Hangar - Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats
Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats are a type of Hangar Pet for Dominion characters, as well as characters of any other faction.
They are obtained and unlocked with the purchase of the following Jem'Hadar Vanguard vessels:
They may only be equipped on a Tier 5 or Tier 6 Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier, or any other Jem'Hadar Vanguard vessel capable of launching hangar pets:
Slotted hangar pets will add a launch ability: .png){kind=icon}
Launch Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboat.
Hangar overview[edit | edit source]
| Name | Squad | Energy type | Projectile | Abilities | |
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Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats | 1/2 |  Polaron
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 Quantum
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Beams: Fire at Will I • Attack Pattern Lambda I • Evasive Burst I • Ramming Speed |
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Advanced Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats | 1/2 | Polaron
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Quantum
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Beams: Fire at Will II • Attack Pattern Lambda II • Evasive Burst I • Ramming Speed |
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Elite Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats | 1/2 | Polaron
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Quantum
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Beams: Fire at Will III • Attack Pattern Lambda III • Evasive Burst II • Ramming Speed |
The Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboat was designed as the workhorse of the Odo's new Dominion fleet and can be seen as the successor to the still in-use Jem'Hadar attack ship. Powerful and armed to the teeth with Dominion weaponry, they are more than capable enough to take on the forces of the Hur'q.
Standard-issue (rare) Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats come pre-loaded as part of the standard equipment of the following vessels:
Pets[edit | edit source]
* Polaron Dual Beam Bank
* Polaron Beam Array
* Polaron Beam Array
* Quantum Torpedoes
* Beams: Fire at Will I
* Attack Pattern: Lambda I
* Evasive Burst I (Brief increase to Flight Speed, Turn Rate, and Defense)
* Chance to initiate Ramming Speed when below 50% Health
- Launches a level __ Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboat. Each hangar supports 2 deployed ships at any given time.
- 40 sec recharge
- UNLOCK: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Dreadnought Cruiser (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (T6)
- RESTRICTION:
Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier, Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T5-U), Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Dreadnought Cruiser (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Support Carrier (T6), Fleet Jem'Hadar Vanguard Support Carrier (T6)
- - AVAILABLE: Once unlocked, it becomes available from the Hangar section of the Requisition Starship Equipment vendor found on most hubs for 25,355 .
Capabilities[edit source]
- Capacity: Launches 1 at a time, and can support up to 2 per hangar.
- Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge
- Weapons:
* Polaron Dual Beam Bank
* Polaron Beam Array
* Polaron Beam Array
* Quantum Torpedoes
* Beams: Fire at Will II
* Attack Pattern: Lambda II
* Evasive Burst II (Brief increase to Flight Speed, Turn Rate, and Defense)
* Chance to initiate Ramming Speed when below 50% Health
- Launches a level __ Advanced Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboat. Each hangar supports 2 deployed ships at any given time.
- 40 sec recharge
- UNLOCK: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Dreadnought Cruiser (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (T6)
- RESTRICTION:
Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier, Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T5-U), Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Dreadnought Cruiser (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Support Carrier (T6), Fleet Jem'Hadar Vanguard Support Carrier (T6)
- - AVAILABLE: Once unlocked, it becomes available from the Hangar Pets section of the Dilithium Store for 30,250
. The cost can be lowered to 25,712 provided the player has access to a Fleet Dilithium Mine with all Fleet Project Dilithium Discounts unlocked.
Capabilities[edit source]
- Capacity: Launches 1 at a time, and can support up to 2 per hangar.
- Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge
- Weapons:
* Polaron Dual Beam Bank
* Polaron Beam Array
* Polaron Beam Array
* Quantum Torpedoes
* Beams: Fire at Will III
* Attack Pattern: Lambda III
* Evasive Burst III (Brief increase to Flight Speed, Turn Rate, and Defense)
* Chance to initiate Ramming Speed when below 50% Health
- Launches a level __ Elite Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboat. Each hangar supports 2 deployed ships at any given time.
- 40 sec recharge
- UNLOCK: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Dreadnought Cruiser (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (T6)
- RESTRICTION:
Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier, Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T5-U), Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Dreadnought Cruiser (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Vanguard Support Carrier (T6), Fleet Jem'Hadar Vanguard Support Carrier (T6)
- - AVAILABLE: Once unlocked, it becomes available from the Hangar Pets section of the Fleet Space Supplies officer onboard a Fleet Starbase with a Tier V Communications Array for 45,000 and 100,000
. The Dilithium cost can be lowered to 38,250 provided the player has access to a Fleet Dilithium Mine with all Fleet Project Dilithium Discounts unlocked.
Capabilities[edit source]
- Capacity: Launches 1 at a time, and can support up to 2 per hangar.
- Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge
- Weapons:
Special abilities[edit | edit source]
Evasive Burst[edit | edit source]
Vanguard Gunboats come equipped with a unique active ability named Evasive Burst. Visually and perhaps mechanically, it appears identical to the player ability Evasive Maneuvers. It provides a brief increase to Flight Speed, Turn Rate, and Defense for the pet. With each pet variant, the ability gains another rank, presumably buffing the active bonus. No player facing stats exist for this ability.
Playable version[edit | edit source]
No playable version of the Vanguard Gunboat currently exists in-game.
Modifiers[edit source]
Hangar pet performance is affected by various factors, all listed below.
- Innate
- All hangar pets are immune to warp core breaches and have an unique version of the Strategist specialization ability "Layered Defense", known as "Layered Defenses III", which makes them immune to a single torpedo hit every 30 seconds.
- Subsystem
- Auxiliary Power level will determine the recharge rate before hangar pet can be launched again; if Auxiliary subsystem is knocked offline, the hangar will not operate.
- Skill Tree
- Skill Nodes
Coordination Protocols: +20% Hull Capacity and Shield Capacity for Hangar pets.
Defensive Coordination: +20% Defense and Damage Resistance Rating for Hangar pets.
Offensive Coordination: +20% Accuracy and Base Damage for Hangar pets.
- Unlocks
5 points in Engineering track: Hangar Health: Hangar pets have an additional 10% Maximum Hull Capacity.
5 points in Tactical track: Hangar Weaponry: Hangar pets deal an additional 10% Damage from all sources.
- Skill Nodes
- Personal Space Traits
Holographic Mirage Decoys: Hangar pets are invulnerable until 2 secs after damage is first negated
Wing Commander: +100% Rank Up XP for all hangar pets
- Starship Trait
Coordinated Assault: Beam: Overload and Cannon: Rapid Fire apply to your hangar pets.
Dampen Energy Signatures: Activating Intel bridge officer abilities or Mask Energy Signature gives +Dmg, +Stealth, -Threat, +Defense Rating to hangar pets.
Dominion Coordination: Buffs hangar pet damage after activating Beam: Overload, Cannon: Rapid Fire or Energy Weapons - Surgical Strikes.
Hivebearer: When launching a hangar pet or when hangar pet dies: Spawns a Hur'q Swarmer for 30 seconds (max 8 Swarmers at a time).
Improved Tachyon Beam: Tachyon Beam also regenerates shields of allies within 10km.
Insult to Injury: Activating either an Intel bridge officer ability or Tractor Beam, will give pets access to Torpedo: Transport Warhead I.
Radiant Nanite Cloud: Causes all bridge officer and captain ability hull heals to heal for an additional 50% over 4 seconds in a 3 km radius.
Reactive Repair Nanites: Hull Heals also heal hangar pets within 5km of the target for 33% of healing caused.
Relaunch and Repair: Carrier pet launch buffs regen, reduced captain ability recharge times.
Scramble Fighters: Instant Hull Heal; a short duration buff that renders them immune to all damage, and a boost to damage dealt.
Superior Area Denial: Grants Beams: Fire at Will I and Cannon: Scatter Volley I to hangar pets when activating those abilities.
Unified Engineering: Activating any Command bridge officer ability or Auxiliary to Structural will grant a buff to hull capacity, regeneration, flight speed, and turn rate for a short duration.
Voth Carrier Synergies: Aceton Mode for pets on use of Tac abilities, Immunity shield on use of Eng abilities.
- Starship Mastery (Carriers, Escort Carriers, Flight Deck Cruisers/Raptors)
Quick Deployment: 20% recharge time reduction to launching Carrier pet crafts; +50% Rank Up XP for all Hangar Pets.
- Duty Officers
- Flight Deck Officer: Reduces the time to recharge Hangar Bay abilities after use.
- Flight Deck Officer: Increases the accuracy of any carrier pet launched from your hangar bays while they are in Intercept mode.
- Flight Deck Officer: Increases the damage of any carrier pet launched from your hangar bays while they are in Escort mode.
- Bridge Officer abilities
- Following abilities grant either a direct damage increase to hangar pets or indirect through target's resistance debuff:
Attack Pattern Beta
Attack Pattern Delta: In combination with Conn Officer DOff which applies a team wide effect.
Focused Assault
Endothermic Inhibitor Beam
Structural Integrity Collapse
Destabilizing Resonance Beam
Concentrate Firepower: Torpedoes will deal extra damage, get free Torpedo: High Yield I and get their torpedo cooldowns reset.
Overwhelm Emitters: Attacking a target under effect of this ability will heal shields of hangar pets.
- Following abilities grant either a direct damage increase to hangar pets or indirect through target's resistance debuff:
- Gear
Console - Universal - Swarmer Matrix: +30% Turn Speed, Flight Speed, and Damage for your Hangar Pets and Targetable Torpedoes.- Enhanced Carrier Synergy (3-piece set bonus from the Ancient Obelisk Technology Set): Activating any Emergency Power ability causes Hangar Pets to activate a weaker version of the same power.
High-Energy Communications Network (active ability): +1 Rank to all your hangar pets- 3-part and 4-part set bonus from the Iconian Resistance Starship Technologies set: Damage increase and additional effects to team.
Coalition Disruptor Weapons: Pets dealing Disruptor Damage will benefit from target's damage resistance debuff.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Although all versions of the Vanguard Gunboats list them as having Attack Pattern Lambda, neither the appropriate buff nor debuff on the enemy have been observed being cast during player testing.
- Additionally, the pets seem to have an undocumented ability in the form of Beams: Overload I/II/III (presumably upgrading with each pet variant) in addition to Beams: Fire at Will.
