Dread Battleship

“	The Dread Battleship is the pride of the VEGA fleet. A state-of-the-art ship that truly lives up to its name.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Dread Battleship

Basic Information
Faction	VEGA Mining
Tier	4.0
Class	Battleship
Slot Configuration
Weapon	6
Armor	2
Shield	1
Special	2
Specifications
Health	1,125
Unladen Mass	1,000 t
Maximum Mass	7,810 t
Firing Arc 1	90.00° (90.00° offset)
Firing Arc 2	90.00° (-90.00° offset)
Cargo	146,500 t
Ship Speed	280 m/s
Turning Speed	8.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	60 m/s
Rear Speed	50 m/s
Acceleration	60 m/s²
Sector Speed	480 AU/h
Hull XP	613 XP
Modifiers
Range	125%
Resurgence	30%
Research
Blueprint
Available in	VEGA Tier IV/V
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory X, Ship Lab X
Build
Time	1h 50m
He-3	31,019,152
AM	7,754,788
Craft
Repair
Time	18m 45s

The Dread Battleship is a Tier 4 hull with standard VEGA Mining technology.

As a battleship, this ship has bonus range and duplicate weapons for each firing arc, dealing massive damage from a safe distance.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Dread Battleships are what you need to farm NPC Targets of Tier 5 or below. When coupled with the Midgard Carrier or Ragnarok Carrier's Agility Field, they travel fast enough to kite most enemies and destroy them at minimal cost.

Its high maximum mass and large number of weapon slots enables the Dread Battleship to stack up on weaponry, swiftly destroying anything that gets in range.

The best weapon you can use at this tier for kiting is the Gladius Driver. However, it deals limited damage and should be replaced by Vector Torpedoes (only half a tier higher) as soon as possible. NET Torpedoes are essential for kiting at the higher levels.

Both regenerating shields (e.g. Diffuser Shield) and the Metaphase Shield are viable on Dread Battleships, depending on your fighting style.

Fusion Thrusters complement its kiting tactics well, which involve firing at slower enemies then turning away to gain distance before repeating the process.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Dread Battleships have a huge unladen mass similar to the Fury Battleship, incurring a significant penalty on your maximum fleet mass for each additional ship, which is restricted by the level of your Fleet Bay.

Setup[ | ]

See Dread Battleship/Builds for more info

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	6	6	7	7
Resistance Slots	1	1	1	1
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	8,201 t	8,591 t	8,982 t	9,372 t
Cargo	183,125 t	219,750 t	256,375 t	293,000 t
MODIFIERS
Cruiser Damage	+10%	+23%	+36%	+50%
DPS	+6%	+12%	+18%	+25%
Weapon Mass	-5%	-10%	-15%	-20%
Shield Bypass	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%
Resurgence	40%	50%	60%	70%
RESEARCH
Prerequisites	Previous level of Dread Battleship, Same level of Fury Battleship
Workshop Required	VI	N/A	N/A	VIII
Time	1m 00s	1m 30s	2m 00s	2m 30s
Mineral Ore	23,437,500	46,875,000	70,312,500	93,750,000
CRAFT
Time	32m 42s	56m 50s	1h 30m	1h 50m
Mineral Ore	7,812,500	15,625,000	23,437,500	31,250,000
Patterns	1	1	1	1
Cores	4	4	4	4
Parts	10	30	90	270
Armaments	2,048	2,560	3,200	4,000

Trivia[ | ]

A weaker version, the Torment Battleship, appears in level 33-45 Sector Cargo Fleets.
An even weaker version, the Wrath Battleship, appears in level 30 VEGA Cargo Fleets.
Before the crafting system was added, only the enhanced version of the Fury Battleship had more max mass than the Dread Battleship.
A bonus to DPS was added to battleship mark upgrades around the middle of 2018.
All player ships had their Resurgence values modified as a result of the late February 2020 update.