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Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock/Colonial Ships (edit)
Revision as of 06:59, 11 March 2020
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Battlestars like the Artemis have access to the '''Flak''' special ability. When used, this creates a bubble of explosive shells to either the left or right of the ship, critically damaging any squadrons entering its field of effect and intercepting missiles and torpedoes. However, careless use of Flak not only damages your own craft, but also will shoot down your own missiles. Do not be the Artemis Captain who loads a nuke onto an Artemis and fires it into their own flak. | Battlestars like the Artemis have access to the '''Flak''' special ability. When used, this creates a bubble of explosive shells to either the left or right of the ship, critically damaging any squadrons entering its field of effect and intercepting missiles and torpedoes. However, careless use of Flak not only damages your own craft, but also will shoot down your own missiles. Do not be the Artemis Captain who loads a nuke onto an Artemis and fires it into their own flak. | ||
The effectiveness of flak is determined by the Armoury subsystem, and cannot be used if the Armoury is offline. Flak also deals light damage to capital ships that enter its range. | The effectiveness of flak is determined by the Armoury subsystem, and cannot be used if the Armoury is offline. Flak also deals extremely light damage to capital ships that enter its range. While battlestars should not use flak as a primary weapon to damage enemies, keep the light damage in mind if you try to retreat a critically damaged friendly vessel into a flak screen to scrape fighters off of it. | ||
'''Campaign:''' The strong survivability of this battlestar makes it the ideal command ship to stick an officer in. Ensure it remains protected, especially against Cylon torpedo spam. Flak can help against torpedoes and, to a lesser extent, Raiders. | '''Campaign:''' The strong survivability of this battlestar makes it the ideal command ship to stick an officer in. Ensure it remains protected, especially against Cylon torpedo spam. Flak can help against torpedoes and, to a lesser extent, Raiders. | ||
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Battlestars like the Jupiter have access to the '''Flak''' special ability. When used, this creates a bubble of explosive shells to either the left or right of the ship, damaging any squadrons entering its field of effect and intercepting missiles and torpedoes. However, careless use of Flak not only damages your own craft, but also will shoot down your own missiles. | Battlestars like the Jupiter have access to the '''Flak''' special ability. When used, this creates a bubble of explosive shells to either the left or right of the ship, damaging any squadrons entering its field of effect and intercepting missiles and torpedoes. However, careless use of Flak not only damages your own craft, but also will shoot down your own missiles. | ||
The effectiveness of flak is determined by the Armoury subsystem, and cannot be used if the Armoury is offline. Flak also deals light damage to capital ships that enter its range. | The effectiveness of flak is determined by the Armoury subsystem, and cannot be used if the Armoury is offline. Flak also deals extremely light damage to capital ships that enter its range. While battlestars should not use flak as a primary weapon to damage enemies, keep the light damage in mind if you try to retreat a critically damaged friendly vessel into a flak screen to scrape fighters off of it. | ||
'''Campaign:''' At over 2,000 points, the Jupiter class is not advised for junior officers with a small fleet point limit. Taking a Jupiter into combat leaves little room for anything else. With higher ranked officers, however, the Jupiter can replace or support the Artemis against larger ships. Other players will continue to rely on the Artemis itself. | '''Campaign:''' At over 2,000 points, the Jupiter class is not advised for junior officers with a small fleet point limit. Taking a Jupiter into combat leaves little room for anything else. With higher ranked officers, however, the Jupiter can replace or support the Artemis against larger ships. Other players will continue to rely on the Artemis itself. | ||
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Battlestars like the Artemis have access to the '''Flak''' special ability. When used, this creates a bubble of explosive shells to either the left or right of the ship, damaging any squadrons entering its field of effect and intercepting missiles and torpedoes. However, careless use of Flak not only damages your own craft, but also will shoot down your own missiles. Do not be the Artemis Captain who loads a nuke onto an Artemis and fires it into their own flak. | Battlestars like the Artemis have access to the '''Flak''' special ability. When used, this creates a bubble of explosive shells to either the left or right of the ship, damaging any squadrons entering its field of effect and intercepting missiles and torpedoes. However, careless use of Flak not only damages your own craft, but also will shoot down your own missiles. Do not be the Artemis Captain who loads a nuke onto an Artemis and fires it into their own flak. | ||
The effectiveness of flak is determined by the Armoury subsystem, and cannot be used if the Armoury is offline. Flak also deals light damage to capital ships that enter its range. | The effectiveness of flak is determined by the Armoury subsystem, and cannot be used if the Armoury is offline. Flak also deals extremely light damage to capital ships that enter its range. While battlestars should not use flak as a primary weapon to damage enemies, keep the light damage in mind if you try to retreat a critically damaged friendly vessel into a flak screen to scrape fighters off of it. | ||
The flak protection bubble the Minerva is smaller than that of the Jupiter and the Artemis, so the Minerva is not as effective at protecting ships other than itself with flak. | The flak protection bubble the Minerva is smaller than that of the Jupiter and the Artemis, so the Minerva is not as effective at protecting ships other than itself with flak. | ||