Empusa Class Fighter
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The Empusa is a small, but powerful, assault unit. Its pilots are trained to perform kamikaze missions to inflict massive amounts of damage on enemy ships. However, the Empusa is only effective against opposing ships, and only when sent on an attack. When attacking, the Empusa will sacrifice itself in the first round of battle to inflict as much damage as possible. When defending, the Empusa will not sacrifice itself in the first round, but its attack (weapon) rating is 0.
Cost and Specifications
Specifications
Hull Rating: 50
Shield Rating: 1
Weapons Rating: 1250
Cargo Capacity: 25
Base Speed: 17,500
Hydrogen Consumption: 10
Engine Type: Jet Drive
Rapid Fire
On Others
None
Against Erebus Fighter
Hades Class x 2
Poseidon Class x 3
Thanatos Class x 30
Zeus Class x 150
Analysis
Advantages
The Empusa has the lowest ore cost of all offensive ships, and the attack rating of this vehicle is only beaten by the Prometheus, Thanatos, and Zeus. The Empusa is also one of the fastest attack ships in the game, making it possible to add these to an existing attack when the fleet is much closer to the target, or they could be the sole attackers, giving an opponent less time to prepare for the attack than any other ship. Destroyed empusas leave behind very little debris for an opponent to take either.
Disadvantages The Empusa will all engage in random kamikaze attacks during the first round of a battle, whether or not there are suitable targets for them. They fire once per battle, not once per round in battle, and then they are gone. Empusa are terrible ships for fodder, very costly in hydrogen, and are unable to collect resources in a raid.
Uses Empusas are often built using excess hydrogen during peace time. They can then be sent out to destroy enemy fleets, either simply to harm another player, to create a debris cloud, or to soften the opponent up for a more substantial raid. The relatively low cost, small debris produced, and high speed allow Empusas to also serve some of the less common uses of Hermes: rapid transport of resources to areas in bad need, altering the arrival time of an attack, supplementing an attacking fleet at the last minute, and sitting around planets in need of a little bit of defensive fodder.
Ship List
Ships in Starfleet Commander |
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| Other Utility Ships |
Dionysus Class Recycler - Gaia Class Colony Ship - Genesis Class Solar Satellite Helios Class Solar Satellite - Hermes Class Probe - Shadow Probe - Triton Class Recycler - Zagreus Class Recycler |
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| Transports | Atlas Class Cargo - Carmanor Class Cargo - Charon Class Transport - Hercules Class Cargo | |
| Starfighters | Artemis Class Fighter - Apollo Class Fighter - Empusa Class Fighter - Erebus Class Fighter - Magnon Class Fighter - Mantus Class Fighter - Vortex Class Fighter | |
| Light Capital Warships | Cirrus Class Cruiser - Curetes Class Cruiser - Poseidon Class Cruiser - Typhon Class Cruiser | |
| Medium Capital Warships | Athena Class Battleship - Hades Class Battleship - Moros Class Battleship | |
| Heavy Capital Warships | Prometheus Class Destroyer - Thanatos Class Destroyer | |
| Other Warships | Ares Class Bomber - Hephaestus Class Attack Platform - Pallas Class Bomber - Zeus Class | |
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