Various ships, facilities and production buildings can manifest as hybrid types. They are a mix of up to three base technologies and may or may not be useful.

Hybrids are created from rare ideas by researchers. The chance of getting a hybrid is defined by the ingenuity of the scientists involved in the project. Some Points of Interest may have an effect on hybrid chances.

Current possible hybrids for ships:
- Hive / Freighter
- Hive / Colonizer
- Hive / Freighter / Colonizer
- Cruiser / Vette
- Cruiser / BB
- Cruiser / CF.
- CF / Cruiser
- Colonizer / Freighter
- Carrier / Freighter
- Carrier / Freighter / Freighter (double freighter to make it even lighter/cheaper)
- BB / Carrier
- BB / DD
- DD / Vette
- Vette / CF