If turn speed is urgently required then an Onslaught pilot could potentially actively vent all flux & set weapons to hold fire (X) to take advantage of the zero flux speed boost to turn rate.
The TPC benefits from expanded magazines. It provides exceptional frontal firepower at long range when fired in bursts, and is generally superior to modular energy weapons. The Thermal Pulse Cannon (TPC) is an energy weapon built into the Onslaught's hull, two per ship. Care needs to be taken with facings as the Burn Drive is only useful for escaping if facing in a useful direction, or risking burning deeper into the enemy formation. It is slow to maneuver and has a relatively poor shield but its Burn Drive ship system lets it get out of, or into, disadvantageous situations quickly. Essentially a larger version of the Dominator. The Onslaught is a large low-tech battleship with strong armor and great frontal firepower. The Onslaught-class proudly serves as the backbone of the Hegemony Navy.Ī survivor of the original 14th Domain Battlegroup which founded the Hegemony, this ship is a prime specimen of the Domain Navy's 'decisive battle' doctrine, particularly exhibited by a series of radical structural modifications performed using pre-Collapse industrial technology. The Onslaught's unmatched ballistic potential can devastate entire fleets in minutes, its only drawback a logistical dependency on ammunition. Even with other battleship blueprints available to the Sector, the Onslaught remains the easiest to manufacture due to the brutal simplicity of its systems.Ī ship designed without shields in mind, built to be able to withstand a heavy barrage of enemy fire and strike back while protecting its crew is much loved by its officers and men. Much later, Domain engineers made modifications to the blueprints to include a shield system, upgrade the FTL drives and reduce the necessary crew complement. Some even say that they were built to combat non-humans in a long forgotten war, in which the Domain was triumphant. When first launched from orbital dock, they must have surely dwarfed any other ship in existence and intimidated entire systems. A venerable design the Onslaught-class battleships were first created to serve the Domain of Man eons ago, before the development of advanced strike weapons, fighter craft, modern energy weapons, and shield systems.
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