Hello fellas, I'm a returning player (from before pirate systems) and I'm a bit lost about what type of ship has the best stats, when I played the exotic ships were the best by far, but now I see living ships, solar(?) ships, sentinel ships, exotic ships and the usual regular ships (I'm not sure if there are more types).
https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Starship
Basically
Fighter - High Damage Bonus (Vy'keen systems have lots)
Hauler - High Shield Bonus Larger Starting Inventory (Gek Systems)
Explorer - Improved Warp Distance and Lower Launch Cost (Korvax Systems)
Solar - Sails recharge launch thrusters and improve pulse performance (Outlaw systems)
Exotic - High Balanced Bonuses always S class (Systems tend to only have one type)
The last two have different versions of the base technologies, the Interceptor can use standard upgrades
Interceptor - Sentinel Tech Low Launch Cost (Crashed on Dissonant Planets)
Living Ship - Living Technology (Do the Egg Quest - Buy Void Egg from Quicksilver vendor and pulse with egg in inventory)
The sentinel interceptor is the only ship that can hover while on a planet.
That by itself is a reason for me to get one