Hailstorm
Limited Ship
This ship is a limited ship, and could only be acquired for a limited time or it has since become limited.
You lose it forever once it is destroyed, or otherwise has limited availability on the Limited Build Menu.
The Hailstorm is a Carrier from the 2019 Christmas Event.
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Description
The Hailstorm is a winter-themed Carrier from the first stage of the 2019 Christmas Event. It houses unique Frostfires, which are great Fighters.
Interior
The interior is a small black box with several chairs, one being the pilot chair. There are also several icicles hanging down from the ceiling.
Advantages
- Powerful high accuracy Turrets allow it to fight ships of all sizes.
- High health allows it to take a beating from enemy ships.
- Has 4 Frostfires for Fighters that rival the Zhen, making them powerful for Fighters.
- Has very high firepower for a carrier, even capable of destroying a Hyperion (which is a Super Capital) in a 1v1 without fighters.
Disadvantages
- Expensive for a Carrier, at a whopping $1,073,519 credits ($2,905,742) credits if you upgrade the warehouse from level 1 to level 29)
- Is a Limited Ship, so it will make you a larger target.
- Required a level 29 Warehouse to build when it was onsale.
Version History
- Health increased from 7500/7500 to 11000/8500 and Medium Point Defense Lasers changed to Heavy variants in version .68d.
- Health decreased back to 7500/7500 in version ???
- Health increased from 7500/7500 to 11500/10500, Heavy Flak Cannons and Heavy Point Defense Lasers upgraded to their respective "Super" variants in version .73c10
- Added 2 more Frostfires fighter
Trivia
- Most expensive ship in the first stage of the Christmas Event 2019, and it is also the most expensive of all Carriers.
- The first player to lose this ship was CVN83, after he lost connection next to a Level 4 Starbase. He escaped the base with just 31 Hull only to be killed moments later by DJFancehFeast's Zhen.
- The most sought after ship of the event.
- The design of the Hailstorm can be seen as a unintentional hybrid of multiple ships. The exterior looks to be a fusion between the remodeled Cyclops and Tempest Dreadnoughts. The Hailstorm also operates like the Icarus carrier bringing 4 unique fighters, the Frostfires armed with 2 medium torpedoes and 6 small phaser spinals. It also has a nearly identical interior to the Hasatan battleship, with the only difference being ice and snow building up in the corners.