Orion

The Orion is a heavy Cruiser, borderline battlecruiser made by the U.N.E. that has very high health for a Cruiser, decent Spinal damage, and light turrets in case any small ships attack. Template:Ship Infobox Template

Description

The Orion is a slow Cruiser. It carries 2 Small Lasers and 1 Medium Laser, it is capable of good Spinal Weaponry use, but is slow for a ship of its class.

Appearance

On the back of the Orion is a teleporter that leads to a small room which contains nothing but the pilot's seat. The current model is partially broken due to an admin deleting several ship meshes.

Advantages

• High-damaging Spinals.
• Decent support ship.
• Highest health of any non-event Cruiser.
• A few light turrets to defend against small ships.

Disadvantages

• Vulnerable bottom and sides.
• Slow for a Cruiser.
• Not much Turret firepower, they do not do much against capital ships.
• Lack of Flak or Cannon Turrets, meaning you must use its Spinals in order to deal Hull damage.
• Large for a Cruiser.

Strategy

• Escort larger ships for sieges and use its Small Cannons to kill attacking ships.
• Moderately effective against a single Alien Swarmer, but does not fare well against larger groups.
• Use your Spinals to deal damage to capital ships, and your Turrets to attack small ships.

Version History

• Gains 2 Light Gatling Cannons replacing its Light Cannon and Light Flak Cannon and gained 1 Dual Medium Laser replacing 1 Small Cannon in version .75a3.
• Added 2 Medium Phasers ("G" Spinal) and changed Medium Laser to Dual Medium Laser in version .65b.

Trivia

• Named after a famous star constellation, Orion the Hunter.
• The current model is based on the Veteran from Galaxy on Fire 2.
• The U.N.E have used this ship in the past.
• Has a limited version, the Cold Blood.
• A wreck of the Orion is currently stuck in the slleping pod room of the Mega Base.

Old Orion Model