Atlas
| The Atlas-class ships are large space-borne cargo platforms with an FTL drive and a few defensive systems. Hundreds of containers can be latched on to the hull and carried with ease by this behemoth.
Typically used to efficiently resupply entire outposts, the Atlas is ill suited to the small and fast trade runs that are the mainstay of commerce in the sector. Their slow speed and large size always tempt uninvited guests, ranging from curious gawkers come to see the hulking colossus, to scavenging pirates aiming to disable a container's magneto-gravitic fastener, to Pather fanatics bent on destroying it all. Nonetheless, the Hegemony makes wide use of them, especially to offload biomass from farming worlds on a seasonal basis. For this purpose, the Hegemony assembles large Atlas convoys; these are protected by military cruisers that ensure that the lifeline of Hegemony citizens is kept safe. The captaincy of an Atlas is a rare punishment for the able, an uneven mixture of soul-numbing boredom and abject terror, being the results of normal trade runs and pirate attacks, respectively. |
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Overview
The Atlas-class Superfreighter is a Low Tech logistics ship fielded by most of the Persean Sector. A common sight in many large fleets, the Atlas is hampered by its low burn speed and being a Civilian-grade Hull.
Availability
The Atlas blueprint is known to the Hegemony, Luddic Church, Persean League, Sindrian Diktat, Tri-Tachyon, and Independents. It is likely to appear in any large trade fleets from these factions or in their public markets.
Variants
| Variants | |||||||
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| ID | Name | Capacitors | Vents | Hullmods | Armaments | Goal variant | Notes |
| atlas_Standard | Standard | 20 | 16 | Yes | |||
Notes
- The Atlas has the largest cargo capacity of any ship, at 2000 cargo capacity.
Tips and strategies
The following section contains user-submitted suggestions, these may be inaccurate or outdated.
Hullmods
Equip the Atlas with both Augmented Drive Field and an Insulated Engine Assembly. When they're built-in, the Atlas' sensor profile of 300 gets reduced to 30, making the ship as stealthy as a standard frigate, and the burn speed gets increased to 10. Always build-in Expanded Cargo Holds to get more cargo space out of it.
Augmented Drive Field hullmod and/or Bulk Transport skill will improve the Atlas's otherwise poor max burn.
As a capital-size hull, the Atlas is also a good candidate for s-modded Surveying Equipment for optimal survey cost reduction.
Changelog
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| Explorarium | |
| Remnant | |
| Omega | |
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