Define "added it to the game".

Does it have a ship_archetype?

I added it to shiparch.ini and of course goods.ini as a package...

1. Find out what ship_class members your encounters are using.

The UNIVERSE/SYSTEM/*/*.ini files describe which encounters get used where and the EncounterParameters at the top of each file describe explicitly which encounter INI file to use.

The encounter INI file determines which ship_classes to spawn. The line below spawns a single ship of the "sc_fighters" ship_class:

ship_by_class = 1, 1, sc_fighters

Open your MISSIONS/shipclasses.ini file and find the members of your ship class. The sc_fighters class has only one member:

[ShipClass
nickname = sc_fighters
member = class_fighter

2. Next, open up MISSIONS/npcships.ini and create an NPCShipArch for your ship. You'll need a ship_archetype, a loadout, and a npc_class with at least one of the ShipClass members that your encounters are requesting.

3. Finally, factions can only spawn NPCShipArch's listed among their "npc_ship" archetypes. These lists are found in MISSIONS/faction_prop.ini. Find the Lane Hackers FactionProps entry and add a line for your new NPCShipArch.

eh... ok...seems like a lot, but I think I can figure it out... Thanks a lot!