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'''The ship''' is the common name for Olimar's new rocket in [[Pikmin 2]]. It is not named in-game, so it is simply referred to as "the ship"; all that is known is that [[Olimar]] sometimes refers to the ship as a "he". In [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]], it has also been called the "Hocotate Ship". Unlike the [[S. S. Dolphin]], the ship is capable of speech, (replacing most of [[Olimar]]'s in game speech), and takes on the role of giving advice throughout the game. Olimar makes his opinion of its personality being pompous and smart-alec known in his [[Olimar's notes|notes]]. Once the [[President|President's]] debt is repaid, the ship is upgraded into a sleeker, golden model.

The ship can store [[Pikmin (species)|Pikmin]], and does so, storing both [[White Pikmin]] and [[Purple Pikmin]]. Unlike the Dolphin, the [[Captain]]s cannot check how many treasures have been collected using it nor restore their suit's damage meter. Standing in the green light and pressing A before Purple Pikmin have been found does nothing. The ship has two cockpits, and is capable of deep space communication, sending a report each night to [[Hocotate]] and receiving mail. To do this it must be in orbit around the [[Pikmin Planet]]. The ship can dispatch a [[Research Pod]] for traveling underground.

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|[[image:Gold ship.jpg|thumb|500px|The ship once the debt has been repaid, shown here in [[Perplexing Pool]].]]

When traveling underground into caves, the ship dispatches its nosecone, known as the [[Research Pod]], and sends it with you into the cave. It is used to store any [[Treasure Hoard|treasures]] and [[:category:enemies|enemy]] carcasses to be sold to pay off the debt upon exiting the [[cave]]. In emergency cases, it can empty its cargo, take in Olimar, [[Louie]] and the Pikmin, and return to the surface; should this happen any carcasses and treasures collected are lost.