Revenant

Up to date for latest version, 0.98a.

	A stealth freighter which audaciously employs phase technology to support covert fleet operations, the Revenant is not cheap or efficient. Raised up from a dusty set of databanks hidden in an unnamed rock orbiting a nondescript star for a hundred cycles after the First AI War, the Revenant schematics provided an immense boon to the logistics of Tri-Tachyon raiders during the Second AI War.
–In-game description

	Hegemony lawyers considered declaring the design illegal, but evidence of alpha-level AI influence was deemed insufficient. The lead prosecutor insisted so strongly that this was itself evidence of the work of an alpha that the High Hegemon found it politic to recuse them from the proceedings.
–Additional Codex description

Overview

The Revenant-class phase tender is a specialized logistics ship that functions as both a fuel tanker and a freighter at the same time, but does not possess any weapon mounts. Its Phase Field allows it to operate as part of a phase fleet without compromising the fleet's sensor profile. It is not a wholly efficient replacement of more dedicated logistics ships, however.

Notes

• While the Revenant does not have the Civilian-grade Hull mod, it still benefits from the Bulk Transport Industry skill, gaining +2 base Burn bonus.

Tips and Strategies

The following section contains user-submitted suggestions, these may be inaccurate or outdated.

As a phase logistics ship, Revenants are suited for "avoiding" unsuitable escape engagements. Since it has no weapon mounts to speak of, Unstable Injector has no downside.

Compared to other "logistics ships", its maintenance-cost-to-cargo-capacity ratio is by far the worst; 5x higher than the Atlas', ~3.7x higher than the Colossus, and ~3.3x higher than the Buffalo. Its maintenance-cost-to-fuel-capacity ratio is likewise the worst of the tankers, ~5x higher than the Prometheus, ~3.3x higher than the Phaeton, and ~2.5x higher than the Dram, it is recommended to equip Revenants with the Efficiency Overhaul hullmod and ideally s-mod it for a 30% reduction in supply and fuel use.

Despite the Revenant's operating costs, its cruiser grade Phase Field bonuses alongside their hauling capacity help larger task forces avoid detection by minimizing their fleet's sensor profile.

Changelog

Patch 0.95a: Introduced to the game