The Xi'an aren't the only aliens with ships worth your money. Alien Week also opens the doors to Banu and Tevarin manufacturers — and some of these vessels are genuinely irreplaceable in their categories.
Banu Souli: Built by Traders, for the Long Haul
The Banu don't think about ships the way Humans do. A Banu vessel isn't a military asset or a corporate investment — it's a home, a marketplace, and a legacy asset designed to survive for generations. The Banu Souli system means each ship is governed by its own guild structure. When you buy a Banu ship, you're buying into a tradition of commerce that predates Human spaceflight by millennia.
Banu Defender — The Crab That Fights Back
$220 | Light Fighter | 1 Crew | Banu Souli
Four Size 3 weapons including the iconic Singe tachyon cannons. Shield capacity exceptional for its class. And the feature no other fighter offers: a full interior with bed, weapon rack, and armory. The Defender operates independently for extended periods — log out in it, rearm from it, live out of it. The crab-like silhouette with articulated arms makes it instantly recognizable. At $220, it's one of the most valuable LTI tokens in the CCU game.
Banu Merchantman — The Flying Bazaar
Capital Trading | 4-8 Crew | Banu Souli
A capital-class trading vessel with an interior marketplace designed for other players to visit. Negotiation rooms. Display areas. A cathedral dedicated to commerce. Not flight-ready at Alien Week 2026, but buying now locks in pricing before the inevitable increase. The Merchantman at its original concept price of $250 remains legendary in CCU trading circles.
Esperia: Flying the Enemy's Ships
Esperia builds functional replicas of alien warships — Tevarin designs and captured Vanduul vessels — reverse-engineered for Human pilots. Every Esperia ship carries the weight of the conflicts that produced them.
Esperia Prowler — The Boarding Bird
$440 | Dropship | 2 Crew + 16 Marines | Esperia
Tevarin boarding craft recreated from designs captured during the Tevarin Wars. Grav-lev plates along the hull — technology that let Tevarin boarding parties cling to enemy hulls before breaching. Sixteen marine seats. Stealth-focused signature. The Prowler Utility variant added practical versatility. For org leaders running boarding operations, nothing else looks or performs like it.
Esperia Talon / Talon Shrike — The Birds of Prey
$115 each | Light Fighter | 1 Crew | Esperia
Tevarin fighter design in its purest form. Swept wings. Bubble canopy with exceptional visibility. Standard Talon: two Size 4 weapons. Shrike: twenty-four Size 3 missiles — a one-pass deletion machine against larger targets. Both are glass cannons. The Tevarin philosophy: hit first, hit hard, don't get hit back. A skilled Talon pilot is nearly untouchable. A careless one is gone before they know what happened. The most honest ship in the alien catalog.
Esperia Blade / Glaive — Vanduul Ghosts
$275 / $350 | Light / Medium Fighter | 1 Crew | Esperia
Vanduul fighters reverse-engineered from combat wrecks. The Blade: fast, angular, terrifying. The Glaive: heavier variant with the iconic ramming blade on the wing. Both are collector's items as much as combat ships — captured Vanduul technology remains one of the most restricted categories of military hardware in the UEE. Owning one means owning a piece of living history from a war humanity is still fighting.
Banu ships reward patience and planning. Tevarin ships reward aggression and precision. Vanduul replicas reward audacity. Alien Week is the only time all of them are available at once.
