Cruiser

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UEF Cybran Aeon Seraphim UEF T2 Cruiser: Governor Class f • s • e   Anti-aircraft naval vessel. Armed with AA missile system, SAM system and tactical missile launcher. Build Costs -18000 -2000 8000 Max Health 2500 Speed 4.5 (Water) Veterancy 16 ( +2/s) Intel (Radius) Vision: 65 Water Vision: 60 Radar: 150 Sonar: 120 Weapon: Long Range Cruise Missile Missile - Tactical Missile DPS 120 Missile  Damage Damage radius 300 3 Salvo Size Reload time 4 Missiles (in 4.2 s) 10 seconds Range (min - max) 12.5 - 150 Weapon: Gauss Cannon Direct Fire Naval - Projectile DPS 50 Projectile  Damage Damage radius 200 1 Reload time 4 seconds Range 60 Weapon: Flayer SAM Launcher Anti Air - Projectile DPS 400 Projectile  Damage 200 Salvo Size Reload time 4 Projectiles (in 0.9 s) 2 seconds Range 75 Weapon: Phalanx Anti Missile Defense - Anti Missile DPS 1 Anti Missile  Damage 1 Reload time 2 seconds Range 50 Cybran T2 Cruiser: Siren Class f • s • e   Anti-air naval vessel. Equipped with AA turrets and short-range rocket platform. Build Costs -18000 -2000 8000 Max Health 3000 Speed 4.5 (Water) Veterancy 16 ( +2/s) Intel (Radius) Vision: 65 Water Vision: 60 Radar: 150 Sonar: 120 Weapon: Proton Cannon Direct Fire Naval - Projectile DPS 230 Projectile  Damage Damage radius 115 1 Salvo Size Reload time 2 Projectiles 1 seconds Range 80 Weapon: Nanodart Launcher Anti Air - Projectile DPS 442 Projectile  Damage 92 Salvo Size Reload time 6 Projectiles 1.3 seconds Range 75 Weapon: Zapper Anti Missile Defense - Beam DPS 0.5 Beam  Damage 1 Reload time 2 seconds Range 50 Weapon: Nanodart Launcher Direct Fire Naval - Projectile DPS 180 Projectile  Damage 60 Salvo Size Reload time 6 Projectiles (in 1 s) 2 seconds Range 80 Aeon T2 Cruiser: Infinity Class f • s • e   Mid-level anti-aircraft naval vessel. Armed with two AA missile launchers, dual-barreled Quantum cannon and tactical missile flares. Build Costs -18000 -2000 8000 Max Health 3250 Speed 4.5 (Water) Veterancy 16 ( +3/s) Intel (Radius) Vision: 65 Water Vision: 60 Radar: 150 Sonar: 120 Weapon: Quantum Cannon Direct Fire Naval - Projectile DPS 70 Projectile  Damage Damage radius 140 1 Salvo Size Reload time 2 Projectiles (in 0.3 s) 4 seconds Range 60 Weapon: Zealot AA Missile x 2 Anti Air - Projectile DPS 300 Projectile  Damage 300 Reload time 1 seconds Range 75 Weapon: Will O Wisp Anti Missile Defense - Anti Missile DPS 15 Anti Missile  Damage 30 Reload time 2 seconds Range 30 Seraphim T2 Cruiser: Ithalua f • s • e   Mid-level naval unit. Equipped with AA artillery cannons, tactical missile launcher and tactical missile defense. Build Costs -18000 -2000 8000 Max Health 2400 Speed 4.5 (Water) Veterancy 16 ( +2/s) Intel (Radius) Vision: 65 Water Vision: 60 Radar: 150 Sonar: 120 Weapon: Laanse Tactical Missile Launcher Missile - Tactical Missile DPS 250 Missile  Damage Damage radius 500 3 Reload time 2 seconds Range 150 Weapon: Olaris AA Artillery Cannon Anti Air - Projectile DPS 384 Projectile  Damage Damage radius 96 4 Salvo Size Rate of Fire 2 Projectiles 2 salvos/s Range 65 Weapon: Cleo AA Gatling Gun Anti Air - Projectile DPS 240 Projectile  Damage 40 Salvo Size Rate of Fire 2 Projectiles 3 salvos/s Range 45 Weapon: Ele-athrun Tactical Missile Defense Defense - Anti Missile DPS 1 Anti Missile  Damage 1 Reload time 2 seconds Range 50

Cruisers are a class of Tech 2 naval vessels. They are very flexible units with direct fire weapons, anti-air weapons, and tactical missile defenses. The Cybran version even has air support capabilities. However, Cruisers suffer from an extremely low HP compared to Destroyers, which renders them not cost effective against large numbers of air units (especially gunships and some strategic bombers), which can sink them before they get a chance to inflict enough damage. Cruisers are not particularly powerful naval units and will generally lose battles against other naval units, but they are a very useful addition to any naval group. Cruisers have higher energy costs than Destroyers but lower mass costs and build times.

[edit] Factional Differences

The UEF Governor Class and the Seraphim Ithalua are somewhat similar, being both equipped with Tactical Missile Launchers, the Governor Class firing rapid barrages every 10 seconds while the Ithalua fires a constant stream of missiles. The Governor Class has the weakest AA capabilities of the 4 Cruisers, while the Ithalua has the stongest and is also the only one equipped with Flak, giving it a considerable edge against swarms of gunships. The Governor Class has poor direct fire naval capabilities, while the Ithalua has none at all. The Cybran Siren Class has the second weakest AA capabilities but also has by far the strongest direct fire naval capabilities, making it efficient at shore bombardment and even allowing it to fight directly against other naval surface units. It also has a landing pad on the back deck, allowing it to refuel and repair patrolling aircraft in the field, an ability not to be underestimated. The Aeon Infinity Class is the toughest Cruiser and has extremely good AA as well as a reasonably good Quantum Cannon mounted on it, but is the least flexible of the four, not possessing tactical missiles like the UEF Cruiser and the Cybran Cruiser, nor the air-staging and anti-missile capabilities of the Cybran Cruiser. Due to the Anti-Air weapons that the cruisers are armed with, the Aeon Cruiser is far superior to the others at destroying T3 Aircraft, not purely based upon DPS, but on Effective DPS, as the SAM Missiles track - allowing them to actually hit a fast moving T3 air unit. The UEF Cruiser is similarly armed, but with far lower DPS, whereas the other two are not - making them most effective at taking down T1 and T2 aircraft.