Ares Class Bomber

Evaluation

ADVANTAGES

The Ares Class specializes in crushing enemy defenses, possessing Rapid Fire versus many defensive weapons. Furthermore, once Warp Drive level 8 is achieved, the engines are upgraded from Pulse Drive to Warp Drive and the base speed changes to 5,000.

DISADVANTAGES

The Ares Class is relatively slow, and does not possess Rapid Fire against any combat ships, making it less effective in fleet versus fleet combat. It also has a high fuel cost.

Although it does not have advantages in fleet engagements, its hull and shield rating is stronger than the Athena Class battleship, and has a better chance of weathering and taking out an onslaught of Athenas before it is destroyed.

Statistics

Specifications

Hull Rating: 7,500
Shield Rating: 500
Weapons Rating: 1,000
Cargo Capacity: 500
Base Speed: 4,000(5,000)
Hydrogen Consumption: 1,000
Engine Type: Pulse Drive(Warp Drive)

Cost

Ore: 50,000
Crystal: 25,000
Hydrogen: 15,000

Requirements

Plasma Tech Level 5
Pulse Drive Level 6
Shipyard Level 8

Rapid Fire

On Others
Charon Class x 5
Hermes Class x 5
Helios Satellite x 5
Pulse Cannon x 10
Particle Cannon x 10
Laser Cannon x 20
Missile Battery x 20

Against Ares
Zeus Class x 25

Speed Estimates

	Pulse Drive				Warp Drive
Distance Speed	Tech 6 Time 8800	Tech 7 Time 9600	Tech 8 Time 10400	Tech 9 Time 11200	Tech 8 Time 17000	Tech 9 Time 18500	Tech 10 Time 20000	Tech 11 Time 21500
Planets
1(1005)	1:04	1:03	0:59	0:57	0:46	0:44	0:42	0:41
10(1050)
Systems
1 (2795)
5 (3175)
10 (3650)	1:59	1:54	1:49	1:45	1:26	1:22	1:19	1:16
25 (5075)
50 (7450)
Galaxies
1 (20000)

Question: won't the Ares ship speed increase by increments of 30% when it switches to Warp?

See Also

Ships

Ship List

Apollo Class Fighter	Charon Class Transport	Hercules Class Cargo
Artemis Class Fighter	Dionysus Class Recycler	Hermes Class Probe
Ares Class Bomber	Gaia Class Colony Ship	Poseidon Class Cruiser
Athena Class Battleship	Hades Class Battleship	Prometheus Class Destroyer
Atlas Class Cargo	Helios Class Solar Satellite	Zeus Class
Hephaestus Class Attack Platform