Ga'Taraan Federation

The Ga'Taraan Federation - Founded twenty years ago by the uprising of two science colonies under the iron fist command of the Iron Coalition, the Ga'Taraan Federation remained isolated from the war that ensued after the destruction of Earth. Developing different technologies, they felt their involvement was necessary, and recently began assaults in the Solar System.

The Ga'Taraan Federation was isolated from combat for some time, and although its ships and stations are behind the times, it is a highly science-oriented faction. They have adapted many of the older technologies to new uses which can hold their own in fighting the other factions.

Finding their origins with the Iron Coalition, their ships and stations use many of the older designs of the Coalition, albeit modified.

The technological tree of this faction is longer than that of others. They require more facilities to become as functional as the others, placing a huge weight on their tech tree and financial system. They must build a palisade before having the ability to upgrade any other technological station. Although the palisade does have its advantages, it is costly and slows tech tree progress.

Having been away for so long, they are significantly different from the others. They can use a research station for the development of such equipment as solar inverters and pulse lasers, for example, both of which bring incredible advantages to the faction. Kinetic bombs, targeting computers, MRM Zeus missiles and the Doomsday are only examples of the acquisitions that they can make through the research station.

The faction also uses different ships. In addition to the regular scouts, fighters, interceptors and stealth fighters, the faction uses PT bombers, which are researched in the palisade similarly to GigaCorp's patrollers researched in the garrison. The PT Bomber use old rocket technology coupled with the latest mass production systems. This makes PT Bombers particularly lethal in that they can mount 35 rockets per missile slot, and fire them 5 at a time, dealing massive damage. Also, using the precursors to anti-base missiles, PT Bomber can mount kinetic bombs, which cost money per unit, but are as damaging as AB1. Since they can be fired from PT Bombers, they represent dangers similar to that of the galvonic blaster, with the exception that this is not limited to smaller stations, but is costly.

The economy of the faction is somewhat weak. Based off the Iron Coalition's then basically nonexistent economy, the Federates had to take care of themselves during their isolation. They only managed to develop basic He3-collecting miners, without any refineries. Coupled with the requirement to build a Palisade early in the game, their economy is seriously handicapped.

Also in the spirit of taking IC technology and improving upon it, Federation designers produce the unique rescue drone, an AI-controlled craft that acts as a moving rescue probe, thus having the ability to hide in important locations as it is sent in rescue operations.

Ga'Taraan Federation Information taken from CC_16. Updates for AC02 Starting ship(s) Scout Fighter

Faction statistics

Health		Ships		Weapons		Economy
Ship hull[1]	100%	Top speed	100%	EW range	100%	Starting money	100%
Ship shield	110%	Acceleration	100%	PW range	100%	Payday	$600
Ship shield repair	100%	Turn rate	100%	PW damage	100%	Mining speed	80%
Station hull	110%	Torque	100%	Missile tracking	90%	Miner capacity	100%
Station shield	110%	Sensors	100%	Missile damage	100%	He3 yield	100%
Station hull repair	100%	Signature[2]	100%	Energy	100%	Research time	2 minutes
Station shield repair	100%	Ripcording[3]	90%			Research costs	80%

1  ·	Standard ship hull is 90%.

2  ·	Note that ship signature is divided by this number, so a higher number is better.

3  ·	Note that ripcord time is divided by this number, so a higher number is better.

Faction unique traits

• Scouts are able to mount Gatt and Nan at the same time
• Palisade required before techbases can be upgraded.
• Palisade can be used as an expensive but strong "outpost" as it builds on generic asteroids but is ungalvable.
• Palisade doubles as a garrison.
• Unique tech (see below) available by building a research station.
• Miners offload at tech bases (but no refineries available at all).
• No gunship available.

Ga'Taraan tech

All of the technology listed in this section requires a research station.

Name	Image	Also requires	Notes
PT bomber		Palisade	A multipurpose ship, similar to a fighter bomber, that can kill bases and is a deadly tool in the hands of a skilled pilot who understands how to aim the rockets. It can arm Kinetic bombs, lightnings, thunders and LRM AB's.
Guardian			A slow mobile manned turret(AC/SC/LT).
Mustang		Palisade Starbase	Similar to a gunship, but with one turret (AC) and a front mounted Mini AC turret. Able to equip Hunters, Zeus, and Seeker missiles. Can load LB and ion booster.
MRR Lightning 2		Palisade	A multi rocket gun, able to do large amounts of damage, but is highly lag dependent.
LRR Thunder 2		Palisade	Similar to the Lightnings, but designed for use against capital ships and bombers.
Rocket Targeting	Coming soon	Palisade	Develops a rocket targeting system for PT Bombers.
Rescue drone			A drone that is able to pick up pods, must be manually moved.
EW Pulse Laser		Adv Supremacy Gatt2	Does comparable damage as Gatt3, but is an EW weapon so it doesn't use ammo and has excellent accuracy.
MRM Zeus		Adv Supremacy Dumb2	Has the damage of Dumbfire2 and the tracking of Seeker2. Requires Research, Supremacy and Dumbfire2
LRM Anti-Base		Adv Supremacy SRM AB2	A long range anti base missile but does little damage.
EW Gauss Gun		Adv Tactical Sniper1	A long range, powerful weapon that shoots in short bursts, only equipable on SF's and SB's.
Lt Sig Cloak		Tactical	An endurance cloak which consumes energy at a slow rate at the cost of not masking your signature as well. Ideal for cruising through sectors.
Solar Inverter		Tactical	Works exactly opposite to sig cloak - raises signature and recharges energy.
HTT Armor Plating	Coming soon	Adv Expansion Heavy troop transport	Increases the armor and mass of the HTT.
PW Mini-Disruptor		Adv Expansion Mini2	A cross between an Disruptor and a mini Gun, mountable on interceptor's first weapon slot. Ideal for anti-capship.
Ion Booster		Expansion	A booster with very slow accel and limited top speed, but extremely long lifespan meaning you take less fuel in cargo.
Harbinger of Doom		Shipyard (Heavy class) Aleph res 1	A large capital ship able to load the Doomsday missile which, when shot at an aleph, will destroy anything on both sides of the aleph including bases and asteroids.
Assault carrier drone	Coming soon	Shipyard (Heavy class)	An upgrade for carriers, any ship can ripcord to an assault carrier drone - not just small class.
EW SkyRipper LE	Coming soon	Shipyard (Heavy class)	Comparable damage to regular Skyrippers, only less energy drain.
PE Striker		Shipyard	Mounted on destroyers this is a shorter range, burst fire Lancer, that uses both energy and ammo.

Ideal settings

• GT can survive on anything and doesn't require a lot of starting money due to it's cheap research and ship costs.

Faction strategies

• Expansion - GT currently has no real nerf's making any tech path a very viable alternative. Their expansion especially is powerful for a number of reasons. Their Ints have better hull then IC with comparable gunmounts and similar hitboxes, their HTT's can get armor plating which makes them incredibly hard to ram and also gives them a huge amount of hull. The He GA's already boost their incredibly strong economy.
• Mustang/Tactical - Purchase a TAC first for SF's to destroy the enemies econ while you plunk away into the Palisade and Research, using these to expand you only need to spend money on one or two OP's on a medium sized map like high higher. Proceed to upgrade the Garrison and purchase mustangs, Med 2 and 3 make them very hard to kill, while Hunter3 will make them able to combat heavy Ints. Although this tactic seems like it may cost a lot of money, GT's economy is strong enough that as long as it's miners are not too troubled it shouldn't have problems getting mustangs by 15 - 20 mins. Enh miners with GT will make them almost invincible.
• Mining - Due to GT not having any refs the method of expansion is hindered slightly as the OP's and Techs have to be placed at a maximum of 2 sectors away from your home. Most maps this isn't an issue, on larger maps your miners may have to backtrack to your Garrison to unload or travel multiple sectors to unload at a forward OP. To maximize your econ mine one sector and then send them to go to your OP/Tech base. This will get you your money a little slower, but it shouldn't matter much.

See also

• Ga'Taraan Federation - pictures