TACTICAL HOTSPOTS
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NEWS FLASH
H-XCB
Advanced Bombardment Cruiser
BPV:
308
Total power:66
Turn Mode: B
Acceleration: 15
HET: 116%
If
you love flying around in Tartars and Apaches at speed 31 and blasting
everything with hellbores, this is the ship for you!
Shields:
54-50-46-42
Armor: 12
Center hull: 14
Forward hull: 4
Aft hull: 4
Excess Damage:: 5
Typical
X-cruiser shielding, but the armor and center hull are exceptional. The Hydran
"7th shield" is taken to another level with this ship.
Marines:
15/26
Transporters: 4
A
bit better than other Hydrans, but H&R's were never our forte.
Shuttles:
4/6, launch rate 2
Fighters: 2 Killerbee.III
You
may actually forget you have fighters. They are in individual squadrons, so they
will die quickly if you use them at the wrong time. This is one ship where you
may want to use speed-31 Yellowjackets instead of speed-27 Hornets.
Heavy
Weapons: 5
Hellbores (FA), 4 Hellbores (RA)
Phasers: 3 Ph-X (FLL), 3 Ph-X (FRR), 1 Ph-X (LS), 1 Ph-X (RS), 1 Ph-G2
(LS), 1 Ph-G2 (RS), 2 Ph-G (RX)
Mines: 4/10
Tractors: 4
Man
oh man. You might wonder if you have enough power to arm 9 hellbores at speed 31
- you do, with 3 points left over. This ship is an absolute killer of plasma
boats, X or no. Unlike most Hydrans she retains a significant amount of her
firepower at long range. With 4 aft hellbores, you never have to get close. The
X phasers are a bit awkward since you can only use half on one side, but the
arcs actually work well with the aft hellbores. One tactic worth trying: shut
off the forward hellbores and overload the aft ones. Keep your opponent on your
#3 or #5 shield and allow him to get to range 8 - prep his #1 shield with
overloaded X-phasers, then turn away and let him have overloaded hellbores.
Unless he is very well shielded his #1 will be badly hurt, and he will have a
tough time chasing you.
Another
tactic to consider when facing plasma, especially X-plasma: set shield
reinforcement to lowest priority, and reinforce your #4 shield. If you are about
to get caught by plasma, dump a lot of power (set phaser slider all the way
down, dump ECCM, shut hellbores off if not charged). If you do it a few seconds
ahead of time, your #4 will be bright white before the plasma hits.
This
ship is a hellbore lover's dream!
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Fleet Commodore 762_XC
Hydran Squadron, XenoCorp
Director of Recruiting and Compliance