Sentinel Interceptor Ship Parts Glossary

This glossary explains the naming conventions for Sentinel Interceptor ships in No Man’s Sky. Each name refers to a specific part of the ship’s design. Use this as a reference when browsing or searching for ships.

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Chin

  • Grill – angular front with a grille-like design
  • Block – solid rectangular chin
  • Stolas – wide with vertical plates
  • Clipper – long sharp extension
  • Fang – pointed, fang-like structure
  • Riot – aggressive, split lower design
  • Winch – mechanical, bulky chin
  • Venom – spiked and menacing shape
  • Jowls – rounded, thick jaw-like design

Top Wing

  • Mandible – insect-like, forward extensions
  • Horn – curved upward shape
  • Inverted (Sabre) – thin, angled downward
  • Canted (Sabre) – angled outward
  • Pincer – crab-like dual extensions
  • Sabre – sleek, sword-like wing
  • Booster – small thruster piece
  • Fin – simple thin fin
  • Pod Fin – rounded fin with pod shape
  • Antenna – thin, stick-like extension
  • Canopy – covers the top
  • Notch – cut-out indentation
  • Lance – long and sharp wing
  • Prong – forked extension
  • Locust – insect-style piece
  • Beetle – wide, bug-like shape
  • Matrix / Wasp / Hornet – modular insectoid extensions

Bottom Wing

  • Inverted (Sabre) – downward angled blade
  • Canted (Sabre) – outward angled blade
  • Horn – curved downward tip
  • Pincer – forked under-extensions
  • Sabre – thin sword-like underwing
  • Booster – small thruster under part
  • Fin – basic thin fin under
  • Pod Fin – rounded pod-like fin
  • Notch – indentation detail
  • Carriage – structural underside piece
  • Lance – long sharp underwing
  • Prong – forked under structure
  • Locust – insect-inspired bottom piece
  • Beetle – wide bug-like under shape
  • Tank – heavy, reinforced undercarriage

Mid Wing

  • Mid Wing – standard mid-section wing
  • Full Tip – wide side tip
  • Half Tip – smaller version of full tip
  • Flap – wing flap design
  • Winglet – small aerodynamic fin
  • Turbine – jet engine-like structure
  • Downlet – downward small piece
  • Laser – weapon-like extension

Top Attachment

  • Stinger – sharp, single spike
  • Scarab – beetle-style back piece
  • Long Spine / Short Spine – dorsal extensions
  • Long Thorax / Short Thorax – segmented bug-like tops

Cockpit

  • Wide – large canopy
  • Narrow – slim canopy
  • Atlas – round, Atlas-style nose
  • Delta – triangular canopy
  • Beam – beam-shaped cockpit
  • Volt – angular front canopy
  • Quad – four-windowed design
  • Lambda – λ-shaped cockpit
  • Ring – circular canopy
  • Tri – triangular front
  • Duo – twin-window design
  • Chek – checkmark-style nose
  • Visor – flat visor-like front
  • Cylon – glowing horizontal slit

Skirt

  • Vented – with visible vents
  • Shard – sharp shard-like piece
  • Wedge – triangular wedge
  • Pointed – narrow pointed skirt