Assassin Cutter

Assassin Cutter

“	Marauder converted Altairian designs, retains the Catalyst Overdrive and adds new tech, Resurgence, which restores a portion of damage taken upon victory in Fleet PvP combat.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Assassin Cutter

Basic Information
Faction	Marauders
Tier	7A
Class	Cutter
Slot Configuration
Weapon	6
Armor	2
Shield	2
Special	3
Specifications
Health	6,775
Unladen Mass	1,170 t
Maximum Mass	16,735 t
Firing Arc	45.00°
Cargo	1,901,900 t
Ship Speed	450 m/s
Turning Speed	25.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	60 m/s
Rear Speed	50 m/s
Acceleration	350 m/s²
Sector Speed	600 AU/h
Hull XP	39,209 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Catalyst I
Battleship Damage	+10%
Resurgence	60%
Resists	10%
Stasis Resist	25%
Applies to	Overcharge Beam
Overcharge Duration	+2 s
Research
Blueprint
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Time	14h 24m
He-3	160,719,000
AM	57,694,000
Craft
Time	0s
He-3	160,719,000
AM	57,694,000
Fragments	900
Repair
Time	Fixed 2h 00m

The Assassin Cutter is the result of Marauder Technology being applied to the Cavalier Cutter. It retains its Catalyst Overdrive, as well as stasis resistance.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Like its Altairian Counterpart, the Assassin Cutter's Catalyst Overdrive causes its speed to increase when affected by stasis weapons, resulting in the cutter traveling even faster when hit by stasis weaponry. This makes it brutally effective especially against Kingpin Battleships, due to their cutter damage modifier, or in fact, any ship armed with the Void NET Burst Torpedo, as the Void NET Burst Torpedo's large Splash Radius will grant the cutter plenty of opportunities to activate its overdrive, increasing its shield recharge rate by massive amounts and allowing it to travel at extremely fast speeds.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Just like the Cavalier, the Catalyst Overdrive only activates when the Assassin Cutter is affected by Stasis. This makes it ineffective if the opponent chooses not to bring stasis weapons into the battle, causing the cutter to lose its supposed advantage in battle against kiting fleets. Cruisers also gains a DPS boost against Cutters, and is thus able to more easily bulldoze through a fleet of Assassins.

Furthermore, like all Cutters, The Assassin is usually always placed in a situation where it will take lots of damage, thus causing it to usually have high repair times after each battle.

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	6	6	7	7	7
Armor Slots	3	3	3	3	3
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	17,570 t	18,410 t	19,245 t	20,080 t	20,080 t
Cargo	2,282,280 t	2,377,375 t	2,472,470 t	2,567,565 t	5,135,130 t
Sector Speed	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	780 AU/h
Hull XP	45,039 XP	51,736 XP	59,430 XP	68,267 XP	68,267 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Catalyst II	Catalyst III	Catalyst IV	Catalyst V	Catalyst V
Battleship Damage	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+30%
Armor Health	+10%	+20%	+30%	+40%	+40%
Weapon Mass	-5%	-15%	-30%	-50%	-50%
Resurgence	65%	70%	75%	80%	80%
Resists	20%	30%	40%	50%	50%
Stasis Resist	35%	45%	55%	65%	65%
CRAFT
Mineral Ore	26,786,500	53,573,000	80,359,000	160,719,000	80,359,000
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 Assassin Cutter is the first Marauder T7 Cutter.
The Assassin Cutter was released 2 months later after the Kingpin, a noticeably longer period as compared to between the Blackguard and Kingpin.
When it was first released, the Assassin Cutter was missing Resurgence, which has since been fixed.
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.