Assault Cruiser

Assault Cruiser

Rank:

Tier:

5

Type:

Cruiser

Hull:

39,000

Standard Shields:

4,975 (Mk VIII)

Shield Modifier:

1

Weapons:

4 4

Crew:

800

Bridge Officers:

    

Device Slots:

4

Consoles:

3 4 2

Turn Rate:

7

Impulse Modifier:

0.15

Inertia rating:

30

Bonus Power:

+5 all power levels

Cost:

120,000

The Assault Cruiser is an Admiral (Tier 5) level Federation Cruiser. Like all Cruisers, bar the Light Cruiser, they also enjoy a bonus to their subsystem power granting +5 to Weapons, Engines, Shields and Auxiliary. The most well known Assault Cruiser is the U.S.S. Enterprise-E which was commanded by former Captain made Ambassador Jean-Luc Picard. As of 2408 she was commanded by Captain Data.

Variants

Sovereign class

Galaxy class

The Enterprise-E is a Sovereign class vessel. The Sovereign has an elongated saucer section connected to the main hull with a streamlined and interconnected neck area. The main hull has two up-swept pylons attached to it which lead to the ship's nacelles.

Majestic class

Majestic class

The Majestic is the longest of all four Assault Cruisers, although only due to its nacelles having a spiked edge at the aft section. The design is otherwise quite typical of a Cruiser. In terms of complexity of design, it is not as smooth as the Sovereign, but not as rugged as the Noble. It also shares several design features with the NPC Typhoon Class Battleship, such as the design of the saucer section and nacelle pylons.

Noble class

Noble class

This model is similar in design to the Sovereign. It has a bigger and more circular saucer section of the hull. The main hull is smaller than both the Majestic and Sovereign. It also has two up-swept pylons connecting the nacelles at roughly a 45 degree angle. Both the saucer and main hull are quite rugged in design compared to the other two types.

Imperial class

Imperial class

The Imperial Class is a variant of the Sovereign Class. It's most notable for the prominent build up along the upper surface of the neck and rear of the saucer section. Its saucer is notably thinner than any other Assault Cruiser. The pylons are also very rigid and nacelles are placed very forward on the design.

This class was previously available as an extra ship skin at the C-Store, but as of Season 7 is exclusive to the Fleet Assault Cruiser. Players who purchased the skin prior to the Season 7 update may still use the Imperial skin on any Assault Cruisers or Assault Cruiser Refits they own.

Performance

The Assault Cruiser is a very powerful ship and a formidable adversary for any player. They carry huge amounts of firepower with their 8 weapon slots (4 aft, 4 fore). This can also have a negative twist as 8 weapons can drain weapon subsystem power very quickly if weapons aren't carefully chosen or/and an EPS Flow Regulator Engineering console isn't used. They have very poor maneuverability and are the second slowest of all of the Federations starships at turning and coming to a dead-stop, but with a proper weapon setup they don't rely on it as much as other vessels.

Assault Cruisers have a good sized crew which helps with repair rates of the hull. In terms of hull they are tied at third strongest hull in the Federation fleet, alongside Star Cruisers and have good shields.

In comparison to the Star Cruiser, which is the other Admiral Tier 5 level Cruiser for the Federation, they have one less Science station, one extra Tactical station and 200 less crew.

Comparison with Equivalent Variants

	Assault Cruiser	Star Cruiser	Advanced Heavy Retrofit	Support Cruiser Retrofit
Bridge Officers
Consoles	3 4 2	2 4 3	3 4 2	3 4 2
	Mirror Star Cruiser	Mirror Assault Cruiser
Bridge Officers
Consoles	2 4 3	3 4 2
Crew	800	1,000	750	700
Turn Rate	7	7	8	7
Hull Strength	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,500

Standard Configuration

Federation starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.

Equipment

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  [Shield Array Mk VIII]
  
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  [Deflector Array Mk VIII]
  
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  [Impulse Engines Mk VIII]
  

Fore Weapons

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  [Phaser Beam Array Mk VIII]
  
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  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk VIII]
  
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  [Phaser Beam Array Mk VIII]
  
• 

  
  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk VIII]
  

Aft Weapons

• 

  
  [Phaser Beam Array Mk VIII]
  
• 

  
  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk VIII]
  
• 

  
  [Phaser Beam Array Mk VIII]
  
• 

  
  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk VIII]
  

Notes

• Players can mimic the appearance of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E on Sovereign class Assault Cruisers by choosing the Andromeda color pattern in the ship customization editor.

Gallery

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  Database information

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  Noble class Shuttlebay

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  Noble class Auxiliary Medical Bay

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  Noble class Auxiliary Control

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  Noble class Main Engineering

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  Noble class Transporter Room

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  A mixed-class assault cruiser

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  Imperial class image from the C-Store