Medusa Destroyer

“	A long range artillery Umbra ship. Its Gorgon Gaze can instantly disrupt enemy walls to creating openings for itself and other ships in the fleet to cause massive damage.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Medusa Destroyer

Basic Information
Faction	Umbra
Tier	7B
Class	Destroyer
Slot Configuration
Weapon	5
Armor	2
Ablative Armor	1
Special	4
Specifications
Health	5,375
Unladen Mass	915 t
Maximum Mass	18,255 t
Firing Arc	45.00°
Cargo	1,813,200 t
Ship Speed	260 m/s
Turning Speed	15.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	140 m/s
Rear Speed	20 m/s
Acceleration	60 m/s²
Sector Speed	480 AU/h
Hull XP	39,209 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Gorgon Gaze I
Range	150%
Altairian Damage	+20%
Module Damage	+10%
Shield Bypass	+10%
Resurgence	20%
Resists	50%
Resists	100%
Resists	100%
Research
Blueprint
Available in	Umbra Hunter Cargo
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Time	1d 0h
He-3	155,514,625
AM	46,724,125
Craft
Time	0s
He-3	155,514,625
AM	46,724,125
Fragments	900
Repair
Time	Fixed 2h 00m

The Medusa Destroyer is the Umbra Destroyer, designed for siege warfare. Its Gorgon Gaze causes its weapons to disable walls generated by the Altairian Pylon Emitter.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Possessing increased module damage, like its Altairian counterpart the Inquisitor Destroyer, the Medusa is designed to bombard slow moving or stationary targets from afar, out of range of most other ship weapons.

Its Gorgon Gaze overdrive allows its weapons (provided they are a driver weapon) to disable walls for a short period of time, thus allowing them to target vulnerable modules behind the walls.

As a Umbra hull, it deals additional damage to Altairian ships.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Like all destroyers, With a slow turning speed, narrow firing arc and only one ablative armor slot, blitz attacks can overpower a Medusa Destroyer fleet if a pincer approach is adopted. It is equally vulnerable to squadrons as well. Use cruisers to protect the relatively fragile destroyers from incoming attack or decoy incoming fire away.

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	5	5	6	6	6
Resistance Slots	1	1	1	1	1
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	19,170 t	20,080 t	20,995 t	21,905 t	21,905 t
Cargo	2,175,840 t	2,266,500 t	2,357,160 t	2,447,820 t	4,895,640 t
Sector Speed	480 AU/h	480 AU/h	480 AU/h	480 AU/h	780 AU/h
Hull XP	45,039 XP	51,736 XP	59,430 XP	68,267 XP	68,267 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Gorgon Gaze II	Gorgon Gaze III	Gorgon Gaze IV	Gorgon Gaze V	Gorgon Gaze V
Module Damage	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+30%
Weapon Mass	-5%	-15%	-30%	-50%	-50%
Shield Bypass	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+30%
Resurgence	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%
Resists	10%	20%	30%	40%	40%
CRAFT
Time	7h 08m	12h 24m	19h 32m	1d 0h	0s
Mineral Ore	25,919,104	51,838,208	77,757,313	103,676,417	77,757,313
Patterns	20	40	60	140	N/A
Cores	10	30	45	80	N/A
Parts	25	60	115	200	N/A
Armaments	985	2,300	3,600	4,925	N/A
Fragments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	150

Trivia[ | ]

The Medusa Destroyer's significantly lower build and upgrade times represent the first of KIXEYE's efforts to reduce waiting times across the board during the transition to 2019.
This ship originally had no shield bypass, which has been fixed during the update of October 2018.
Medusa Destroyer's design resemble that of a Scythe Destroyer.
As part of the early April 2019 update, this ship has received resistance to Alien Nebula.
All player ships had their Resurgence values modified as a result of the late February 2020 update.
The repair time of all Tier 7 ships apart from dreadnoughts has been standardized to a flat 2 hours (similar to existing Tier 8 ships) in the late September 2020 update.

Gallery[ | ]

Mk I/II Medusa Destroyer angled HD render
Mk III/IV Medusa Destroyer angled HD render
Mk V Medusa Destroyer angled HD render
Mk VI Medusa Destroyer angled HD render
Medusa Destroyers taking on Elite Wraith Cruisers.
Medusa Destroyers firing at a Behemoth Dreadnought.
Medusa Destroyers engaging Wraith Cruisers in an Umbra Occupied Altairian Outpost.