Cavalier (PROX)
| A set of hull upgrades and system rewrites marks this vessel as one of the Dustkeeper Proxies, a frontline force of sacrificial Domain-era drones repurposed as vicious automated auxiliaries.
Amongst the highest-grade of the Domain's war drones, the Cavalier was used primarily to hunt down and eliminate rebel frigates and destroyers that were too well-armed or fast for smaller drones to swarm and take down. Fast and durable enough to pose a serious threat to ships smaller than itself, it falters when engaging other cruisers, where it struggles to trade pound-for-pound. The Dustkeeper-upgraded Cavalier is built to exaggerate its strengths - an impact dampening field provides much-needed defense against the limited strike weapons that afford smaller vessels a chance to fight back. |
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–Ingame description | ||
Overview
An upgraded variant of the Cavalier drone, the Cavalier (PROX) drone cruiser is tougher, faster and more deadly than its original version, with a toughened hull and armor protected by a Damper Field system. This comes at the cost of a notably higher operating cost than its stock variant.
The Cavalier (PROX) is optimized as a relentless chase-down ship - without requiring flux to operate its defenses, it can focus entirely on relentlessly chasing down its target until one or the other dies.
Acquisition
As with other Proxy drones, the Cavalier (PROX) can be found in Dustkeeper Contingency fleets as an auxiliary unit and can be purchased from Holdout Forgeship if the player has the Automated Ships skill.
Quote
| ... it didn't stop coming, never backed down. Put eight torps into it and it just loosed in reply. I swear it, it wasn't human. | ||
–Commander Eris Hazen's court martial, recording captured by Askonia Listening Post netdaemon Unspoken-Annex-However | ||