Afflictor

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Afflictor-class Phase Frigate
Frigate
Logistical data
CR per deployment	30%
CR per deployment	30%
Recovery rate (per day)	10%
Recovery rate (per day)	10%
Recovery cost (supplies)	10
Recovery cost (supplies)	10
Deployment points	10
Deployment points	10
Peak performance (sec)	180
Peak performance (sec)	180
Ordnance points	55
Ordnance points	55
Maintenance (supplies/month)	10
Maintenance (supplies/month)	10
Cargo capacity	25
Cargo capacity	25
Maximum crew	10
Maximum crew	10
Skeleton crew required	5
Skeleton crew required	5
Fuel capacity	50
Fuel capacity	50
Maximum burn	10
Maximum burn	10
Fuel per light year	1
Fuel per light year	1
Combat performance
Hull integrity	1,000
Armor rating	350
Flux capacity	3,000
Flux dissipation	400
Top speed	165
Systems
System	Entropy Amplifier
Defense	Phase Cloak
Cloak activation cost	90
Cloak upkeep/sec	120
Flight decks	0
Mounts	1x Small Energy 2x Small Hybrid 2x Small Universal
Hullmods	Phase Field Delicate Machinery

	A dangerous and swift phase frigate, the Afflictor design features the efficient Mark III Phase Cloak actuator. Its weapons loadout is powerful enough to bring down much heavier ships if they are caught off guard.
–In-Game Description

The Afflictor-class is a phase Frigate with a unique Entropy Amplifier, which temporarily makes ships more vulnerable to damage.

• Afflictor
• Afflictor (P)

Overview

The Afflictor-class Phase Frigate is a High Tech Frigate; it is armed with 1 Small Energy turret (360°), 2 forward-facing Small Hybrid hardpoints, and 2 forward-facing Small Universal hardpoints. Its Entropy Amplifier ship system makes a targeted enemy ship more vulnerable to damage from all sources, but will take upwards to 25% of the Afflictor's flux to activate.

The Afflictor has two hullmods integrated; Phase Field, which reduces the sensor profile of the ship and also reduces the sensor profile of the fleet overall; and Delicate Machinery, which quickens the rate of combat readiness decay after the ship has passed its peak performance time.

Acquisition

Since it is a high tech ship, the Afflictor is very rare, and can occasionally be found in Tri-Tachyon bastions and its colonies, and in elite mercenary bounties given by contacts.

Note: In the vanilla version of the game, if an enemy ship has S-Mods and it's defeated, they can lose their S-Mods on recovery. In the case of the Afflictor, they will be guaranteed to lose them.

Tactics

The following section contains user-submitted suggestions, these may be inaccurate or outdated.

• Its Phase Field, Entropy Amplifier and frontal universal/hybrid weapon mounts makes it suitable for hit-and-run tactics against medium-sized ships. In this role, it is best piloted directly by the player, who can infiltrate the enemy and assassinate a high-value target.
• This ship combined with the Wolfpack Tactics and Target Analysis skills can make the Afflictor a terrifying strike ship, capable of eliminating low armor cruisers and dealing heavy damage even to capital ships.
• The Afflictor is also suitable for anti-shield support roles when equipped with Sabot missiles and Antimatter Blasters; phasing in and out while shredding enemy shields and providing heavy fire. See the Strike autofit variant below.

Autofit variants

Strike

• 2x Sabot SRM
• 2x Antimatter Blaster
• 1x PD Laser
• Hardened Subsystems
• Flux Coil Adjunct
• 10x capacitors
• 6x vents

Strike (pirate)

• 2x Antimatter Blaster
• 1x Ion Cannon
• Flux Distributor
• 10x capacitors
• 2x vents

Change History

Patch 0.96a: Increased CR per deployment to 30% Patch 0.95.1a: Afflictor: increased deployment and maintenance costs to 10 (was: 8); Afflictor (P): reduced deployment and maintenance costs to 6 (was: 8) Patch 0.95a: Changed two of the front-facing hardpoints from Universal to Hybrid Patch 0.9a: System changed from Active Flare Launcher to Entropy Amplifier Patch 0.53.1a: Increased phase cloak activation cost a bit, reduced upkeep cost Patch 0.53a: Phase ships introduced.