NAVY
Mender
Support Cruiser
Nanite tender. Continuously repairs the most damaged nearby hull.
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Saradook
Reapers
Guild
01 · In the line
Against the other cruisers
Speed among cruisers · km/s
Reach among cruisers
At 5 km/s it takes 8 s to close its own reach of 40 km.
02 · Available tech
What a commander can fit
Bought mid-battle with supply. Each one gives something and costs something.
Core upgrades · 3
No single hit can strip more than 30% of maximum hull after shields. Mobile units lose 12% thrust; static emplacements lose 18% maximum integrity. Strong into alpha strikes, weak into rapid fire.
Burns at +65% speed while marching or closing on its chosen standoff, then disengages in combat; turn authority is halved during the burn.
Adds a +50% outer targeting band. Attacks, repairs, and boarding channels operate at 55% output beyond native range, and armed squads hold that safer line.
Mender signature tech · 8
Raises repair output to 150 integrity per second and regenerates allied shields inside 24 km.
Mender spreads its native support field farther, reshaping the formation's safe zone at lower field intensity.
Mender gains a second support system chosen to complement its native role.
Mender begins concealed and recloaks while it holds fire, allowing risky forward support positions.
Mender may deploy from a flank strip to establish an off-axis support pocket.
Mender projects a mobile barrier that catches hostile fire entering its support pocket.
Mender strips protective mass to drive faster pulses from its native support systems.
Mender designates capital targets and calibrates its direct fire for heavy-hull weak points.