Imperator Dreadnought

“	The Imperator Dreadnought, a formidable Dreadnought capable of commanding swarms of drones to supplement its own high powered weapon systems.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Imperator Dreadnought

Basic Information
Faction	Altairians
Tier	8A
Class	Dreadnought
Slot Configuration
Weapon	8
Armor	5
Shield	5
Special	3
Trigger	1
Operation	1
Skin	1
Specifications
Health	26,000
Unladen Mass	65,000 t
Maximum Mass	99,263 t
Firing Arc 1	195.00° (37.50° offset)
Firing Arc 2	195.00° (-37.50° offset)
Cargo	119,000,000 t
Ship Speed	640 m/s
Turning Speed	30.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	100 m/s
Rear Speed	100 m/s
Acceleration	70 m/s²
Sector Speed	600 AU/h
Hull XP	2,733,190 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Reckoning I Assailment I Skirmisher Squad I Disruption Squad I Guardian Squad I
Effective Range	1,000-12,000 m
DPS	+100%
Weapon Mass	-20%
Armor Health	+100%
Armor Mass	-30%
Shield Energy	+100%
Shield Mass	-30%
Shield Recharge	+10% energy/s
Recharge Delay	0 s
Screen Damage	+10%
Resurgence	20%
Resists	50%
Resists	5%
Resists	100%
Resists	100%
Stasis Resist	100%
Counter Chain	10
Counter Pierce	10
Counter Ricochet	10
Enemy PCharge.	-50.00% for 10 s
Research
Blueprint
Build
Craft
Time	0s
He-3	961,041,513
AM	495,198,708
Fragments	1,000
Repair
Time	Fixed 8h 00m

The Imperator Dreadnought is the Altairian, and the last, dreadnought released for the Tier 8 season.

Like other Tier 8 Altairian ships, the Imperator Dreadnought can recharge its shields even after being fully depleted.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

The Imperator Dreadnought is the tankiest out of the three Tier 8 dreadnoughts, with boosts to both its shields and armor. Its Reckoning overdrive regenerates 100% of its maximum shield energy over 5 seconds whenever it takes a relatively low amount of shield damage (around 10% of maximum energy), which essentially makes the ship impossible to destroy without the use of shield bypass.

It can launch up to three squadrons depending on the number of enemies in its weapon arc, which deal further damage. The Disruption Squad in particular is most useful because it can apply weapon disruption, severely reducing the enemy's ability to deal damage. Whenever any of them is destroyed or simply runs out of flight time, the dreadnought gains the ability to apply weapon disruption as well, further debuffing the enemies.

As the squadrons are only launched when the Imperator Dreadnought gets to fire at its target, enemies are unable to exploit the squadrons such that the shot fires through them and hits the Imperator while remaining out of the Imperator's weapon range.

Compared to other Tier 8 Altairian ships, the dreadnought applies a much higher level of phase hacking, shutting down almost all enemy attempts to enter Phase State. This is in addition to the standard screen damage bonus which already counters enemy Pharmakon ships.

Disadvantages[ | ]

The squadrons' damage is not actually that great considering that the dreadnought's DPS bonus does not apply to them. Moreover, unlike spawned ships such as Zealots for its predecessor the Orator Dreadnought, squadrons are unable to draw attention and are thus useless for decoying.

The Imperator Dreadnought can still take massive damage if the enemy has shield bypass. This includes the case when it fights the ship it is supposed to counter, the Zettabyte Dreadnought.

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	8	8	8	8	9
Armor Slots	5	6	6	6	6
Shield Slots	6	6	6	6	6
Resistance Slots	0	0	1	1	1
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	106,211 t	113,159 t	120,108 t	127,056 t	134,005 t
Cargo	142,800,000 t	148,750,000 t	154,700,000 t	160,650,000 t	321,300,000 t
Sector Speed	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	780 AU/h
Hull XP	5,460,524 XP	10,921,048 XP	21,842,096 XP	43,684,192 XP	72,887,941 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Reckoning I	Reckoning II	Reckoning II	Reckoning III	Reckoning III
Overdrive	Assailment I	Assailment II	Assailment II	Assailment III	Assailment III
Overdrive	Skirmisher Squad II	Skirmisher Squad III	Skirmisher Squad IV	Skirmisher Squad V	Skirmisher Squad VI
Overdrive	Disruption Squad II	Disruption Squad III	Disruption Squad IV	Disruption Squad V	Disruption Squad VI
Overdrive	Guardian Squad II	Guardian Squad III	Guardian Squad IV	Guardian Squad V	Guardian Squad VI
DPS	+120%	+140%	+160%	+180%	+200%
Weapon Mass	-20%	-30%	-30%	-35%	-40%
Armor Mass	-30%	-35%	-40%	-40%	-50%
Armor Health	+100%	+150%	+150%	+200%	+200%
Shield Mass	-30%	-35%	-40%	-40%	-50%
Shield Energy	+160%	+220%	+280%	+340%	+400%
Screen Damage	+10%	+15%	+15%	+25%	+25%
Resurgence	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%
Resists	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
CRAFT
Time	1d 11h 30m	2d 8h 30m	3d 5h 30m	4d 3h 00m	5d 0h 00m
Mineral Ore	160,173,586	320,347,171	480,520,757	640,694,342	800,867,928
Patterns	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000