Hangar - Stalker Fighters

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A Caitian Atrox Carrier with deployed Stalker fighters

Stalker Fighters are a type of Hangar Pet for Starfleet characters and their allies, including Federation-aligned Romulan Republic and Dominion characters.

They are unlocked with the purchase of any Caitian carrier:

• Caitian Atrox Carrier
• Fleet Caitian Atrox Carrier
• Caitian Aspero Support Carrier
• Fleet Caitian Atrox Carrier (T6)

Stalker Fighters are exclusive to Caitian vessels capable of launching hangar pets. Slotted hangar pets will add a launch ability: Launch Stalker Fighters.

Hangar overview

Agile and stealthy, Caitian Stalker-class fighters come equipped with tetryon cannons and its unique Thoron generator, a kinetic weapon analogous to a torpedo launcher.

One wing of standard-issue (rare) Stalker Fighters come pre-loaded as part of the standard equipment of the following vessels:

• Caitian Atrox Carrier and its Fleet variant, the Fleet Caitian Atrox Carrier

Pets

Hangar - Stalker Fighters

Rare Hangar Bay

Character Bind On Pickup

Any Caitian Carrier

Fighter gear:
* Tetryon Pulse Cannons
* Thoron Generator
* Hull Signature Masked

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Launch Stalker Fighters

Launches Stalker Fighters

Launches a wing of 3 level __ Stalker Fighters. Each hangar supports 2 deployed wings at any given time.

40 sec recharge

Value: 0

- RESTRICTION: Any Caitian Carrier

- AVAILABLE: Once unlocked, it becomes available from the Hangar section of the Requisition Starship Equipment vendor found on most hubs for 25,355 .

Capabilities

• Capacity: Launches 3 at a time, and can support up to 6 per hangar.
• Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge
• Weapons:
  • [Tetryon Pulse Cannon]
  • Thoron Pulse

Hangar - Advanced Stalker Fighters

Very Rare Hangar Bay

Character Bind On Pickup

Any Caitian Carrier

Fighter gear:
* Tetryon Pulse Cannons
* Thoron Generator
* Anti-Proton Sweep
* Hull Signature Masked

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Launch Advanced Stalker Fighters

Launch Advanced Stalker Fighters

Launches a wing of three level __ Advanced Stalker Fighters. Each hangar supports 2 deployed wings at any given time.

40 sec recharge

Value: 0

- RESTRICTION: Any Caitian Carrier

- 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

• Capacity: Launches 3 at a time, and can support up to 6 per hangar.
• Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge
• Weapons:
  • [Tetryon Pulse Cannon]
  • Thoron Pulse

Hangar - Elite Stalker Fighters

Ultra Rare Hangar Bay

Character Bind On Pickup

Any Caitian Carrier

Fighter gear:
* Tetryon Pulse Cannons
* Dual Tetryon Cannons
* Thoron Generator
* Anti-Proton Sweep
* Battle Cloak
* Hull Signature Masked

Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Launch Elite Stalker Fighters

Launch Elite Stalker Fighters

Launches a wing of three level __ Elite Stalker Fighters. Each hangar supports 2 deployed wings at any given time.

40 sec recharge

Value: 0

- RESTRICTION: Any Caitian Carrier

- 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

• Capacity: Launches 3 at a time, and can support up to 6 per hangar.
• Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge
• Weapons:
  • [Tetryon Pulse Cannon]
  • [Tetryon Dual Cannons]
  • Thoron Pulse

Playable version

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A Stalker Stealth Fighter.

A playable Small Craft version of this hangar pet, the Stalker Stealth Fighter, is available for Starfleet-aligned players. This small craft also includes a non-combat space pet.

Modifiers

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.

• 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.

• 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

• The announcement blog for the Cross Faction Support Carrier Bundle lists the Stalker's Thoron Pulse (or Thoron Generator as per the ingame fighter tooltip) as a "Thoron Torpedo Launcher". While it is analogous to a torpedo, this moniker is incorrect.
• It is not currently known what "Hull Signature Masked" means, or if this has any direct effect on perception. It may be similar to the Intelligence vessel innate, Warp Signature Masking.

See also

• Hangar - Stalker Fighter Squadron, the squadron version of this pet