Which ships are those in the gifs on the front page? The transformable ones? Also how do I get a Virtuous class ship? Also does that one have a sword?
You get the Virtuous ship iirc from a powerful fleet near Sivie called "The Last Line". The pilot of the Virtuous is level 10 and almost impossible to catch. LUCKILY, I was able to get mine by blowing up the entire rest of the fleet, and "Ordering my second in command to pursue" allowed me to defeat the Virtuous in Auto-calc and salvage it.
It's a FANTASTIC ship. I'm surprised people think it's underpowered? It's a cheat ship only balanced by the fact it's a late game goal and there's only one of them. I use Winee EMPR in Head slot, Brawler config, Gunner weapons, and a level 6 Aggressive officer with Systems Expertise as one of his skills to pilot it.
https://imgur.com/a/mGRBgzW- S Mods: Hardened Shields, Reinforced Bulkheads, Heavy Armour. (Boring but practical - you'd be surprised how often this thing gets fluxed out and takes chunks of damage for no reason, the Heavy Armour really helps. Officer doesn't have anti-ship loss skills, needs Reinforced Bulkheads to make sure I never lose it.)
- Mods: Resistant Flux Conduits, Integrated Targeting Unit, Solar Shielding, Stabilised Shields, Insulated Engine Assembly. (Resistant Flux, Solar Shielding and Insulated Engine Assembly are all for stopping super strong EMP weapons from causing flameouts on this ship's engines. ITU is almost mandatory for a non-SO build, Stabilised Shields is just there because I had the spare OP and it lowers flux usage even more.
Flux: 1 Cap, 30 Vents.
Loadout: 2x Reaper Torpedo (1 shot), 2x IBIS. Gunner config. (Reapers are a flash in the pan, but this thing has a way of assassinating destroyers or cruisers immediately once the battle starts and putting me in an immediate advantage against otherwise overwhelming forces.
I regularly see the thing get 600-2000% damage dealt in after combat reports. It absolutely annihilates small craft, it's uncatchable unless the pilot makes a mistake, and it attracts a lot of attention from the enemy.
As a player ship, it lacks the raw killing power I need and it's tricky to fly, so I let the AI do it instead.
I actually use a Safety Overrides Gulf build, another unique ship that you can get from defeating a special Tri-Tachyon patrol in Hybrasil. It is
MONSTROUSLY strong in my hands because it scales so well with combat builds and highly aggressive playstyles. I use it to assassinate capital ships and crush entire fleets from the flanks.
https://imgur.com/a/2L3kWGODisintegrator (left, armour stripper), Cryoblaster (center, dps), Cryoflamer (right, ultimate point defense) + Vesuvio Magcannon (Tahlan Shipworks) to suppress shields and weapons, Punktskydd Cluster (Tahlan Shipworks) to deal horrifyingly high 3000 Fragmentation dps which can even help melt shields + annihilates anything with an armour break.
I have no range and I sort of get bullied if I get flanked by fast small ships, but I can just fly up to anything flying 150su/s or below and melt it.
Now that's the game winner. I love this thing so much.
