Curetes Class Cruiser

Curetes Class Cruiser Production information Ore Cost 2000 Crystal Cost 2,000 Hydrogen Cost 10,000 Technical specifications Hull Rating 400 Shield Rating 1800 Weapons Rating 100 Cargo capacity 250 Base Speed 12,000 Hydrogen Consumption 25 Engine unit(s) Jet Drive Requirements Shipyard 4 Jet Drive 4 Particle Tech 1 Shield Tech 5
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The Curetes is a defensive style of ship available only in the Starfleet Commander Nova univers. It is designed to absorb large hits. While it has limited offense, its high shields and the fact that nothing rapid fires against it make it able to withstand large amounts of fire, making it a great addition to your fleet.

Cost and Specifications

Cost

Ore: 2,000
Crystal: 2,000
Hydrogen: 10,000

Requirements

Shipyard (level 4)
Jet Drive (level 4)
Shield Tech (level 4)
Particle Tech (level 1)

Specifications

Hull Rating: 400
Shield Rating: 1800
Weapons Rating: 100
Cargo Capacity: 250
Base Speed: 12,000
Hydrogen Consumption: 25
Engine Type: Jet Drive

Rapid Fire

On Others
Charon Class x 5
Hermes Class x 5
Solar Satellite x 5

Against Curetes
None.

Evaluation

Advantages

The Curetes is the only ship in any universe which has no rapid fire vulnerability It also has a remarkably high shield rating for a vehicle of it's cost, and has the highest shield rating of all cruisers; higher even than the Prometheus class. Additionally, as most of the resource cost is in hydrogen, most of the fighting power of the curetes is destroyed in battle, leaving a small, and unrewarding debris field. For these reasons, in Starfleet Commander Nova, the Curetes class is more effective than the Apollo or Hades for purposes of defending a point target, such as a mining world which cannot yet produce it's own defenses, or a Hephaestus class attack platform. The Curetes also travels at approximately the same speed as the Artemis class, Apollo class, Athena class, and Hades class.

Disadvantages

The Curetes does not have significant firepower. With an attack rating of 100, it is less powerful than an apollo class fighter, and due to the ineffectiveness rule, it cannot deal any damage to a Zeus or a Large Decoy. It also lacks any significant rapid fire capabilities, being able to deal only 5 rapid fire against Charon, Helios, or Hermes. It also fares somewhat poorly in battle against a full compliment of defenses.

Uses

The Curetes is often used as a mobile defense, or as a supplement to defenses. Since the debris field left behind is fairly small, and the damage they can take is fairly high, out of all ships, a fleet of these would be one of the least attractive targets for players interested in destroying fleets and recycling the debris.

The high shield and reasonably low overall cost has also made the Curetes effective in attacks as a replacement, or supplement to the use of fodder ships.

Using Curetes alone in attacks is unlikely to be a wise move, unless the target is lightly armed. Curetes will lose in any attack against a planet with either a large decoy or a Zeus class.

Curetes can also be used in conjunction with Empusas, in order to increase their range. In many respects the high attack rating of the Empusa can make this pairing an effective strategy.