Paragon Battleship

“	A paragon of Altairian technology and weaponry, this battleship unleashes its true combat power when surrounded, by activating its Barrage Overdrive.	”
	— In-Game Description

General

Paragon Battleship
Basic Information
Faction	Altairians
Tier	7A
Class	Battleship
Slot Configuration
Weapon	8
Armor	1
Shield	2
Special	3
Specifications
Health	7,350
Unladen Mass	970 t
Maximum Mass	19,350 t
Firing Arc	90 + 90 deg
Cargo	2,662,700 t
Ship Speed	280 m/s
Turning	10.0 deg/s
Strafe	60 m/s
Rear Speed	50 m/s
Acceleration	60 m/s2
Sector Speed	240 AU/h
Hull XP	80,332 XP
Modifiers
Overdrive	Barrage I
Range	125%
Cruiser Damage	+10%
Pharmakon Damage	+20%
Resists	50%
Resists	40%
Counter Pierce	2
Applies to	Missile
Weapon Speed	+25%
Health Damage	+10%
Blueprint
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Time	5d 0h
He-3	199,698,855
AM	69,736,108
Craft
Time	1d 0h
He-3	199,698,855
AM	69,736,108
Fragments	900
Repair
Time	1h 01m 15s

The Paragon Battleship is a Tier 7 ship that drains the Piercing effect of weapons on hit. Its Barrage Overdrive ability activates whenever enemy ships are present in both firing arcs (and 3 seconds thereafter), increasing the maneuverability as well as firepower of the ship.

Missile weapons that are equipped on this ship travel 25% faster, which can be stacked with other speed-increasing effects.

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

In addition to its increased health over previous classes of Battleship, the Paragon is also capable of dealing heavy damage with its 8 weapon slots. Its Counter Pierce also negates the effectiveness of piercing weapons such as the Bayonet Missile as well as the AP Driver, thus reducing the amount of damage it can take from those weapons. It also grants a boost to the speed of missile weapons equipped to it, increasing their accuracy.

The Barrage Overdrive ability that it has also drastically increases the effectiveness of its weaponry as well as its maneuverability, by granting a boost to its turning speed, as well as the projectile speed and the AoE Radius of any splash damage weapons on it whenever the Paragon Battleship has enemy ships in both firing arcs.

In addition, it has increased damage versus Cruisers, allowing them to destroy them much faster. It also has Alien and Plasma Resistance, reducing the damage taken by weapons of those damage types by a large amount.

Disadvantages

The Barrage Overdrive ability can only activate if enemy ships are present in both firing arcs, which is usually really hard to do unless the Battleship gets up close and personal. The Paragon, despite its increased health, does not possess the durability to be able to brawl with enemy ships at short range, and unless protected by more heavily armored ships such as the Bastion Cruiser, will quickly fall to any sustained onslaught.

It is vulnerable to Cutters as well, especially Cavalier Cutters which have a built in damage boost against Battleships.

Upgrading

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	8	8	9	9	9
Resistance Slots	1	1	1	1	1
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	20,320 t	21,285 t	22,255 t	23,220 t	23,220 t
Cargo	3,195,240 t	3,328,375 t	3,461,510 t	3,594,645 t	7,189,290 t
Sector Speed	240 AU/h	240 AU/h	240 AU/h	240 AU/h	390 AU/h
Hull XP	82,732 XP	102,400 XP	109,750 XP	117,627 XP	117,627 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Barrage II	Barrage III	Barrage IV	Barrage V	Barrage V
Cruiser Damage	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+30%
Weapon Mass	-5%	-15%	-30%	-50%	-50%
Resists	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%
Counter Pierce	2	4	4	6	6
Applies to	Missile
Health Damage	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+30%
RESEARCH
Prerequisites	Previous level of Paragon Battleship, Same level of Fury Battleship
Workshop Required	IX
Time	2d 2h 24m	2d 10h 48m	2d 19h 12m	3d 3h 36m	N/A
Mineral Ore	99,849,428	199,698,855	259,608,512	399,397,710	N/A
CRAFT
Time	18h 54m	1d 13h 48m	2d 8h 42m	3d 3h 36m	1h 00m
Mineral Ore	33,283,143	66,566,285	99,849,428	199,698,855	69,894,599
Patterns	20	40	60	140	N/A
Cores	10	30	45	80	N/A
Parts	25	60	115	200	N/A
Armaments	985	2,300	3,600	4,925	N/A
Fragments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	150

Trivia

• The health damage bonus was added as part of a balancing patch during April 2018.

Gallery

Mk I/II Herald Paragon Battleship angled HD render

Mk III/IV Herald Paragon Battleship angled HD render

Mk V Herald Paragon Battleship angled HD render

Mk VI Herald Paragon Battleship angled HD render

The astonishing splash radius with Barrage Overdrive active

Paragon Battleships firing Xeno Eclipse Drivers

A Elite Paragon Battleship Firing a mixture of Sai and Xeno Sai Missiles.

Paragon Battleship Mk V among a group of other ships kiting a Marauder fleet.

Paragon Battleships blitzing a base.

Paragon Battleships destroying Guardian Cruisers with Eclipse Drivers.

Paragon Battleships with a mix of Xeno Sai Missile and Eclipse Driver Destroying Elite Bastion Cruisers.

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