Monolith Carrier

Monolith Carrier

“	The Monolith Carrier unleashes a torrent of chaos by controlling space and shutting down offensive capabilities of enemies with its weapon jamming technology.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Monolith Carrier

Basic Information
Faction	Marauders
Tier	7B
Class	Carrier
Slot Configuration
Hangar	5
Armor	2
Ablative Armor	3
Special	3
Specifications
Health	36,500
Unladen Mass	1,197 t
Maximum Mass	23,948 t
Firing Arc	360.00°
Cargo	4,184,300 t
Ship Speed	200 m/s
Turning Speed	10.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	50 m/s
Rear Speed	50 m/s
Acceleration	50 m/s²
Sector Speed	480 AU/h
Hull XP	55,450 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Retaliation I Surcease I
DPS	+10%
Shield Bypass	+10%
Resurgence	60%
Resists	50%
Applies to	Missile
AoE Radius	+10%
Research
Blueprint
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Craft
He-3	304,954,000
AM	115,388,000
Fragments	1,800
Repair
Time	Fixed 2h 00m

The Monolith Carrier is the Gargoyle Carrier's Marauder adaptation.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

The Monolith Carrier has excellent anti-rush capabilities mush like the Gargoyle Carrier due to its Retaliation overdrive. Surcease further protects it from weapons with a long firing cycle such as the Void Cyclotron Beam.

On the other hand, unlike the Gargoyle Carrier, this carrier can equip field generators such as the Agility Field Compact Generator and Shirk Overdrive Generator, improving its ability to provide support to the fleet.

Unlike earlier T7B Marauder ships, the Monolith already has 50% Void resistance at Mk I.

Moreover, it has largely increased health and slightly more DPS than other Tier 7 Marauder ships, even the Usurper Carrier, bringing it closer in line with Tier 8 ships. It also has a fixed repair time of 2 hours, enabling it to hold a large amount of armor and ablative armor without suffering an increase in repair time.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Much like other carriers, the Monolith Carrier has a large hitbox, making it vulnerable to weapons that have both Piercing and area of effect. Its poor speed stats also hamper the mobility of your fleet as a whole.

The fixed repair time may be a double-edged sword as its original repair time is around 1.5 hours - builds that incorporate minimal armor may receive more repair time than they would have otherwise have had for the pre-buff version of the Monolith Carrier. Nevertheless, this is still shorter than the base repair time of the Gargoyle Carrier (2.5 hours).

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Hangar Slots	5	5	6	6	6
Armor Slots	3	3	3	3	3
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	25,145 t	26,345 t	27,540 t	28,740 t	28,740 t
Cargo	5,021,160 t	5,230,375 t	5,439,590 t	5,648,805 t	11,297,610 t
Sector Speed	480 AU/h	480 AU/h	480 AU/h	480 AU/h	780 AU/h
Hull XP	63,695 XP	73,166 XP	84,046 XP	96,544 XP	96,544 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Retaliation II	Retaliation III	Retaliation IV	Retaliation V	Retaliation V
Hangar Weapon Mass	-5%	-15%	-30%	-50%	-50%
Shield Bypass	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+30%
Resurgence	65%	70%	75%	80%	80%
Applies to	Missile
AoE Radius	+20%	+30%	+40%	+50%	+50%
CRAFT
Mineral Ore	58,702,042	117,404,083	176,106,125	234,808,167	152,477,000
Patterns	40	140	210	280	N/A
Cores	30	80	120	160	N/A
Parts	50	155	235	435	N/A
Armaments	1,970	4,100	6,300	8,500	N/A
Fragments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	300

Trivia[ | ]

The Monolith Carrier originally had near-identical stats as the Gargoyle Carrier, but it got buffed up to sub-Tier 8 level after the late April 2020 downtime. Changes include a doubling of health, a minor DPS boost and a fixed repair time of 2 hours regardless of equipment.
Along with the Nerve Carrier, this is one of two Marauder hulls designed to enable Tier 7 fleets to begin to compete against beginner Tier 8 fleets.