Escape Pod
An escape pod is your friend in time of need. If your shields go down to zero and you have an escape pod (sold in most AI stations) you will be ejected in a pod. If you equipped the right Gear Glue you won't even lose any items. If you haven't equipped Gear Glue you may lose some things. Equipped shields, engines and energy generators will never be dropped, although equipped weapons can fall out of your ship when you die.
An Escape Pod also prevents you from being ejected from your ship as a Spirit upon death, which means you won't lose any money and you won't get into Death Debt.
Unfortunately your Escape Pod can be destroyed. If you are fighting AIs you don't have to worry about it, as they will never target your pod. If you fight players, you have to look out, they might destroy your pod causing your Spirit to be ejected after your pod's shields reach zero.
There are many types of escape pods that aren't sold in AI stations (e.g. Slave Mastery Pod or Rasputin Pod). They all have their own specialities, a few have more shields, others have more top speed, etc.
| Name | Tech | Size | Speed | Shields | Turning | Weight | Cost/Source | Comments | Description |
| Escape Pod | 0 | 2 | 65-45 | 200 | 200 | 3000 | 2,000 | _ | for timely getaways in times of crisis |
| Nexus Pod | 1 | 2 | 65-35 | 225 | 200 | 3000 | Nexus Drop | _ | For timeley getaways in times of crisis |
| Escape Pod II | 3 | 2 | 75-32 | 300 | 220 | 2500 | 8,000 | _ | crucial getaway vehicle |
| Slimebottle's Pod | 3 | 1 | 87-51 | 600 | 260 | 3000 | Mission Reward | _ | Slip and slide your way out |
| Escape Pod III | 6 | 1 | 85-42 | 500 | 240 | 2000 | 80,000 | _ | nice try, buster |
| Rasputin Escape Pod | 7 | 1 | 80-40 | 1500 | 200 | 4000 | Nihilite -- 1,500,000 Credits | _ | you just can't seem to finish me off |
| Escape Pod IV | 9 | 1 | 85-49 | 800 | 220 | 2000 | 300,000 | _ | nice try, buster |
| Gulag Pod | 9 | 1 | 120-80 | 1500 | 200 | 8000 | DG drop | _ | Escape... or perish. |
| Alcatraz Pod | 14 | 2 | 90-50 | 2500 | 200 | 8000 | Nihilite -- 2,000,000 Credits | _ | they said escape was impossible... |
| Beserker Pod | 15 | 1 | 90-60 | 4000 | 200 | 8000 | DG drop | Requires 15 in Berserker Class | My ship failed me! |
| Fighter Ace Pod | 15 | 1 | 120-100 | 2000 | 350 | 8000 | DG drop | Requires 15 in Recon Focus | Will it be enough to avoid all these explosion? Probably not! |
| Merchant Pod | 15 | 1 | 110-110 | 2000 | 250 | 8000 | DG drop | Requires 15 in Merchant Fleet Master | Even Speed. |
| Slave Master Pod | 15 | 1 | 150-200 | 2000 | 150 | 8000 | DG drop | Requires 15 in Fleet Commander | A slow descent to no speed! |
| Station Master Pod | 15 | 1 | 150-110 | 3000 | 250 | 8000 | DG drop | Works in stations Require 15 in Station Mastery |
Everyone to their escape pod, the house is on fire |
| Zombie Pod | 16 | 10 | 70-40 | 10000 | 300 | 8000 | Halloween drop | _ | Wost case, you get stuck eating brains for all eternity! |
| Drone Master Pod | 20 | 2 | 150-125 | 5000 | 400 | 4000 | Uber Drop | Requires 20 in Drone Mastery, Improves: Hull Space +2% | Escaping safe is the motto. |
| Sniper Pod | 20 | 2 | 149-125 | 6000 | 400 | 4000 | Uber Drop | Requires 20 in Sniper Class, Improves: Tracking +3% | Escaping safe is the motto. |
