Troop transport

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Belters	Bios
Dreghklar	Ga'Taraan
GigaCorp	Iron Coalition
Omicron Hive	Rixian Unity
Technoflux	Draconium
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SHIPS
Buying Ships
Small Class
Eject Pod	Interceptor
Fighter	Scout
Stealth Fighter	Other Small Ships
Medium Class
Bomber	Fighter Bomber
Gunship	Stealth Bomber
Troop Transport	Other Medium Ships
Capital Class
Assault Ship	Attack Carrier
Battlecruiser	Battleship
Corvette	Cruiser
Destroyer	Devastator
Freighter	Frigate
	Other Capital Ships
Ship Equipment
Dispenser Items	Missiles
Weapons	Other Equipment
AI Drone Ships
Carrier	Caltrop
Constructor	Miner
Tower	Other Drones
BASES
Buying Bases
Minor Bases
Outpost	Refinery
Teleport Receiver	Other Minor Bases
Special Bases
Garrison	Shipyard
Technology Bases
Expansion Complex	Supremacy Center
Tactical Laboratory	Other Tech Bases

Abbreviation: tt, htt

Troop transports are deployed to capture bases, they achieve this by docking at the green door while the enemy's shields are down. This renders the basic troop transport virtually useless as it has no anti-base weapons, but the heavy troop transport can mount EMP missiles making it far more useful. Transports have no weapons nor missiles to defend themselves with and rely on heavy escort and good timing to capture an enemy station.

There are two schools of thought to using HTTs. One is to sneak into the enemy sector at low signature with a few low sig nans, maneuver into position some distance from the station and then wait for a distraction before attacking. A well organised team will have several HTTs attacking different targets all across the map at the same time. The second tactic is the brute force approach, where the HTT is escorted by a swarm of interceptors and nans, and perhaps even a bomber to draw some of the enemy fire. This approach only really works if the enemy green door is facing an aleph you can attack from - if the HTT has to make a sharp turn to dock it is likely to fail (especially as most commanders refuse to buy ship acceleration).

Occasionally you will see HTTs used defensively, launching just before the enemy captures the base and then recapturing it. And the enemy will attempt to re-recapture it, and so ad finitum.

Ship statistics

Information taken from CC_03. Values are representative only (many factions have had their ships individually tweaked for balance).

Mk I - Troop transport

Cost:$1

Requires expansion to research. Remains available as long as exp is alive.

Ship		Handling		Equipment
Armor class	Medium	Mass	45	Weapons	-
Hitpoints	750	Max thrust	675	Missiles	-
ECM	0.8	Power-weight ratio	15	Turrets	-
Scan	1200	Max speed	75	Shield	Medium
Signature	100%	Turn rate	0.6	Booster	-
Energy	0	Torque-weight ratio	1.1	Cloaking device	-
Recharge	0	Riptime/cost	20secs/1500	Dispenser	-

Mk II - Heavy troop transport

Cost:$1000

Requires troop transport and adv exp to research. Available as long as exp stays alive

• Cost increased to $1000.
• Hitpoints increased to 975.
• Can mount EMP missiles (researched under adv exp).

Factions

Bios troop transport	Bios Can mount heavy cloak. 1500 energy and 60 recharge per second
Belters troop transport	Belters Nothing special
Dreghklar Empire troop transport	Dreghklar Empire Nothing special
Ga'Taraan Federation troop transport	Ga'Taraan Federation Can be upgraded with armor plating, researched in the research station Extra hit points. Increases mass making it harder to ram. Increases thrust and torque so the thrust-weight and torque-weight ratios remain the same
GigaCorp troop transport	GigaCorp Nothing special
Rixian Unity troop transport	Rixian Unity Instead of using missiles the pilot can place a stinger in his first gun slot, a rapid firing energy weapon that does damage to stations. 1000 energy and 30 recharge per second This makes rix unique in having a troop transport that can damage station hull, not just shield.
Iron Coalition troop transport	Iron Coalition 20% cost reduction.
Technoflux troop transport	Technoflux Instead of using missiles the pilot can mount an anti-base shield cannon in his primary weapon slot, a slow firing energy weapon that does damage to station shields (but not hull). 1000 energy and 90 recharge per second