Lancer Driver

Lancer Driver

Void Lancer Driver

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“	The Altairian Lancer Driver is a devastating weapon in the hands of skilled pilots. A single accurate shot can pierce multiple modules and travel further than any previous driver tech.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats

Lancer Driver	I	II	III (Heavy)	IV (Xeno)
SPECIFICATIONS
DPS	246	307	369	493
Mass	2,526 t	3,128 t	3,482 t	5,096 t
Range	3,000-5,200 m
Projectile Range	6,500 m
Speed	1,100 m/s
Spread	3 deg
Piercing	2
Firing Cycle	C: 0.0 / F: 0.0 / R: 2.0 / N: 1
Restricted to	Altairians, Umbra, Pharmakon
Hull XP	36,259 XP	38,730 XP	46,796 XP	92,320 XP
BLUEPRINT
Arms Lab Required	XI	XII	N/A	XII
REUSABLE ITEM
Prerequisites	N/A	N/A	None	N/A
CRAFT
Fragments	150
EQUIP
Time	12h 30m	18h 45m	1d 3h	2d 0h
Helium-3	8,876,000	12,692,680	16,509,360	20,326,040
Antimatter	2,536,000	3,626,480	4,716,960	5,807,440

Note 1: Xeno Lancer Driver is not available to the Pharmakon.

Note 2: Fragment crafting yields a Credit that can be instantly equipped.

General

The Lancer Driver is an Altairian Kinetic Weapon designed for long range siege warfare. it fires long, thin projectiles capable of piercing multiple targets, that can cruise much further than the firing range of the weapon itself.

Strategy and Setup

Advantages

With the ability to pierce, as well as its inherently long range, the Lancer Driver is easily able to snipe most enemy modules from afar. This is further supplemented when equipped on the Inquisitor Destroyer, as the Ballista Overdrive will further boost the increased projectile range and pierce, making it long enough such that the projectiles are able to travel throughout n entire base itself, causing massive damage.

Disadvantages

The Lancer Driver projectiles are not the fastest, and they do not have proximity detonation, so they are unable to hit fast moving targets. Ships and modules equipped with resistance against Kinetic weapons and counter pierce technology can decrease the damage potential of this weapon as well. The weapon also has a large minimum range, meaning fast ships like Cavalier Cutters can close the distance quickly and stay in the blind spot.

The Xeno Lancer Driver is not as effective against Xeno Division Hulls and above due to their innate damage resistance.

Trivia

• The update of early August 2018 removed time and resource costs of Lancer Driver fragment crafting.
• The Blueprint for the Xeno Lancer Driver was only released once(as of 30th November 2018).

Gallery

Lancer Drivers on Herald Inqusitor Destroyers destroying an Oligarch Paragon Battleship

Inquisitor Destroyers with Lancer Driver laying waste to a player base.

Inquisitor Destroyers Firing lancer Drivers at Oligarch Bastion Cruisers amidst a battle with an Altairian Brigade.

Elite Inquisitor Destroyers with Xeno Lancer Drivers tearing into Oligarch Cavalier Cutters.

Xeno Lancer Drivers being fired at Altairian Combat Modules from Inquisitor Destroyer Elites.

Elite Inquisitor Destroyers with Lancer Drivers Sieging a Fortified Altairian Base position.

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