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Chips

The 10 chips in the game: what they do and what they cost.

Chips are permanent abilities you buy once for your ship: you buy a chip one time and fit it to any ship you like; a ship carries only one of each chip. The number of chip slots depends on the ship (the “Utility slots” row on the Ships page).

Chip	Effect	Price	Description
Hold	Cargo capacity ×1.5	150,000 Credits	Repacks the hull from the inside; the cargo bay takes more.
Compressor	Raw materials and loot take ×0.6 of their space in your cargo	400,000 Credits and 1,143 Silicite	Packs raw materials and loot tight; each takes 40% less room in the hold. Can be fitted together with the Hold chip.
Fuse	Rockets fire at your target by themselves whenever they are ready	200,000 Credits and 571 Silicite	Ties a small trigger mind to the launcher; a rocket leaves for the target whenever one is ready.
Reaping	Credits and cargo from Exiles +15%	1,000,000 Credits	Misses no crate or falling remnant; the loot share grows.
Stitch	Armor repairs in combat too (0.4% per second); out-of-combat repair starts after 5 s	600,000 Credits	A small mending mind; the hull slowly closes even mid-fight.
Thrift	25% chance per salvo that no ammo or Antimatter is used	2,000,000 Credits	Weighs every shot; the same fire eats less ammo.
Spyglass	Laser and rocket range +15%	3,000,000 Credits	A targeting mind that picks out the far as well as the near; weapon range grows.
Tempo	Skill and cloak cooldowns ×0.8	4,000,000 Credits	A small rhythm mind that shortens the wait between skills.
Shade	Cloak button: other units and Exiles cannot see you; an enemy ship close by reveals you in 3 s	5,000,000 Credits and 14,300 Silicite	Opens the Silicite coating to the light; the ship fades from radar for a while.
Downpour	Each rocket launcher fires 1 extra rocket per salvo (2 rockets per launcher)	8,000,000 Credits and 22,900 Silicite	Opens one more cell in every launcher's head; each launcher throws two rockets per salvo.