Sovereign Carrier

“	The Sovereign Carrier is the peak of Altairian design. It has a more combat oriented design with its regenerative shields, as well as the ability to swap Overdrive Generators to adapt to a well prepared commander.	”
	— In-Game Description

General

Sovereign Carrier
Basic Information
Faction	Altairians
Tier	7.0
Class	Carrier
Slot Configuration
Hangar	6
Armor	2
Shield	2
Special	3
Specifications
Health	17,730
Unladen Mass	1,163 t
Maximum Mass	23,250 t
Firing Arc	360 deg
Support	Needs Generator
Support Range	Default: 0 m
Cargo	3,804,000 t
Ship Speed	200 m/s
Turning	10.0 deg/s
Strafe	50 m/s
Rear Speed	50 m/s
Acceleration	50 m/s2
Sector Speed	240 AU/h
Hull XP	73,406 XP
Modifiers
Shield Energy	+50%
Shield Recharge	+2% energy/s
Recharge Delay	10 s
Resists	50%
Resists	40%
Blueprint
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Time	5d 0h
He-3	234,580,000
AM	88,760,000
Craft
Time	1d 0h
AM	377,000,000
Fragments	1,800
Repair
Time	2h 27m 45s

The Sovereign Carrier is the Altairian Carrier, and the first Tier 7 Carrier as well. It is also the Last Altairian Hull to make its debut.

Strategy and Setup

Advantages

The Sovereign Carrier has a significant boost to shield energy, and by default is able to recharge its shields through out combat, making its survivability much higher than previous carriers. The recharge rate can be further augmented with Deflector Shell or Regeneration Converter, increasing its durability even further.

It is also able to equip Cyclotron Beams, and can snipe its foes from tremendous range, but its true strength lies in its overdrive. When paired with the Enguard Overdrive Generator, it boosts the shield defense of all ships in its support range, and grants an Ion field that boosts damage to shields by 100%. This makes it extremely effective against enemy fleets that tend to have much more shields and less armor.

It also possesses the characterestic 50% Alien and 40% Plasma resistances respectively, thereby significantly reducing the effectiveness of weapons dealing these damage types.

Disadvantages

The Sovereign is unable to equip any other support fields, especially the Agility Field Generator, Phase Shifter Generator and etc which are meant for the Paladin Carrier, and since the Enguard only triggers when 3 or more enemies are in its firing range, is effectively unable to generate a support field, causing it to ose out against previous generations of carriers which would almost always generate a supoort field.

If equipped with Squadrons, Suppressors and Tyrants, with their squadron damage boost, will effectively make short work of its squadrons, rendering the carrier defenseless agiainst any fleets with those ships inside.

Like all carriers, it is slow, and has limited mobility, making it somewhat of a liability in combat even with the benefits it offers.

Upgrading

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Shield Slots	2	2	3	3	3
Resistance Slots	1	1	1	1	1
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	24,415 t	25,575 t	26,735 t	27,900 t	27,900 t
Cargo	4,564,800 t	4,755,000 t	4,945,200 t	5,135,400 t	10,270,800 t
Sector Speed	240 AU/h	240 AU/h	240 AU/h	240 AU/h	390 AU/h
Hull XP	75,669 XP	77,978 XP	80,332 XP	82,732 XP	82,732 XP
MODIFIERS
Hangar Weapon Mass	-5%	-15%	-30%	-50%	-50%
Resists	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%
RESEARCH
Prerequisites	Previous level of Sovereign Carrier, Same level of Valhalla Carrier
Workshop Required	IX
Time	2d 2h 24m	2d 10h 48m	2d 19h 12m	3d 3h 36m	N/A
Mineral Ore	117,290,000	234,580,000	304,954,000	469,160,000	N/A
CRAFT
Time	18h 54m	1d 13h 48m	2d 8h 42m	3d 3h 36m	1h 00m
Mineral Ore	39,096,667	78,193,333	117,290,000	234,580,000	117,290,000
Patterns	40	140	210	280	N/A
Cores	30	80	120	160	N/A
Parts	50	155	235	435	N/A
Armaments	1,970	4,100	6,300	8,500	N/A
Fragments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	300

Trivia

• The Sovereign Carrier is the first Tier 7 Carrier.
• The Sovereign Carrier was the first carrier to utilize an Overdrive Generator, which combines both the support field and Overdrive systems together.
• The sprites for this ship were released 1 month early in the May 2018 Update

Gallery

Sovereign Carrier Mk1-2 Render

Sovereign Carrier Mk3-4 Render

Sovereign Carrier Mk 5 Render

Sovereign Carrier Elite Render

Sovereign Carrier Elite and 4 Bastion Cruisers chasing down a Paladin Carrier Elite.

A Group of Cavalier Cutters Rushing a Sovereign Carrier escorted by a group of Bastion Cruisers.

Elite Inquisitor Destroyers Taking advantage of the Pierce on the Xeno Sai Missile to destroy a Sovereign Carrier behind Elite Bastion Cruisers.

A Sovereign Carrier firing Cyclotron Beams at Altairian Corvettes.

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