Derelict Mothership

	This is one of the legendary survey motherships, the quiet automated workhorse of the Domain exploration and colonization effort. This is in essence a von Neumann probe, as the survey motherships contain autoforge capacity to manufacture a suite of smaller survey ships and the supplies required to perform its ongoing mission. This specimen is burned and battered by its centuries of service to the Domain, a drifting forgotten hulk.
–In-Game Description

The Derelict Mothership is the largest derelict ship, using the multi-part combat stations mechanic. Its large central core is invulnerable to conventional fire but its numerous small modules are destructible and the mothership itself will die when all modules are destroyed. After the battle the salvage is guaranteed to have a Catalytic Core, Synchrotron Core, or Pristine Nanoforge.

While not really difficult to take down, it does broadly present a gentle learning curve to the multi-part station mechanics. The multiple Mining Blasters with massively extended range demand some attention as a credible threat to an unwary, overconfident player that's not using shields, but with the recent changes to Mining Blaster operation and damage type, it should be very easy to take down with shielded ships due to the complete absence of anti-shield weaponry, since its PD/Mining lasers do not deal hard flux damage.

Derelict Mothership core

Shown to the right without modules attached. The Derelict Mothership will spawn with 6 unique modules:

• Bow Shield Module
• Bow Sensor Mast
• Front Right Small Gun Pod
• Mid Right Medium Gun Pod
• Rear Left Engine Gun Pod
• Front Left Medium Gun Pod

The core also has hull-mods:

• Vast Bulk
• Axial Rotation
• Targeting Supercomputer

Modules

Bow Shield Module

Module
Combat performance
Hull integrity	3000
Armor rating	600
Flux capacity	4200 (++1200)
Flux dissipation	290 (++40)
Systems
Mounts	2x Small Energy
Weapon Loadout	2x PD Laser

 

Bow Sensor Mast

Module
Combat performance
Hull integrity	5000
Armor rating	400
Flux capacity	4600 (++1600)
Flux dissipation	370 (++120)
Systems
Mounts	3x Small Energy 1x Medium Energy
Weapon Loadout	1x Mining Blaster 2x Mining Laser 1x PD Laser

 

Front Right Small Gun Pod

Module
Combat performance
Hull integrity	1500
Armor rating	300
Flux capacity	1400 (++400)
Flux dissipation	220 (++120)
Systems
Mounts	2x Small Energy
Weapon Loadout	1x Mining Laser 1x PD Laser

 

Mid Right Medium Gun Pod

Module
Combat performance
Hull integrity	2500
Armor rating	400
Flux capacity	1500
Flux dissipation	360 (++160)
Systems
Mounts	1x Medium Energy 1x Small Energy
Weapon Loadout	1x Mining Blaster 1x PD Laser

 

Rear Left Engine Gun Pod

Module
Combat performance
Hull integrity	3200
Armor rating	400
Flux capacity	2000
Flux dissipation	400 (++200)
Systems
Mounts	1x Medium Energy 1x Small Energy
Weapon Loadout	1x Mining Blaster 2x PD Laser

 

Front Left Medium Gun Pod

Module
Combat performance
Hull integrity	3200
Armor rating	400
Flux capacity	3600 (++1600)
Flux dissipation	280 (++80)
Systems
Mounts	1x Medium Energy 2x Small Energy
Weapon Loadout	1x Mining Blaster 1x PD Laser 1x Mining Laser

 

Change History

0.8a

• Added to the game

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