Zettabyte Dreadnought

“	The Zettabyte Dreadnought, a formidable Dreadnought capable of withering away a myriad of foes with ease. An ominous site in any battle.	”
	— In-Game Description

General

Zettabyte Dreadnought

Basic Information
Faction	Pharmakon
Tier	8C
Class	Dreadnought
Slot Configuration
Weapon	7
Armor	6
Screen	5
Special	3
Trigger	1
Operation	1
Skin	1
Specifications
Health	25,000
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	550 m/s
Turning Speed	20.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	80 m/s
Rear Speed	80 m/s
Acceleration	50 m/s²
Sector Speed	600 AU/h
Hull XP	2,733,190 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Zettabyte Phase State I Giga-Pulse I Stutter Salvo I
Effective Range	1,000-12,000 m
DPS	+100%
Weapon Mass	-10%
Armor Mass	-25%
Resurgence	20%
DoT Stacks	50 stacks for 20 s per 1,000 damage done
Dmg. per Stack	1 per 1 s
Resists	50%
Resists	5%
Resists	100%
Resists	100%
Counter Chain	10
Counter Pierce	10
Counter Ricochet	10%
Enemy Abl.	+5% threshold, -10% recovery for 10 s
Research
Blueprint
Build
Craft
Time	0s
He-3	961,041,513
AM	495,198,708
Fragments	1,000
Repair
Time	8h 00m

The Zettabyte Dreadnought is the second Tier 8 dreadnought, belonging to the Pharmakon faction.

It has an operations slot that, when equipped with a jump drive, allows it to attach multiple escorts and jump across sectors much like a Sector Flagship. However, unlike them, equipping a jump drive is purely optional, adding more flexibility to the ship build.

Note that Tier 8 ships have a fixed repair time which is not affected by equipment.

Strategy and Setup

Advantages

The Zettabyte has the same effective range as the Leviathan Dreadnought, as well as much better movement speed over its Tier 7 counterpart, the Segfault Dreadnought.

It has six screen slots which are further boosted by its massive bonus to Screen Energy. At Elite status, the ship can reach almost 40k Phase Charge, surpassing the DPS of even a full fleet of Tier 8 Rangers, thus making it all but impossible for enemies to keep it out of Phase State.

Both of its overdrives have massive AoE, often hitting multiple ships at once. Giga-Pulse mainly deals Damage Over Time and is especially effective against ships that have lost their defenses, while Stutter Salvo cripples enemy movement which helps the ship to gain distance whenever it enters Phase State.

The fixed repair time mechanic of Tier 8 allows it to equip wormhole drives such as the Wormhole Drive DS-1 without suffering from massive repair time.

Disadvantages

The Zettabyte, much like the Leviathan has a fixed repair time of 8 hours, which is longer than Tier 7 dreadnoughts in general. However, the extra potential health should more than make up for that.

Compared to the Leviathan, the Zettabyte has one fewer weapon slot in exchange for an extra armor slot. However, any advantage gained from the extra armor slot is lost due to the lack of armor health bonus, which the Leviathan possesses. As a result, the Zettabyte is weaker than the Leviathan in terms of health.

Giga-Pulse and Stutter Salvo both do not benefit from the Zettabyte's DPS bonus, so the damage output is relatively low compared to the ship's actual weapons. Giga-Pulse also requires a significant amount of damage taken (note that only damage taken when not in Phase State is counted) to trigger.

Upgrading

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	7	7	7	7	8
Armor Slots	6	7	7	7	7
Screen 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	Giga-Pulse I	Giga-Pulse II	Giga-Pulse II	Giga-Pulse III	Giga-Pulse III
Overdrive	Stutter Salvo II	Stutter Salvo III	Stutter Salvo IV	Stutter Salvo V	Stutter Salvo VI
DPS	+120%	+140%	+160%	+180%	+200%
Weapon Mass	-20%	-30%	-40%	-60%	-70%
Armor Mass	-30%	-35%	-40%	-45%	-50%
Phase Screen	+160%	+220%	+280%	+340%	+400%
Screen Mass	-30%	-35%	-40%	-45%	-50%
Resurgence	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%
Resists	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
Ablative Damage Threshold	+5%	+7%	+7%	+10%	+10%
Ablative Recovery	-10%	-20%	-20%	-40%	-40%
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