Nerve Carrier

Nerve Carrier

“	The Marauders have gone to great lengths in order to create the Nerve Carrier. Taking the initial Pharmakon design and pushing it past its limits in order to create a higher powered version for their own purposes.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Nerve Carrier

Basic Information
Faction	Marauder
Tier	7C
Class	Carrier
Slot Configuration
Hangar	5
Armor	2
Screen	3
Special	3
Specifications
Health	39,000
Unladen Mass	1,180 t
Maximum Mass	23,600 t
Firing Arc	360.00°
Support	Enfeeble Field I
Cargo	4,393,500 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	Nerve Phase State Network Sync I Laser Array I
DPS	+10%
Resurgence	60%
DoT Stacks	10 stacks for 20 s per 250 damage done
Dmg. per Stack	1 per 1 s
Screen Energy	+25%
Resists	50%
Applies to	Driver
Min. Range	-10%
Weapon Speed	+10%
Research
Blueprint
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Craft
Repair
Time	Fixed 2h 00m

The Nerve Carrier is the Plexus Carrier's Marauder adaptation.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Its three overdrives are almost identical to the Plexus Carrier's, except that the Laser Array deals Void Damage instead of Plasma Damage.

As with other Marauder carriers, the Nerve 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, this ship 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, in addition to a modest bonus to screen energy, 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 screens without suffering an increase in repair time.

Disadvantages[ | ]

As a carrier, it is sluggish and does not receive any speed bonuses in Phase State, making escape almost impossible.

It has one fewer hangar slot than other Tier 7 carriers but this is not a big problem as it is very difficult to fit Void Hammer Missile IIIs or Void Kaon Driver IIIs for maximum DPS anyways.

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Screen Slots	4	4	4	4	4
Armor Slots	2	2	3	3	3
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	24,780 t	25,960 t	27,140 t	28,320 t	28,320 t
Cargo	5,272,200 t	5,491,875 t	5,711,550 t	5,931,225 t	11,862,450 t
Support	Enfeeble Field II	Enfeeble Field III	Enfeeble Field IV	Enfeeble Field V	Enfeeble Field V
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	Network Sync I	Network Sync II	Network Sync II	Network Sync III	Network Sync III
Overdrive	Laser Array II	Laser Array III	Laser Array IV	Laser Array V	Laser Array V
Hangar Weapon Mass	-5%	-15%	-30%	-50%	-50%
Resurgence	65%	70%	75%	80%	80%
Applies to	Driver
Min. Range	-20%	-30%	-40%	-50%	-50%
Weapon Speed	+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[ | ]

Along with the Monolith Carrier, this is one of two Marauder hulls designed to enable Tier 7 fleets to begin to compete against beginner Tier 8 fleets.
The Laser Array was nerfed in early August 2021 to no longer deal damage to modules. It was considered to be unbalanced due to its ability to outrange all modules that do not have spawners equipped.

Gallery[ | ]

Mk I/II Nerve Carrier angled HD render
Mk III/IV Nerve Carrier angled HD render
Mk V Nerve Carrier angled HD render
Mk VI Nerve Carrier angled HD render
A Nerve Carrier with 5 Grandmaster Battleships facing off against a single Orion
Nerve Carrier beginning to activate Network Sync
Nerve Carrier using its Laser Array against a trio of Omegas