Stealth Recon

The Stealth Recon is a stealth destroyer that is the smallest ship to be equipped with a sniper turret. Template:Ship Infobox Template

Overview

The Stealth Recon is the smallest stealth ship in the game. It is extremely fast and is equipped with a sniper turret.

Appearance

There is no interior, it is simply a seat that can be accessed from a hatch on top of the ship.

Advantages

• High alpha damage, despite only being a destroyer.
• Extremely long range.
• One of the fastest ships in game.
• Cannot be seen on the minimap because it is a stealth ship
• Lowest detection range of any ship in game.

Disadvantages

• Very small total health pool.
• Its torpedo, which is its only source of hull-based damage, is difficult to aim.
• Can be easily hit by point-defense turrets, such as PDLs and Flaks.
• Sniper turret has a long reload time.
• Non-existent cargo hold.
• Expensive for its class, also requiring 2 Stealth Plating to build.

Strategy

• Use this ship to harass larger ships with heavy weaponry, such as the Judgement, or to lead AI ships away from firing at your base.
• Avoid ships such as the Hyron, which are primarily point-defense based, and can somewhat match your speed to keep in range. As well as this, be cautious around heavy point-defense ships such as the Ampharos or Tempest.
• Make sure to never stop moving, as a ship, whether AI controlled or piloted by a player, could easily destroy you in a single volley. If not in immediate danger, slow down slightly to help your sniper turret's accuracy, but never completely stop.
• Use in swarms to slowly yet effectively siege enemy planets or Starbases by utilizing the sniper turret's long range of 10,000 studs.

Version History

• No logged changes(?)
• Gained a second tiny torpedo in version .75a5

Trivia

• The first player to lose the Stealth Recon was its_loqz, to a Dissonance.
• The first ship to ever be equipped with a sniper turret.