Aeon Experimental Battleship
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| Submersible battleship. Armed with heavy torpedo launchers and a single Oblivion cannon. Can construct light support naval units. | |||
| Build Costs |  -350000 -28000  12000 |
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| Build Rate |
240/s |
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| Max Health |  35000 |
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| Speed | 2.5 (SurfacingSub) | ||
Veterancy  |
 30 ( +10/s) |
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| Intel (Radius) | Vision: 100 Water Vision: 100 Radar: 150 Sonar: 250 |
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Direct Fire Naval - Projectile |
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| DPS | 600 | ||
| Projectile Damage Damage radius |
6000 5 |
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| Reload time | 10 seconds |
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| Range | 150 | ||
Anti Navy - Torpedo |
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| DPS | 353 | ||
| Torpedo Damage |
235 |
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| Salvo Size Reload time |
6 Torpedos (in 2 s) 4 seconds |
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| Range | 80 | ||
Defense - Anti Torpedo |
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| DPS | 6 | ||
| Anti Torpedo Damage |
3 |
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| Salvo Size Reload time |
2 Anti Torpedos 1 seconds |
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| Range (min - max) | 15 - 45 | ||
The Aeon Experimental Battleship, nicknamed the Tempest, is an Aeon unit. This is an experimental unit. It is also a battleship, a factory, a submarine unit and an anti-torpedo unit.
The Tempest is a powerful Naval unit and is the one of the strongest sea-borne vessels, second only to the Atlantis and the Megalith. In most cases, backed by the Aeon Navy , the Oblivion Cannon leaves nothing short of a trail of sinking ships in its wake.
Its most important capability is the aforementioned and extremely powerful Oblivion Cannon which, when surfaced, has the capability to sink most naval units with a single well placed shot. Although the battleships (All Factions), aircraft carriers (All Factions), and the Aeon destroyer would last a little longer due to their high HP, the Oblivion Cannon is able to take out closely grouped units with its high damage and it has a modest explosive radius. The Tempest also has a series of torpedo launchers meant for self-defense when submerged. Its torpedoes are comparatively weak, however, and thus this unit should not be expected to defeat sea-borne defenses or high-health navys from beneath the surface. The Tempest also has a long vision radius, and is equipped with Radar & Sonar.
The Tempest is also equipped with an anti-torpedo weapon, making it more resistant to attacks by torpedo units, especially subs. The Tempest, however, is vulnerable to even the smallest of anti-naval air attacks, as it is not armed with any anti-air weapons. When surfaced, it is vital that the Tempest be escorted by a sizable air force to counter any attempted air attack from enemies. Unless grouped into large sorties, torpedo bombers remain one of the least effective air attacks, as the Tempest is equipped with anti-torpedo defenses.
Lastly, the Tempest is capable of building T2 and T1 naval vessels, and all tiers of engineers. It must be surfaced and not moving to perform this action. This allows the Tempest and its Aeon navy to assault an enemy naval force and replenish its own navy after the battle, or to build additional navy units for shore bombardment. Referring back to the Tempest's lack of Anti Air weaponry, but possessing the infrastructure to build the T2 Cruiser at a considerable rate is an ability not to be taken lightly.
See the battleship article for details on factional differences.
[edit] Trivia
You can make the tempest's main gun fire straight up by ordering it to attack ground, waiting for it to start charging up, and then clicking submerge. The gun will point up (as part of the submersion animation) and fire its shot straight up.
