Liberty "Interdictor"-class Assault Battlecruiser

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Liberty Assault Battlecruiser
Ship Class	Battlecruiser
Built by	Liberty
Technical information
Guns/Turrets	0 / 12
Opt. weapon class	10
Max. weapon class	10
Other equipment	1xCD 1xCM
Hull strength	450,000
Max. shield class	9
Cargo space	1,000 units
Nanobots/Batteries	900/900
Max. impulse speed	90 m/s
Max. thrust speed	Thruster not available
Max. cruise speed	350 m/s
Power output	3,600,000 u
Power recharge	170,000 u/s
Additional information
Ship price	$295,000,000
Package price	$300,082,250

Liberty government was always aware that their most dangerous potential enemies are not pirates or smugglers, but other Houses. For the case of full-scale war between Houses, the Liberty Navy has a secret weapon that may unexpectedly turn the tide of any battle - a heavily armored and fast Assault Battlecruiser, capable of breaching enemy formations and quickly taking out key capital ships of the opposing side.

Handling

• This ship is too large to use docking bays, it must use mooring points.

Review without version number

Review Most powerful Battle Cruiser around in Sirius, as many players knows off. It has 10 Cruiser turret, while having 2 Battleships Turrets slots as well. The LABC has no thruster engines, therefore, being unable to move around quickly, bombers will feast on this beast. However, when Fighting a Scylla or a Rheinland Cruiser - this ship will outrun them with ease with the hands of a skilled Captain/Pilot. Charging in against Caps is quite a good tactic against it's class and lower classes. Fighting Battleships is bit rash - so is best to stay away atleast few kilometers from your target and chain fire Light Mortars. When fighting bombers or fighters, it is best to move forward and firing backwards and strafing - it might be your best chance to get few good shots! Did I mentioned that it can chain fire Light Mortars? I guess so. I'll be recording more tips about this outstanding ship - stay tuned! Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Luis

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Review Meant to bridge the gap between cruisers and battleships, the Liberty Assault Battlecruiser happens to do just that, but not exactly in a good way. Its armor is on the lower end of the Battlecruiser class, with the second to last armor rating versus the other Battlecruisers. While still having more armor then any cruiser, it lacks a thruster, and the much needed agility to defeat its heavier, and lighter, opponents. It does have quite a bit of firepower however, with the power core to support it. In terms of size, the LABC sits in the middle, being smaller then the Geb, but bigger then the Bullhead, and slightly bigger then the Argus. In combat, you'll find this is best suited to hunting heavy cruisers and heavy battleships. With cruisers, your best bet is to rush the enemy with prims and light mortars, and hope they don't thrust away. If they do, make sure to get close to them, or else they can simply sit at range and whittle you down to nothing. Either that or see if you can missile of their thrusters, which makes them rather easy prey. Against battleships, you have to be careful with this. Staying at range and lobbing pulses/light mortars/missiles is the safest thing to do. If the battleship starts to look towards you, turn around and slam forward. If its close enough to land hits often, slam cruise and get away to at least 3 Kilometers at the least. After staying at range for a while, most battleships will get tired and look for a new target. Don't try and solo a battleship in this, unless you really know what you are doing. Against snubs, you'll find that this ship is helpless. Even with Solaris, it is still easily killed by two bombers. Your best bet is to avoid bombers all together. If you have to, go forward and switch to turret view, and lay down pressure with primaries, or Solaris if you have them. When Snacs are being shot, dodge with strafing maneuvers or by jamming reverse and turning. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Total Absolution

Hardpoints

• 2 Battleship Class 9 Turrets
• 1 Battleship Class 8 Turret
• 6 Cruiser Class 6 Turrets
• 4 Cruiser Class 7 Turrets

Purchase Includes

Spoiler:
1 Advanced Deep Scanner ($82,250) 1 Cruiser Graviton Shield ($5,000,000)

Availability

Spoiler: Buying Locations
Base Owner System Location Juneau Shipyard Liberty Navy Alaska Liberty San Jacinto Station Liberty Navy Guard Virginia Liberty

Register Liberty Capital Ships Here: (http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55670)

Media

Model that will be in version 4.86