Ship Return Planner

Enter a launch time and FTL level to see return times for every ship and mission duration, then sort and scan the schedule to pick the best next launch cadence.

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This tool generates a complete return schedule for all ships and mission lengths from a single launch timestamp, applying FTL duration reduction where it is valid and preserving your chosen reference settings. It supports grouped and flat views, sorting by ship or earliest return, and time-of-day highlighting so you can quickly spot returns that land during awake windows versus sleep windows. Clicking a return time makes it the new launch time, so you can stack several launches back to back and plan a cadence days ahead, with undo if you want to try a different route. The goal is to make launch timing decisions practical: you can compare short, standard, and extended routes side by side and choose launches that align with when you can actually check in.

Uses your device timezone. Click any return time below to stack the next launch from there.
Each point reduces mission duration by 1% for Quintillion Chicken and higher ships.
Tip: use Flat list + Earliest return when deciding what to launch next.
Stores settings in the URL so you can bookmark it.
Enter a valid launch time to compute return schedule.
ShipSettingDurationReturn time (click to stack)
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