- "Highly armored vehicle equipped with two multi-phase railgun turrets. Strong against ground targets." — In game description
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Battlecruiser
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Classification
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Cruiser
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Purpose
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Anti-Armor
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Vehicle Type
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Battlecruiser
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Cost
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780 CUs 220 RUs
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Length
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111 meters
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Speed
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50 km/h
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Armaments
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2x Dual Heavy Railguns
Smoke Launchers |
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Damage
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320
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Rate of Fire
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LOW
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Hull
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6500
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Armor
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25
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Build Time
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75s
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Fleet Supply
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5
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Affiliation
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Note: These are stats are from multiplayer.
Campaign units have different stats. | |
The Spearhead-class Battlecruiser is a heavily armed and armored cruiser-class vehicle designed by Kiith Soban. It is presumed to be exclusive to the Kiith Soban, and only the Soban carrier can build them. They are only available in multiplayer with the Soban DLC.
Description[]
The Soban battlecruiser has an overall similar appearance to the Vanguard battlecruiser used by the Coalition, with quad tracks mounted on a massive chassis featuring two heavy turrets as its primary armament. Soban battlecruisers appear to have two separate viewing stations, both on the starboard side, with a radome and a dish antenna. They both feature massive firepower, high armor and hull, with similarly low speed, long build times and high cost. As both battlecruisers were designed by Kiith Soban, the similarities are unsurprising.
Similarities end here, as Spearheads replace the Vanguard's heavy cannons with heavy railguns. In comparison, Soban battlecruisers deal slightly more damage per shot with much greater range, but with a lower fire rate, no blast radius and lack of effectiveness against LAVs and Sandskimmers. Soban battlecruisers have the advantage in long range engagements, where as coalition battlecruisers are only effective at moderate and short ranges.
Multiplayer[]
Soban battlecruiser are effectively heavily armored, heavily armed railguns. Their armor and high hull renders them impervious to sandskimmers or LAVs. Speed and manueverability of railguns and Soban battlecruisers are roughly similar. Given their roles in the battlefield are similar to railguns, they share similar strengths, both in particular excel at destroy heavy vehicles, cruisers and carriers.
Like railguns, Soban battlecruisers benefit in wide open terrains, with no cover for their targets to hide behind. Their range greatly exceeds their sensor coverage, so LAVs or aircraft spotting targets ahead is necessary to engage enemies at maximum range. While they are not necessarily going to emerge victorious against a formation of railguns, they always do have the capacity to engage them, as they both have roughly the same range. Generally, in these firefights, it helps greatly to have their targets within sensor range, as railguns can technically outrange Soban battlecruisers if they are within the fog of war.
Compared to coalition battlecruisers, Soban battlecruisers have far greater range, but lower damage output due to a lower fire rate and lack of explosive shells. Coalition battlecruiser's explosive shells are effective at destroying groups of sandskimmers or LAVs, whereas Soban battlecruiser's railguns will have trouble targeting and hitting such high speed vehicles. Coalition battlecruisers will have the advantage only when it's weapons are able to fire on the Soban battlecruiser.
Against Khaaneph siege cruisers, Soban battlecruiser are relatively effective due to their armor greatly reducing the explosive shells launched from the siege cruiser and its lack of primary artillery armanent to attack encroaching targets behind cover. This is notable as Khaaneph siege cruisers are difficult to defeat in strictly ground engagements, with either coalition or Soban battlecruisers being most effective.
Support cruisers make the most ideal escorts since they can provide repair and anti-air defence. Large numbers of Soban battlecruisers are generally difficult to stop and destroy, but their high cost and long build times prevent them being hinder their mass production.
Like all vehicles, especially ranged vehicles, Soban battlecruiser greatly benefit from gaining high ground due to a 50% increase to its damage.
Strong against:[]
Coalition/Soban:
Gaalsien/Khaaneph:
Weak against:[]
Coalition/Soban:
Gaalsien/Khaaneph:
Abilities[]
| Name | Effect | Cooldown | Cost |
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| Smoke Screen | Creates a smoke screen at the battlecruiser's location for 10 seconds | 50s | None |
Veterancy[]
| Rank | Effect | XP Required |
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| Officer | +3 Armor | 3200 |
| Lieutenant | +200 Hull | 6080 |
| Lt. Commander | +10% Damage | 11552 |
| Commander | -15% Reload Time | 21949 |
| Captain | +300 Hull | 41703 |
Research[]
| Name | CU Cost | RU Cost | Time | Effect |
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| Battlecruiser Fabrication | 700 CUs | 450 RUs | 110s | Enables battlecruiser production |
Trivia[]
- Battlecruisers are always crewed by Kiith Soban.
- Soban battlecruiser chassis can been seen at the Boneyard.
- A logistical vehicle with an identical chassis to the Soban battlecruiser can be seen moving freight at Epsilon base.