Star Hub

"The Star Hub, a one stop shop for all your galactic traveling needs! You can hire new crew members, purchase weapons or weapon parts and gas up for your next adventure! We have 1846299274927 locations all over the universe!"

The Star Hub, as its name indicates, is the hub planet of each galaxy. The planet itself cannot be explored, but houses four units that sell weapons, ship upgrades, resources, and allow you to manage your crew. The hub is also home to the warp gate, your gateway to the rest of the universe and away from Eclipse.

Upon any arrival at the Star Hub, you receive a fuel top up and hull repairs, free off charge!

Shinies, Blings & Beyond
The orange unit with a blue holographic arrow. Ship upgrades can be bought here. Upgrades stack across galaxies, items not purchased in previous galaxy may subsequently increase in price but also increase in stats/slots/etc.

Upgrades include: * Note: Shields and Charge Capacitors have three options. Purchase of one does not remove the others from store, and multiple purchases will not stack stats but replace the existing, with the previous purchase (of the same level) returning to the store at a lower cost. Prices do decrease for purchases of the same level.
 * Shields (options: Light, Balanced, Heavy, prices vary)*
 * Charge Capacitors (options: Light Balanced, Heavy, prices vary)*
 * Bridge - Increases number of slots and/or weapon max health
 * Crafting Workshop - Increases number of slots and/or chances of instant complete
 * Therapy Facilities - Increases number of beds and/or chances of instant recovery
 * Research Labs - Increases number of slots and/or chances of instant complete
 * Training Facilities - Increases number of slots and/or level boost
 * Etc.

The Trade Depot
The blue unit with holographic wrench. Resources for crafting weapons can be bought and sold here. Prices range.

Resources:
 * 1) Antimatter
 * 2) Plasma
 * 3) Ore
 * 4) Nanofibres
 * 5) Biowaste

The Outfitters Inc.
The red unit with a holographic brick. Weapon parts can be bought and sold here. Constructed weapons cannot be bought, but can be sold.

The number of weapons sold in store, as well as weapon levels, increases as you explore and retrieve parts across the planets and galaxies you encounter.

Stats listed for blueprints are rough guidelines to the final stats a weapon will have. Crew crafting skills and levels will affect final stats. Once crafted, weapons will have different starch values based on their stats: SS > S > A > B > C

T.E.A. Inc.
The green unit with a large holographic potato. Crew members are managed here. Additional crew members can be hired for a fee. Under the Crew Management tab, existing crew members can be fired.

Crew can also be acquired during encounters when exploring planets.

Warp Gate
In campaign mode, the warp-gate is unusable upon first entry into the galaxy, until the galaxy mission is concluded.