Prometheus

Prometheus-class Tanker
Logistical data
Recovery rate (per day)	2%
Maintenance (sup/month)	10.0
Cargo capacity	200
Maximum crew	100
Skeleton crew	50
Fuel capacity	3,000
Maximum burn	6
Fuel per light year	6
Ordnance points	95
Flight decks	0
Combat Performance
Hull integrity	10,000
Armor rating	1,200
Defense	Omni Shield
Flux capacity	7,000
Flux dissipation	300
Top speed	50
System	Flare Launcher
Mounts	1x Medium Ballistic 6x Small Ballistic
Hull mods	Civilian-grade Hull
Advanced Stats
CR per deployment	20%
Recovery cost (supplies)	10
Peak performance (sec)	720
Shield arc	180
Shield upkeep/sec	150
Shield flux/damage	1.2

	A tanker of vast capacity used to shift strategic amounts of fuel between worlds. Unlike its smaller cousins, the Prometheus features a reasonable defensive arsenal to protect its valuable and volatile cargo.
–In-Game Description

Overview

The Prometheus is the largest Tanker available in Starsector, able to carry vast amounts of fuel at a supply efficiency unparalleled by smaller tankers.

The Prometheus' fuel capacity makes it a valuable asset to any scavenging or exploring fleet, as it allows travel for significant distances away from the core worlds, without the need of refueling.

Availability

The Prometheus tanker is available for sale in the larger Hegemony colonies, and can also be encountered and recovered as a derelict ship.

Notes

The Prometheus tanker, like most heavy tankers and freighters, is absolutely unsuited for combat and should disengage whenever it encounters danger. The tanker should be armed with point defense weapons and always accompanied by escorts to deter enemies.

The most significant disadvantage of the Prometheus tanker is its poor maximum burn: any fleet of fast, light ships will be slowed to a crawl after it acquires a Prometheus.

Due to its low maximum burn it is better suited to fleets of slow capitals or freighters, where the burden of keeping up with it would not be as significant. In any case, the Augmented Drive Field hullmod is useful to improve the tanker's max burn.

Changelog History

0.95a

• Increased fuel capacity to 3000 (was: 2500), reduced fuel use to 6/ly (was: 10)

0.9a

• Reduced fuel capacity to 2500 from 3000
• Changed ship system from Point Defense Drones to Flare Launcher

Only up to date for version 0.95. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History.