Escape Pod

Obsolete! This article is about something now obsolete that is no longer present in Space Engineers. The page stays on the Wiki for historic purposes.

The Escape Pod used to be available as pre-built respawn ship. It was replaced by the Drop Pod.

Should I choose it?

Stripped of all key equipment, an Engineer will be in a major dilemma when selecting this vessel. The Escape pod should be chosen only as a near last resort. If the Cargo Ships and Encounters are disabled in the world settings, it will not be possible to continue or progress the game.

Further hindering its utility, the Escape pod has no assembler, and no refinery. Instead of the usual base equipment the Engineer start out with. Surviving with the Escape pod is a big problem in itself, because it forces the pilot to either live off the charity of others, scavenge when what has been abandoned, or to turn to piracy in order to survive.

The damaged Escape pod was designed before the introduction of Planets to Space Engineers and therefore was not designed for planetary re-entry. Given that the Escape pod uses Small Ion Thrusters for propulsion its mass and force are not enough to survive the impact of a planetary landing. This version of the escape pod was meant to drift along in deep space until help has arrived. For newer Engineers it is highly recommended to select either Respawn_Ship_(Rescue_Ship) or Respawn Ship 3 for their first expedition on a server.

Specifications

• Blocks: 174
• Non-armor blocks: 47
• Conveyors: 15
• Thrusters: 6
• Lights: 0
• Spotlights: 0
• Gravity Generators: 0
• Artificial Masses: 0
• Triangles: 147,189
• Grid Mass: 12,047 Kg
• Physical shapes: 119/65536

Equipment

• 1x  Cockpit (Small grid)
• 2x  Gyroscopes
• 1x  Landing Gear
• 1x  Large Ion Thruster (Small grid)
• 6x  Small Reactors (8 Kg of  Uranium Ingots)
• 5x  Small Ion Thrusters

Inventory

• 10x  Computers
• 10x  Construction Components
• 1,480 kg  Ice
• 5x  Large Steel Tubes
• 10x  Metal Grids
• 10x  Motors
• 3x  Oxygen Bottles
• 50x  Steel Plates
• 10x  Small Steel Tubes
• 8kg  Uranium Ingots

Other former respawn options

1. Respawn_Ship_(Rescue_Ship)
2. Respawn Ship 2
3. Respawn Ship 3
4. Small drill ship
5. Escape Pod (this page)
6. Space Suit
7. Atmospheric_Lander_mk.1
   1. Location Earth a.k.a PlanetaryLander
   2. Location Mars a.k.a. Mars Planet Lander
   3. Location Alien Planet a.k.a. Alien Planet Lander