biological Engine
Free Accessories: Living Ship, Self-Aware, Teuthidoid Adaptive Armor
Required Accessories: Unless the vehicle is being constructed for use specifically in a radiation-shielded environment (i.e. underwater), the vehicle must have a shield rating of at least 5.

UNITED LISSONIAN TREEHOLDS:
Artificial Gravity: Yes (for ships larger than Gargantuan)
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Sublight Drives: Ion Engine and Solar Sail

THE UNITY:
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive

XLYAT’TA’ACR UNIFIED COOPERATIVE:
FTL Drives: Flux Space Drive
Sublight Drives: Fusion Torch

STOCK SHIP TYPES

CLASS	SIZE	STR	DEX	INT	SPEED (Character/Starship)	HP	DR	Armor	Cost	Crew	Passengers	Cargo	Consumables	Emplacement Points
Light Fighter	Huge	34	20	14	16/5	60	10	+3	30,000	1	0	50 kg	2 days	2
Interceptor	Huge	38	24	14	16/6	90	10	+3	100,000	1	0	50 kg	2 days	5
Superiority Fighter	Huge	42	22	14	16/4 (2,500 km/h)	120	10	+7	50,000	1	0	50 kg	2 days	5
Bomber	Huge	46	18	14	16/3	150	10	+12	50,000	2	0	50 kg	2 days	10
Light Freighter	Colossal	42	10	12	12/2 (750 km/h)	120	15	+12	20,000	2	6	100 tons	2 months	5
Heavy Shuttle	Colossal	46	14	14	12/3 (1,200 km/h)	120	15	+12	50,000	4	8	20 tons	1 month	5
Swift Assault Craft (SAC)	Colossal	50	14	16	12/3 (1,250 km/h)	150	15	+12	200,000	4	4	5 tons	1 month	20
Heavy Freighter	Colossal (Frigate)	106	10	12	-/1	400	15	+12	500,000	10	10	100,000 tons	6 months	5
Frigate	Colossal (Frigate)	114	16	16	-/3	800	15	+12	2,000,000	30	10	5,000 tons	1 year	50
Destroyer	Colossal (Frigate)	116	16	16	-/2	1,100	20	+13	5,000,000	60	20	7,500 tons	1 year	75
Cruiser	Colossal (Cruiser)	118	14	16	-/2	1,500	20	+14	10,000,000	400	30	10,000 tons	2 years	100
Battlecruiser	Colossal (Cruiser)	124	12	18	-/2	2,000	20	+16	20,000,000	800	100	20,000 tons	2 years	200
Carrier	Colossal (Cruiser)	128	10	16	-/1	2,000	20	+14	20,000,000	500	400	40,000 tons	2 years	200

Class: This is a general summary of the type of basic chassis you are starting with.

Size: This is the size of the vehicle.

STR/DEX/INT: These are the ability scores for the vehicle.

Speed: This is the speed of the vehicle in both character-scale movement and starship scale movement. Vehicles above Colossal size will not have speeds listed for character-scale movement. Vehicles capable of atmospheric flight by default will have a maximum atmospheric speed in parentheses after the two numbers – this number represents the maximum crusing speed for atmospheric flight for the vehicle, not the peak velocity it can reach in an atmosphere (which is usually escape velocity or orbital velocity).

HP: This is the amount of hit points the vehicle has.

DR: This is the damage reduction that the vehicle has.

Armor: This is the vehicle’s armor bonus to Reflex defense.

Cost: This is the amount of base credits that it costs for the chassis. The currency used is whatever the primary currency is at the shipyard you are constructing the vehicle at.

Crew: This is the amount of crew it takes for the vehicle to operate at normal efficiency. Vehicles can sometimes be operated with less crew.

Passengers: This is the amount of passengers the vehicle can carry. Unless a luxury upgrade is purchased, this is either spartan accomodations or seating only, depending on the size of the vehicle.

Cargo: This is the cargo capacity of the vehicle, which can be used to store cargo or traded in for more emplacement points (see Vehicle Modification)

Consumables: This is the amount of time that the vehicle can remain active before refeuling.

Emplacement Points: This is the amount of unused emplacement points that the vehicle starts out with. If you worsen a stock ship’s starting value in a category by 25%, you gain a number of emplacement points equal 10% of the ship’s stock emplacement points (or twice that many if you worsen it by 50%).  For the purpose of the crew required to operate a starship, worsening means increasing the crew required (by 25% or 50%).  Any emplacement points gained in this may must be kept as spares to purchase additional cargo space, addition tons of cargo capacity equal to the starship’s cost modifier for each emplacement point spent.