Paragon

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Paragon-class Battleship
High Tech Capital
500,000c
Logistical data
CR per deployment	20%
CR per deployment	20%
Recovery rate (per day)	4%
Recovery rate (per day)	4%
Recovery cost (supplies)	60
Recovery cost (supplies)	60
Deployment points	60
Deployment points	60
Peak performance (sec)	720
Peak performance (sec)	720
Ordnance points	370
Ordnance points	370
Maintenance (supplies/month)	60
Maintenance (supplies/month)	60
Cargo capacity	300
Cargo capacity	300
Maximum crew	1000
Maximum crew	1000
Skeleton crew required	400
Skeleton crew required	400
Fuel capacity	300
Fuel capacity	300
Maximum burn	7
Maximum burn	7
Fuel per LY / Jump cost	10
Fuel per LY / Jump cost	10
Combat performance
Hull integrity	18000
Armor rating	1500
Flux capacity	25000
Flux dissipation	1250
Top speed	30
Systems
Defense	Omni Shield
Shield arc	360
Shield upkeep/sec	750
Shield flux/damage	0.6
System	Fortress Shield
Mounts	2x Medium Universal 4x Large Energy 4x Medium Energy 4x Small Missile 9x Small Energy
Hullmods	Advanced Targeting Core

	The pinnacle of the Domain's battleship designs, though perhaps less the result of military necessity and more of the ambitions of certain senior strategic staff of the Domain Navy - with considerable backing from the Tri-Tachyon corporation, among other major contractors. No ship can outlast or outgun the Paragon-class, a true Leviathan of a bygone epoch.
–In-game description

The Paragon-class Battleship is a high tech design fielded by Tri-Tachyon.

Overview

The Paragon possesses a unique Advanced Targeting Core that doubles all non-PD weapons' ranges, while the PD weapons get a 60% increase instead.

Its Fortress Shield ship system, when activated, makes the ship incredibly durable at the cost of generating hard flux.

Strategy and tips

The following section contains user-submitted suggestions, these may be inaccurate or outdated.

Disco

The generally long range of many beams and the reliability of beams hitting targets enables the Paragon to make excellent use of its unique Advanced Targeting Core hullmod. Typical weapons would be Tachyon Lance, High Intensity Laser, Graviton Beam, Ion Beam or Tactical Laser. The Advanced Optics hullmod is worth special consideration, as does Advanced Turret Gyros to help offset the weapon turn speed reduction or assist with keeping beams on targets that do manage to close in.

Maximum Firepower

Maximum Firepower prioritizes weapons that have very high flux/sec values or front-loaded output such as the Plasma Cannon and Tachyon Lance.

Simple usage of this type of build involves watching your flux capacity & toggling the Fortress Shield when it is getting high. Advanced usage of this build is assessing incoming damage potential & dynamically toggling the Fortress Shield when the incoming damage is not too high. This requires a good working knowledge of damage mechanics & various weapons but provides for an excellent compromise between defensive & offensive strength.

Changelog

Patch 0.95a: Fixed minor missile slot facing asymmetry. Patch 0.9a: Increased deployment and monthly maintenance cost to 60 (was: 50); Reduced crew required to 400 (was: 450) Patch 0.8a: Paragon's Advanced Targeting Core modified to only add 50% range for PD weapons (still 100% for other weapons) Patch 0.53a: Ship Systems introduced. Paragon gets Fortress Shield. Patch 0.5a: Added.