Jormungand

The Jormungand is a Pirate AI Battlecruiser that acts as a weaker version of the Scowling. Template:Ship Infobox Template

Description

The Jormungand is a pirate AI that uses the same recolored Nidhogg model, but has weaker weaponry and lower health. Despite these nerfs, this ship is still classified as a Battlecruiser.

Behavior

The Jormungand behaves identically to the Scowling, engaging ships within its range by firing its single turret and four spinals. This ship, like the Scowling and weaker aliens, cannot call reinforcements to its side, but will respond to the calls of rouge pirate dreadnoughts or the X-0.

It is presumed that this ship spawns more often than the Scowling to help balance out the threat poised by the Scowling's more powerful armament, but said presumption is unconfirmed.

Strategy

• Any ships effective against the Scowling will be equally effective against this ship, as its health pool is similarly hull-focused. Additionally, its single flak leaves it somewhat lacking in hull firepower, so hull-tank ships may be more effective.

Loot

• 15 Armor Scraps.

Version History

• 4 Small Phasers on the [F] spinal changed to 3 Small Phasers, and 2 Phasers added as the [G] spinal in version ???.
• 15 Armor Scraps added for loot in version .73c10.
• Size up-scaled, combat rewards increased by ~65%, can now detect up to 6k away instead of 14k away in version .74b17.

Trivia

• This ship was added to the game without being announced in the Update Log
• The name of this ship comes from Norse Mythology, from Jörmungandr, otherwise known as the World Serpent.