The Assault Class is sent in when things get out of hand. Programmed to defeat, destroy, and perhaps even kill if needed, this is the most dangerous Class of the Dimensional Collective. They are also sent to defend, patrol and investigate key areas crucial to the Collective. They are denoted with Black and Red colors.
General Faction Lore
Explorer Class
Trader Class
Mods Used:
Bubbet's Placeholder
Abh 5.0
Meranera's Additional Weapons
Drones ++
Microtech (Some)
AI Whereabouts:
Alpha-Alpha - Location Unknown
Zero-Quad - Fortress Alpha Starbase, Second Assault Core Inhabitant
Effervescent-Blade - Fortress Alpha Starbase, Overseer. | Returning from Second Tau Empire territory
Quasar-Beetle - All assets recalled
September-Rising - Gateway One Starbase, Defense Force | Domini Naturae Territory
Argus-Maelstrom - Last seen in Voidborn Territory
Pyrrhic-Monarch - Location Unknown
Noble-Maelstrom - All assets recalled
Known Ships:
Beacon
The highest maneuverable Beacon in the Collective. Can defend itself from small craft and can retreat from bigger craft.
Light Scout:
Unlike all the other ships in the class, this Scout drone is meant for speed and maneuverability. It avoids all obstacles while scanning an area, and then gets the heck out of there.
Heavy Scout
A better defended, and yet still highly maneuverable scouting ship. A force to be reckoned with by dogfighters.
Large Scout
Multi-purpose Drone. Scouts areas, fights enemies and transmits data about both.
Light Fighter
A small, Agile fighter equipped with Sim-Program crewmen to operate advanced weaponry. They keep the Fighter from disrepair.
Heavy Fighter
Much heavier fighter, but can cover almost all sides. Still has a degree of agility.
Control Ship
Could still be considered a fighter, but is equipped with an AI core for control of Fighter drone "wingmen"
Has about the same amount of processing power as the Assault Beacon.
Assault Bomber
A dangerous Corvette-sized regular drone equipped with a Rift (Quantum) Torpedo, capable of damaging ships through their armor. A Very deadly tactical variant without light or heavy designations, unique to the Assault class.
Frigate-type
A variant of the Control Drone that is focused on broadsides. Much slower than the original, but much better protected and larger.
Light Cruiser
A dedicated warship for the Collective, the Assault-Class Light Cruisers are extremely dangerous. This is amplified when paired with smaller droneships to protect it against agile fighters and gunships.
Assault Subcore
Standard Sub-coreship for the Assault class. Has a high amount of processing power capable of leading a fleet of large warships.
Battleship-type Subcore
A much larger sub-coreship unique to the Assault Class. Focuses a lot more on firepower than processors, and so can control a little less drones than the Standard Subcore.
Assault Coreship
An extremely well-armed Coreship that houses the AI Cores of the Assault Class. Well armed and armored, but if the core is breached, it is highly volatile. Has two rings of defensive drones to accompany the large amount of shielding.
Advanced Defender
Mainly a drone type that escorts key DC ships, like Coreships and Beacons, this ship circles around the escorted ship and faces outwards, firing at any enemy in range.
Unique Ship types:
|Rift Stabilizer Frigate| (Alpha-Alpha)
A Freighter chassis borrowed by another Class of the DC. Powered by a singularity core and multiple dimensional rift tools to stabilize the space-time fabric of any universe. Unique to Alpha-Alpha of the Assault Class, who uses these to minimize the risk of otherwise catastrophic consequences to the Universe as a whole.
|Disruptor Frigate| (Alpha-Alpha)
The Rogue Core Alpha-Alpha developed this ship after skirmishes against the Ancient Army, an enemy faction he is testing his strength on. It specializes in destroying even the toughest of shields, and can sometimes pierce through them.
|Standoff Subcore | (Zero-Quad)
These subcores were designed with extreme defense in mind, an overwhelming amount of shields and armor have been added to the front to screen ships that are behind the subcore. First seen against a hostile Automated Sentient Spacestation.
| Assault Setinel | (Effervescent-Blade)
Starbase guardians for Fortress-Alpha. These ships are controlled by the current Starbase owner in the case of extreme emergency, although, considering the Assault-Class, this should be a rare occasion.
Assault-Class Installations:
Assault-Class Dimensional Battlestation:
The second addition to the DC's Starbase-type installations. This Starbase is actually a mobile fortress, able of moving vast distances (albeit slowly) and has some degree of agility despite its size. Also armed to the teeth with the latest DC weaponry.