Syplheed-Reborn/docs/re/structures/unit-datasheet-static.md

✅ The STATIC unit datasheet and AI flight model — Generic, Maneuver, Effect

Found the same way as the weapon tables: IDXD field names are literal strings in the pool, so a field-shape search over all 190 782 records finds the carriers without guessing a filename. This is the static source for what the corpus had only measured at runtime — flight-speed-law, flight-controls-runtime, unit-struct-runtime.

❌ CORRECTION (2026-08-27) — Generic is a per-FILE header, not a table

This page first read "Generic (394 per pak) is the unit datasheet". Wrong: only 114 of the 394 are. Generic is the record name every IDXD file gives its own header record — exactly one per pak entry — and its schema is set by what kind of file it is. Partitioned by field set, in each of the six GP_MAIN_GAME_*.pak identically:

Generic shape	per pak	what the file is
has HP	114	a unit datasheet (Maneuver, Effect, Shield, Mass, SE, Explosion, Turret_00N siblings)
{Count} only	204	a dialogue file — Count is the number of Message_NNN siblings
{ID, Name, SideID, Unique}	64	a character (Faces sibling) — 36 TCAF + 28 ADAN
{EnumAsteroidGroup}	10	an asteroid-group file
0 and 1 field	2	one empty, one naming eff_n0071

204 + 114 + 64 + 10 + 2 = 394, and 178 distinct Generic.ID = 114 unit + 64 character — the only two shapes that carry an ID. Positive control in the same loop: for the 204 dialogue headers, Count equals the number of Message_NNN siblings 204 / 204, no mismatches.

🔑 The 114 is not a coincidence: Maneuver = 114, Effect = 114, the entry sets are identical, every unit Generic has a Maneuver sibling, and Generic.Type splits 43 Craft + 71 Vessel — reproducing the count unit-struct-runtime reached from the other side. Artefact ../data/generic-record-partition.txt, tool tools/re-capture/generic_partition.py.

record	per pak	field names	distinct IDs
Generic (unit shape)	114	67 max on one record	114
Generic (all shapes)	394	110 pooled	178
Maneuver	114	101	—
Effect	114	9	—

Repeated identically in every per-language GP_MAIN_GAME_*.pak. A unit's Generic, Maneuver and Effect share a pak entry — one entry is one unit's .tbl, which is why the runtime flattens all of them into a single object.

⚠️ Generic is the game's own record name, not a placeholder — it is also one of the 65 section names in data/config-keys.txt.

Generic — the unit datasheet

Sample UN_e006_ADAN_Vindicator_MargrasF:

ID / Name / Type Craft / UncertainName Craft
HP 6400.0        ShieldRatio 1.0      DefencePoint 0.0004
AttackCraftPoint 1.0                  AttackVesselPoint 0.001
ResistanceToShell 0.1   ResistanceToExplosion 0.5   ResistanceToOptics 0.8
ResistanceToPlayer 1.0  ResistanceParalyze 0.99
Size_X/Y/Z 12.0 / 5.0 / 30.0          Size_Radius 15.0
RadarRange 10000.0      FCSRange 8500.0
MountedFCS No           MountedShieldGenerator Yes
ScorePoint 4000   DamageScore 640   MassScore 30
HQRatio 1.0       ThrusterRatio 1.0   IsDestructible Yes
Model rou_e006    CollisionModel      Color_R/G/B 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.1
NozzleCount 3 + per-nozzle Jet / AfterBurner / ReverseThruster / Contrail
                 Fx model & frame names, NozzleSpec_00N

🔑 Model rou_e006 ties the datasheet straight to the mesh names the corpus already decodes, and Size_* / RadarRange / FCSRange are in the corpus's 1 metre world unit — a 10 km radar, an 8.5 km fire-control range, a 12 × 5 × 30 m craft.

Maneuver — the AI flight model

The single richest find for the port. Sample, same unit:

MaximumVelocity 1200   MinimumVelocity 100.0   CruisingVelocity 700
Acceleration 600       Deceleration 400
SideThrustAcceleration 1000.0            SideThrustVelocity_Max 1000.0
Turn_AngularVelocity 180.0               MaximumBank_Normal 60.0
YawDragFactor / RollDragFactor / PitchDragFactor 3.0
DragFactorThreshold 0.5
ArterBurner_Vc 2.5  ArterBurner_Acc 2.0      (the game's own spelling)
ReverseThrust_Vc -0.5   ReverseThrust_Acc 2.0
UsingChaffRatio 0.5     HomingResistAdjustment 0.8

and a set of named manoeuvres, each a Yes/No switch plus its own timing, ratio and length bounds:

TurnAttack   + _CutoffRatio _DoubleRatio _DoubleTimeMin/Max
TurnAway     + _Time_Minimum/Maximum
BarrelRoll   + _CountMinimum/Maximum _Radius _Time
SideRoll     + _Time _Length
Slalom       + _CutoffRatio _TurnCount_Min/Max
Through      + _Angle/Length Minimum/Maximum _Time1/2 Min/Max _CutoffRatio
HoldPosition + _MinimumTime _MaximumTime _CancelTime _CutoffRatio
               _BackRatio _SideRatio _LengthMin/Max
SolidCutoff  + _LengthMin/Max _Ratio
BoostAway    + _Time_Minimum/Maximum
CutoffTimeMin/Max
AA_* and AV_* Pitch/Yaw/Roll Min/Max pairs

🟡 The AA_ / AV_ prefixes pair with AttackCraftPoint / AttackVesselPoint, so anti-air vs anti-vessel rate limits is the obvious reading — not adopted, nothing here shows the selection.

Effect

ShieldHitEffectName, ShieldRecoverEffectName, Effect_Paralyze, plus JumpIn / JumpOut / FadeIn / FadeOut slots.

🟡 Not settled

• No cross-check against the runtime captures — this locates and reads the tables; it does not reconcile them field by field.
• HP_CLASS / HP_ID turned out not to be ship stats: they sit on records named for wingmen and ship classes (CARL, ELLEN, SANDRA, ACROPOLIS, Carrier_TCAF1, NP_Facility, …), 120–144 instances each, alongside HPGauge / HPGaugeSub / RadarCursorType on the ObjectiveMarker_* and TutorialMarker_* records — a HUD gauge binding table, not a datasheet.
• 178 distinct Generic IDs against 394 records per pak — the surplus is unexplained here. Settled 2026-08-27 — see the correction at the top.
• The Generic field-name count of 110 is a POOL across all four shapes; no single record carries more than 67.