Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock/Cylon Ships

Cylon vessels are generally lighter with fewer hard-hitting ships. Relying more on finesse, hacking, and subterfuge, Cylons can nonetheless be powerful if used properly.

Nemesis Class
The Cylon Nemesis corvette is a fragile vessel equipped only with a single forward-mounted gun and extremely light armour. What it lacks in durability, it makes up for speed, hacking ability, and the most potent scouting range in the game.

Campaign: Its small size and fast speed make it a tough target for battlestar artillery. Use guided missiles, Adamants, and Manticores to take them down. Try to destroy the Nemesis before other vessels in the enemy fleet; two or three Nemeses working in tandem will quickly disable your firewalls and deal subsystem damage.

Multiplayer: The Nemesis is the ultimate scout craft. It is both faster and more manoeuvrable than the Colonial Manticore. With maximum power to its tech bay, the Nemesis has over 10 km worth of DRADIS range. It can identify targets as early as the second turn, and is almost always worth bringing. Once the enemy has been scouted, keep your Nemesis away from the main fight and have it contribute via torpedo attacks and long distance hacks.

Official Description: ''Nemesis tech corvettes are the spearhead of the Cylon electronic warfare strategy. Coupled with long-range missile capabilities and high maneuverability, these light ships are perfect for hit and run tactics that can hamstring larger capitals.''

Talon Class
The Talon Class is a reasonably armoured, if sluggish, light carrier. It is roughly equivalent to the Colonial Berzerk class, though it is stronger defensively.

Campaign: Most likely the second Cylon ship encountered in the campaign after the Nemesis class, dealing with Talons using Manticores and Adamants involves whittling down their armour. With narrow front and rear arcs, and an unaccomodating AI, front and rear shots will be difficult. The numerous light guns make approaching Talons with Manticores using the nose gun difficult. With no belly guns, however, they are helpless to Adamants from below. Once you unlock battlestars, the Talon itself is an easy target.

Multiplayer: With its large size and the guarantee of facing Colonial battlestars, Talons are support ships. Either keep them back and use their squadron slot, or have them act as light fire support for Raiders against Vipers.

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