Hangar pet

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The Klingon To'Duj Fighter

The Federation Peregrine Fighter

Carrier Pets are small, lightweight vessels that can be deployed from ships with hangar bays; such as Carriers, Escort Carriers, and Flight-Deck Cruisers. Most are extremely agile and easily out-maneuver any playable vessels. Carrier pets may specialise in direct damage firepower support, repairing the carrier itself or weakening / disabling enemies. Due to their weak shields and hull however they are easily dispatched: although due to their numbers they can inflict damage if not dealt with quickly. Carrier pets are most easily dealt with using AoE weapon abilities like Cannon: Scatter Volley or Beam Array: Fire at Will.

Whist not individually controlled, players can dispatch orders and commands through the use of carrier commands, which is available on any ship capable of deploying carrier pets.

Variants

Note: Squad size refers to the number of carrier pets deployed per wing. Each hangar bay can support up to 2 deployed wings at the same time. Carriers have 2 hangar bays (max 4 wings). Escort Carriers and Flight-Deck Cruisers have 1 hangar bay (max 2 wings).

Roles

• Attack: Armed, with either no abilities or only self-enhancing abilities.
• Support: Unarmed, provides buffs or heals to friendly ships.
• Debuff: Unarmed. hampers opponents by debuffing / reducing their capabilities.
• Multirole: A combination between Attack, Support and / or Debuff roles.
• Raider: Capable of boarding hostile ships OR stealing resources (energy drains / siphons not included).
• Frigate: Powerful independent ships in their own right, heavily armed with multiple abilities and a very small squad size (generally only one per wing). Have a much higher hull point than fighters.

Ranks

A new feature added in July 2013 is the ability for your hangar/carrier pets to gain Ranks while they are launched. There are a total of five ranks; each rank-up will improve their performance over time. Each fighter you launch will gain Ranks separately over time, so if one is lost it has no impact on the current Rank or continuing progress of any that remain intact.

Ranks are slowly gained based upon the time they spend in combat without dying. Reaching Rank 5 requires a total of 5 minutes of active Combat time, with early ranks being more quickly achieved than those at the high end.

NOTE: Ranks will be reset when a craft or your carrier is destroyed, or any time that you change maps.

Each time a hangar craft achieves the next Rank, it instantly receives a 25% Hull HP heal, as well as gaining additional stat buffs:

+5/10/15/20/25% Maximum Hull HP

• Tachyon Drones, Siphon Drones and Shield Repair Drones will instead gain +10/20/30/40/50% Max HP, due to their limited combat utility.
• Runabouts, Delta Flyers and all Frigate Hangar crafts will instead only gain +2/4/6/8/10% Max HP, due to their higher starting base value.

+2/4/6/8/10% Damage Bonus

Non-Damaging hangar crafts gain unique bonuses:

• Tachyon Drones will drain -10 more shields per tick, per Rank.
• Shield Repair Drones will repair 10% more shields per tick, per Rank.
• Siphon Drones do not currently gain in effectiveness as they Rank Up, other than Max HP.

Klingon Carrier Pets

	Role	Fighter	Squad	Weapon	Projectile	Abilities
	Attack	To'Duj Fighters	3	Disruptor	Micro-Photon	-
	Attack	Advanced To'Duj Fighters	3	Disruptor	Quantum	-
	Attack	Elite To'Duj Fighters	3	Disruptor	Quantum	Cannon: Rapid Fire I
	Attack	Nausicaan Stinger Fighters	3	Disruptor	Photon	-
	Attack	Advanced Nausicaan Stinger Fighters	3	Disruptor	Photon	Torpedo: High Yield I
	Attack	Elite Nausicaan Stinger Fighters	3	Disruptor	Photon	Torpedo: High Yield II, Emergency Power to Weapons I
	Attack	S'kul Fighters	3	Antiproton	-	Ramming Speed I
	Attack	Advanced S'kul Fighters	3	Antiproton	-	Ramming Speed II
	Attack	Elite S'kul Fighters	3	Antiproton	-	Ramming Speed III
	Multirole	Orion Interceptors	3	Disruptor	-	WEP/ENG Drain beam, Hyper Impulse Engines
	Multirole	Advanced Orion Interceptors	3	Disruptor	Chroniton	WEP/ENG Drain beam, Hyper Impulse Engines
	Multirole	Elite Orion Interceptors	3	Disruptor	Chroniton	Tractor Beam I, WEP/ENG Drain beam, Hyper Impulse Engines
	Raider	Marauding Force	2	Disruptor	-	Marauding Force Boarding Party
	Raider	Reinforced Marauding Force	2	Disruptor	-	Marauding Force Boarding Party, Reinforced Hull
	Raider	Armored Marauding Force	2	Disruptor	-	Marauding Force Boarding Party, Armored Hull
	Raider	Orion Slavers	3	Disruptor	Photon	Capture Crew, Steals: EC or Commodities
	Raider	Advanced Orion Slavers	3	Disruptor	Quantum	Capture Crew, Steals: EC, Commodities and Contraband
	Raider	Elite Orion Slavers	3	Disruptor	Quantum Photon	Capture Crew, Steals: EC, Commodities, Contraband, Rare Commodities and Prisoner Doffs
	Support	Shield Repair Shuttles	2	-	-	Shield Heal Repair Beam
	Support	Reinforced Shield Repair Shuttles	2	-	-	Shield Heal Repair Beam, Reinforced Hull
	Support	Armored Shield Repair Shuttles	2	-	-	Shield Heal Repair Beam, Armored Hull
	Debuff	Power Siphon Drones	3	-	-	Power Drain, No Shields
	Debuff	Advanced Power Siphon Drones	3	-	-	Power Drain
	Debuff	Elite Power Siphon Drones	3	-	-	Power Drain and Aux Transfer
	Debuff	Tachyon Drones	2	-	-	Tachyon Beam, No Shields
	Debuff	Advanced Tachyon Drones	2	-	-	Tachyon Beam
	Multirole	Elite Tachyon Drones	2	Tetryon	-	Cycling Tachyon Beam
	Frigate	B'rel Birds-of-Prey	1	Disruptor	Photon	Cannon: Rapid Fire I, Torpedo High Yield I, Battle Cloak
	Frigate	B'Rotlh Birds-of-Prey	1	Disruptor	Quantum	Cannon: Rapid Fire II, Torpedo: High Yield II, Battle Cloak
	Frigate	Qaw'Dun Birds-of-Prey	1	Disruptor	Quantum	Cannon: Rapid Fire III, Torpedo: High Yield III, Battle Cloak
	Frigate	Fer'Jai Frigates	1	Antiproton	Chroniton Tricobalt	Cannon: Rapid Fire I, Torpedo: High Yield I, Aceton Beam I, Enhanced Engines
	Frigate	Advanced Fer'Jai Frigates	1	Antiproton	Chroniton Tricobalt Tricobalt	Cannon: Rapid Fire II, Torpedo: High Yield II, Aceton Beam I, Enhanced Engines
	Frigate	Elite Fer'Jai Frigates	1	Antiproton	Chroniton Tricobalt Tricobalt	Cannon: Rapid Fire III, Torpedo: High Yield III, Aceton Beam I, Enhanced Engines

Cross-Faction Carrier Pets

New Romulus Reputation Carrier Pets

Available via the New Romulus Reputation System.

	Role	Fighter	Unlock	Squad	Weapon	Projectile	Abilities
	Attack	Scorpion Fighters	Tier I	3	Plasma	Plasma	-
	Attack	Advanced Scorpion Fighters	Tier III	3	Plasma	Plasma	-
	Attack	Elite Scorpion Fighters	Tier V	3	Plasma	Plasma	Torpedo: High Yield I

Nukara Strikeforce Reputation Carrier Pets

The [Hangar - Tholian Widow Fighters] come standard with the Tholian Recluse Carrier. All three are available via the Nukara Strikeforce.

	Role	Fighter	Unlock	Squad	Weapon	Projectile	Abilities
	Attack	Tholian Widow Fighters	Tier I	3	Tetryon	Quantum	Tetryon Feedback
	Attack	Advanced Tholian Widow Fighters	Tier III	3	Tetryon	Quantum	Tetryon Feedback
	Attack	Elite Tholian Widow Fighters	Tier V	3	Tetryon	Quantum	Tetryon Feedback, Beam Array: Fire at Will I

Fleet Spire Carrier Pets

The [Hangar - Obelisk Swarmers] come standard with the Obelisk Carrier and Advanced Obelisk Carrier.

	Role	Fighter	Squad	Weapon	Projectile	Abilities
	Attack	Obelisk Swarmers	3	Antiproton	Transphasic	Beam Array: Overload I
	Attack	Advanced Obelisk Swarmers	3	Antiproton	Transphasic	Beam Array: Overload II
	Attack	Elite Obelisk Swarmers	3	Antiproton	Transphasic	Beam Array: Overload III

Ship Specific Carrier Pets

Breen

The [Hangar - Bleth Choas Fighters] comes standard with the Breen Sarr Theln Carrier and the Breen Rezreth Dreadnought Cruiser.

Elachi

The [Hangar - Elachi Oschu Shuttles] come standard with Elachi Sheshar Dreadnought Cruiser.

Herald

The [Hangar - Mir Fighters] come standard with the Herald Quas Flight Deck Cruiser and the Herald Vonph Dreadnought Carrier.

Jem'Hadar

The [Hangar - Jem'Hadar Fighters] comes standard with Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier, Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier (T6), Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier and Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier (T6).

Krenim

The [Hangar - Krenim Heavy Raiders] come standard with the Krenim Annorax Science Dreadnought.

Sphere Builder

The [Hangar - Sphere Builder Heavy Fighters] come standard with the Sphere Builder Denuos Dreadnought Carrier and Sphere Builder Edoulg Science Vessel.

Temporal

• [Hangar - Aeon Timeships] comes standard with the Paradox Temporal Dreadnought for Federation players and their Romulan Republic allies.
• [Hangar - Rozhenko Timeships] comes standard with the Paradox Temporal Dreadnought for Klingon Empire players and their Romulan Republic allies.
• [Hangar - Epoch Fighters] comes standard with the Chronos Temporal Dreadnought Cruiser and Eternal Temporal Multi-Mission Science Vessel.

	Role	Fighter	Squad	Weapon	Projectile	Abilities
	Attack	Aeon Timeships	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	-
	Attack	Advanced Aeon Timeships	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	Subatomic Disruptor
	Attack	Elite Aeon Timeships	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	Torpedo High Yield II • Subatomic Disruptor
	Attack	Rozhenko Timeships	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	-
	Attack	Advanced Rozhenko Timeships	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	Subatomic Disruptor
	Attack	Elite Rozhenko Timeships	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	Torpedo High Yield II • Subatomic Disruptor
	Attack	Epoch Fighters	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	-
	Attack	Advanced Epoch Fighters	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	Channeled Deconstruction
	Attack	Elite Epoch Fighters	3	Antiproton	Chroniton	Channeled Deconstruction • Beam: Fire at Will I

Tholian

[Hangar - Tholian Mesh Weaver] comes standard with Tholian Recluse Carrier and Tholian Tarantula Dreadnought Cruiser.

Voth

The [Hangar - Voth Heavy Fighters] come standard with the Voth Bastion Flight-Deck Cruiser and the Voth Bulwark Dreadnought Cruiser.

Procurement

You must own a Carrier, Dreadnought, Escort Carrier, Flight-Deck Cruiser or Multi-Mission Science Vessel in order to buy carrier pets. Every new Carrier, Escort Carrier or Flight-Deck Cruiser comes pre-fitted with a full set (for that ship) of carrier pets.

• All standard issue carrier pets on new ships are of Rare quality.
• Federation players can purchase Rare fighters from Starship Component Vendors on Earth Spacedock, Deep Space K-7, Deep Space 9 and Starbase 39 for 25,355 .
• Klingon players can purchase Rare fighters from Gurkan at the First City Shipyard, Ch'korgh at Ganalda Space Station and Starship Component Vendors on Deep Space 9 for 25,355 .
•  Romulan Republic players can purchase Rare hangar pets from Ship and Shuttle Requisitions officer found in the shuttle bay of New Romulus Command, or at the location of their   allies.
• Very Rare fighters can be purchased through the Dilithium Store for 30,250 . Most are found under the "Ship and Space Items" section, with the exception of Advanced Jem'Hadar Fighters and Advanced Jem'Hadar Attack Ship which are found in the "Special Items and Boxes" section.
• Ultra Rare faction-specific fighters can be purchased from your Fleet Starbase after upgrading the Communication Array to tier V.
• Rare, Very Rare and Ultra Rare Scorpion Fighters can be claimed through the New Romulus Reputation System.
• Rare, Very Rare and Ultra Rare Tholian Widow Fighters can be claimed through the Nukara Reputation System.

Players should also be aware that you must own:

• The Caitian Atrox Carrier to buy Stalker Fighters / Advanced Stalker Fighters.
• The Dacoit Flight-Deck Cruiser to buy Orion Interceptors / Advanced Orion Interceptors.
• The Corsair Flight-Deck Cruiser to buy Tachyon Drones / Advanced Tachyon Drones.
• The Marauder Flight-Deck Cruiser to buy Marauding Force / Reinforced Marauding Force.
• The Kar'Fi Battle Carrier to buy S'kul Fighters / Advanced S'kul Fighters and Fer'Jai Frigate / Advanced Fer'Jai Frigate.
• The Tholian Recluse Carrier to buy Tholian Mesh Weaver and Advanced Tholian Mesh Weaver.
  
• The Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier AND the Jem'Hadar Attack Ship (playable ship version) to buy the hangar version Advanced Jem'Hadar Attack Ship / Elite Jem'Hadar Attack Ship.
• The Breen Plesh Brek Heavy Raider AND the one of two Breen Ships: Breen Sarr Theln Carrier and Breen Rezreth Dreadnought Cruiser to buy the hangar version Advanced Plesh Brek Frigate / Elite Plesh Brek Heavy Raider.
  

Standard Issue Carrier Pets

	Class	Ship	Starting Carrier Pets
	Carrier	Caitian Atrox Carrier	Stalker Fighters
	Multi-Mission Science Vessel	Multi-Mission Science Vessel (All variants)	Danube Runabouts
	Escort Carrier	Heavy Escort Carrier	Peregrine Fighters
	Escort Carrier	Fleet Heavy Escort Carrier	Peregrine Fighters
	Carrier	Vo'quv Carrier	To'Duj Fighters
	Carrier	Kar'Fi Battle Carrier	S'kul Fighters
	Flight-Deck Cruiser	Dacoit Flight-Deck Cruiser	Orion Interceptors
	Flight-Deck Cruiser	Corsair Flight-Deck Cruiser	Tachyon Drones
	Flight-Deck Cruiser	Marauder Flight-Deck Cruiser	Marauding Force
	Flight-Deck Cruiser	Corsair Flight Deck Cruiser Retrofit	?
	Carrier	Fleet Vo'Quv Carrier	To'Duj Fighters
	Flight-Deck Cruiser	Fleet Corsair Flight Deck Cruiser Retrofit	?
	Carrier	Obelisk Carrier	Obelisk Swarmers
	Carrier	Advanced Obelisk Carrier	Obelisk Swarmers
	Flight-Deck Cruiser	Voth Bastion Flight-Deck Cruiser	Voth Heavy Fighters
	Carrier	Tholian Recluse Carrier	Tholian Widow Fighters
	Escort Carrier	Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier	Jem'Hadar Fighters
	Carrier	Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier	Jem'Hadar Fighters

Modifiers

Hangar pet performance may be affected by various factors (unless stated otherwise), all listed below.

• Innate
  • All Hangar pets are immune to warp core breaches and have a 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.
  • Starships with Hangar Bays by default can use Carrier commands, a set of four abilities that issue orders to your Hangar pets.

• Subsystem
  • Auxiliary Power level will determine the recharge rate before a 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 the damage is first negated
  • Wing Commander: +100% Rank Up XP for all Hangar pets
  • Independent Wingmate: The first Hangar pet launched permanently gains: +200% Bonus Damage and +200 Damage Resistance Rating

• 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.
  • Fiery Entrance: Activating Narrow Sensor Bands and launching Hangar pets causes Fire damage and confuses within 3km.
  • Gre'thor's Fire: Launching Hangar pets adds Fire damage to weapons.
  • Hivebearer: When launching a Hangar pet or when a 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 Hangar 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.
  • Target That Explosion: After activating any Torpedo or Command bridge officer ability, when your next torpedo deals damage up to 5 nearby allies launch a torpedo at the target (this can include Hangar pets).
  • Team Synergy: Activation of Engineering Team, Science Team and Tactical Team will apply a lesser version of these abilities on self and nearby allies within 10km (inlcuding Hangar pets).
  • Unified Engineering: Activating any Command bridge officer ability or Auxiliary to Structural will grant your team and Hangar pets a buff to hull capacity, regeneration, flight speed, and turn rate for a short duration.
  • Voth Carrier Synergies: Grant Aceton Mode for Hangar pets on use of Tac abilities, grant Immunity shield on use of Eng abilities.

• Starship Mastery (Carriers, Flight Deck Carriers, Flight Deck 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 Omega: 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 the effect of this ability will heal the shields of Hangar pets.

• Gear
  • High-Energy Communications Network (active ability): +1 Rank to all your Hangar pets
  • Sensor Suspension Burst (active ability): Team-Wide Placate and Critical Hit Buff for Pets, Reset Hangar Bay Recharge Time
  • 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.
  • 3-part and 4-part set bonus from the Iconian Resistance Starship Technologies set: Damage increase and additional effects to team.
  • weapon proc: Disruptor, Corrosive Plasma or Coalition Disruptor: chance to lower the target's damage resistance so pets can deal higher damage.

Gallery

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  Federation Peregrine Fighter

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  Federation Type-8 Shuttle

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  Federation Type-10 Shuttle

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  Federation Danube Runabout

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  Federation Delta Flyer

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  Federation Stalker Fighter

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  Klingon To'Duj Fighter

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  Klingon S'Kul Fighter

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  Orion Interceptor

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  Nausicaans Power Siphon Drone

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  Formation of 3 Fer'Jai Frigates

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  Tholian Widow Fighter

See Also

• Small Craft
• Carrier
• Escort Carrier
• Flight-Deck Cruiser

Reference & External Links

• Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #32: Carrier Command Interface 2.0
• Carrier Pets breakdown from CaptainGeko: STO Forum
• Season 6 Dev Blog #14
• Following the update on 19th July, all carrier pets had their quality increased by one: therefore Uncommon pets no longer exist: Release Notes 19 July 2012

Hangar Pets

See main page: Hangar pet