Ajax

“	Ajax is designed for mid range engagements. Stalwart defenses enable this powerhouse to defend its allies while its ability to deal area damage makes it adept at controlling space in combat.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Ajax

Basic Information
Faction	Altairians
Tier	8A
Class	Specialist
Role	Titan
Slot Configuration
Weapon	3
Armor	3
Shield	4
Special	2
Trigger	1
Resistance	1
Skin	1
Specifications
Health	16,000
Unladen Mass	1,800 t
Maximum Mass	19,000 t
Firing Arc	270.00°
Cargo	3,500,000 t
Ship Speed	490 m/s
Turning Speed	62.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	550 m/s
Rear Speed	200 m/s
Acceleration	450 m/s²
Sector Speed	600 AU/h
Hull XP	273,067 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Savior I Fortify I
Effective Range	0-4,800 m
Weapon Mass	-5%
Armor Mass	-25%
Shield Mass	-30%
Shield Recharge	+2% energy/s
Recharge Delay	0 s
Screen Damage	+10%
Resurgence	20%
Resists	50%
Resists	5%
Resists	100%
Resists	100%
Counter Pierce	3
Enemy PCharge.	-2.50% for 10 s
AoE Radius	+60%
Research
Blueprint
Available in	Altairian Paviser Cargo
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Time	1d 0h
He-3	230,000,000
AM	69,000,000
Craft
Time	0s
He-3	230,000,000
AM	69,000,000
Fragments	900
Repair
Time	Fixed 2h 00m

The Ajax is a titan modeled after the cruiser class. Its defining feature is its ability to tank, both for itself and nearby friendly ships.

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

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

The Ajax is an incredible tank. Not only does it have up to five shield slots, increasing its shield capacity, but its Fortify overdrive also gives the ship a window of invulnerability against most damage types every time it takes some amount of shield damage, which counters the Operator's massive burst damage. Even when its shields are fully depleted, it can continuously regenerate them, allowing the Ajax to tank until it has no health remaining.

Its Savior overdrive enables it to support the fleet by automatically tanking for them whenever they lose their defenses, without the need to physically block the incoming projectiles.

This ship has a built-in AoE Radius bonus, which synergizes well with the Cascade Missile.

The Ajax applies a small amount of Phase Hacking and does extra damage to screens, thus improving its effectiveness against the Pharmakon faction.

Recently, during the Tier 9 season, the Ajax’s Savior overdrive has been used in conjunction with the Spawners equipped to the Switch. The overdrive replenishes whenever a nearby spawned ship loses shields, making it effectively a continuous overdrive if used correctly. Due to the 100% Shield defence value obtained when Savior is active, the Ajax only takes damage to its shields, which quickly regenerate, mitigating or even totally preventing damage to the fleet.

Disadvantages[ | ]

The Ajax is relatively slow as a Tier 8 ship, making it vulnerable to kiting tactics. This is made worse by the fact that Fortify applies a speed penalty to the ship, meaning that ships can whittle down the Ajax simply by dealing enough damage to constantly activate the overdrive.

Weapons that deal Blight Damage or Void Damage can damage the Ajax even when Fortify is active, so they are able to reliably defeat it.

While both Savior provides the ship with 100% defense, meaning that the ship does not take health damage, this can be negated by shield bypass, greatly degrading the Ajax's ability to tank.

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	3	3	3	3	4
Shield Slots	5	5	5	5	5
Resistance Slots	1	1	2	2	2
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	20,000 t	21,000 t	22,000 t	23,000 t	24,000 t
Cargo	3,750,000 t	4,000,000 t	4,250,000 t	4,500,000 t	9,000,000 t
Sector Speed	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	780 AU/h
Hull XP	313,671 XP	360,314 XP	413,892 XP	475,437 XP	546,133 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Savior I	Savior II	Savior II	Savior III	Savior III
Weapon Mass	-5%	-20%	-20%	-40%	-60%
Armor Mass	-25%	-25%	-50%	-60%	-65%
Shield Mass	-35%	-50%	-55%	-60%	-60%
Resurgence	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%
Resists	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
AoE Radius	+60%	+80%	+80%	+100%	+100%
CRAFT
Time	5h 00m	10h 00m	15h 00m	20h 00m	1d 0h
Mineral Ore	25,000,000	50,000,000	75,000,000	100,000,000	125,000,000
Patterns	20	40	60	140	250

Skins[ | ]

Trivia[ | ]

The Ajax is the third Tier 8 ship, and the first Altairian Tier 8 ship.
The Ajax originally suffered from a bug in which its Fortify overdrive granted resistance to all damage to its shields (including Blight and Void). This was fixed in the late December 2019 update, which also changed the Fortify overdrive to provide hull resistance instead of shield resistance.
All player ships had their Resurgence values modified as a result of the late February 2020 update.
The Ajax received a shield damage bonuses during the late February 2020 update in order to counter the buffs to the Pharmakon faction introduced in the same update.

Gallery[ | ]

Mk I/II Ajax angled HD render
Mk III/IV Ajax angled HD render
Mk V Ajax angled HD render
Mk VI Ajax angled HD render
An Ajax fleet engaging an Operator fleet
Ajaxes taking advantage of the Cascade Missile's AoE to annihilate some Operators
Ajaxes fighting some Zeuses
The Different skins applied to the Ajax.
All 6 MKs and ship visuals side by side
Ajax Concept Art