Capital ships are large ships with heavy firepower and defenses. They can carry an impressive number of guns and DP, but it is relatively expensive to add engines, scanners, and racks to a capital ship.
 
Basic configuration:
 

• Guns: 35
• DP: 40
• Engines: 2
• Scan: 1
• Racks: 2
• Tonnage: 30
• Cost: 28

 
 
Additional component cost:
 

• Guns: exp(guns/15)
• DP: exp(DP/15)
• Engines: exp(engines/1.5)
• Scan: exp(scan/1.5)
• Racks: exp(racks/1.5)

 
 
 
 
Additional component tonnage:

• Guns: exp(guns/20)
• DP: exp(DP/20)
• Engines: exp(engines/5)
• Scan: exp(scan/5)
• Racks: exp(racks/2)