Avenger - Revision history

Mr.Verd: Added a link to the information on MAP files used for generating X-COM craft tactical maps

2025-11-21T13:42:11Z

Added a link to the information on MAP files used for generating X-COM craft tactical maps

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	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

			[[X-COM ship MAP files]]

	{{Craft Navbar}}		{{Craft Navbar}}

	[[Category: Research (EU)]][[Category:X-COM Craft (EU)]]		[[Category: Research (EU)]][[Category:X-COM Craft (EU)]]
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Magic9mushroom: /* Vital Statistics */ wrong way around

2018-02-11T07:13:54Z

Vital Statistics: wrong way around

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	<tr><td>Man hours:</td><td>34000</td></tr>		<tr><td>Man hours:</td><td>34000</td></tr>
	<tr><td>Alien Alloys:</td><td>120</td></tr>		<tr><td>Alien Alloys:</td><td>120</td></tr>
	<tr><td>UFO Power Source:</td><td>1</td></tr>		<tr><td>UFO Power Source:</td><td>2</td></tr>
	<tr><td>UFO Navigation:</td><td>2</td></tr>		<tr><td>UFO Navigation:</td><td>1</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

WurmD: /* Vital Statistics */ added construction requirements

2014-10-11T20:32:21Z

Vital Statistics: added construction requirements

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	<tr><td>Cargo Space:</td><td>26</td></tr>		<tr><td>Cargo Space:</td><td>26</td></tr>
	<tr><td>[[:Category:Heavy Weapons Platforms\|HWP]] Capacity:</td><td>4</td></tr>		<tr><td>[[:Category:Heavy Weapons Platforms\|HWP]] Capacity:</td><td>4</td></tr>
			<tr><td>'''Construction Requirements'''</td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>Work Space Required:</td><td>36</td></tr>		<tr><td>Work Space Required:</td><td>36</td></tr>
			<tr><td>Man hours:</td><td>34000</td></tr>
			<tr><td>Alien Alloys:</td><td>120</td></tr>
			<tr><td>UFO Power Source:</td><td>1</td></tr>
			<tr><td>UFO Navigation:</td><td>2</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

Hobbes at 03:42, 23 July 2013

2013-07-23T03:42:56Z

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Cfailde: typos

2013-04-15T21:57:15Z

typos

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	The Avenger is unfortunately expensive and takes a long time to build. Many players find it easier to employ cheaper or more readily available ships and have only a few Avengers to supplement them in times of great need.		The Avenger is unfortunately expensive and takes a long time to build. Many players find it easier to employ cheaper or more readily available ships and have only a few Avengers to supplement them in times of great need.

	There is a common misconception that an Avenger will be in the repairshop for longer than other craft. This is mostly untrue. An Avenger that received 400 damage will take exactly the same time to repair as a Firestorm that takes 400 damage. Admittedly, if you Firestorm is destroyed, you do not have to repair it at all, but losing a ship and letting the battleship complete ~~it's~~ mission seems silly, it would have been better not to engage it at all in that case.		There is a common misconception that an Avenger will be in the repairshop for longer than other craft. This is mostly untrue. An Avenger that received 400 damage will take exactly the same time to repair as a Firestorm that takes 400 damage. Admittedly, if you Firestorm is destroyed, you do not have to repair it at all, but losing a ship and letting the battleship complete its mission seems silly, it would have been better not to engage it at all in that case.

	The Avenger's high hit points frequently trick inexperienced commanders into making an Avenger solo a Battleship. A Plasma Beam armed Avenger will always beat a Battleship, since it has many more Health than a Firestorm. However, even though the damage might look small, it actually took the same amount of damage as a Firestorm would have, the only difference being the Firestorm might have been destroyed, but the Avenger always survives, albeit with several hundred damage received. Since damage is repaired at the same rate as other aircraft at 1 hitpoint per hour, a very badly damaged Avenger could be in repair for over a month.		The Avenger's high hit points frequently trick inexperienced commanders into making an Avenger solo a Battleship. A Plasma Beam armed Avenger will always beat a Battleship, since it has many more Health than a Firestorm. However, even though the damage might look small, it actually took the same amount of damage as a Firestorm would have, the only difference being the Firestorm might have been destroyed, but the Avenger always survives, albeit with several hundred damage received. Since damage is repaired at the same rate as other aircraft at 1 hitpoint per hour, a very badly damaged Avenger could be in repair for over a month.

	Therefore, when engaging a [[Battleship]], it is more or less imperative to send in multiple Avengers at once. The best is to ALWAYS send in 4 Avengers at once. Firstly,this will bring it down quicker. The faster it is shot down, the less return fire will be received. Every additional Avenger, or any other ship armed with plasma beams, that join the dogfight will potentially reduce the length of battle to one half, one third or one quarter of the length of a normal air skirmish respectively. Secondly, it has been unconfirmed that enemy UFOs have a fixed firing rate, which is distributed among all intercept craft. However, be warned that the UFOs will attempt to concentrate fire on your intercept craft one by one!!! To be precise, when clicking the Aggresive Attack button in order of Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, the Battleship was observed to fire almost exclusively at the Top Left ship, once that was destroyed, the Top Right, then Bottom Left, then Bottom Right.		Therefore, when engaging a [[Battleship]], it is more or less imperative to send in multiple Avengers at once. The best is to ALWAYS send in four Avengers at once. Firstly,this will bring it down quicker. The faster it is shot down, the less return fire will be received. Every additional Avenger, or any other ship armed with plasma beams, that join the dogfight will potentially reduce the length of battle to one half, one third or one quarter of the length of a normal air skirmish respectively. Secondly, it has been unconfirmed that enemy UFOs have a fixed firing rate, which is distributed among all intercept craft. However, be warned that the UFOs will attempt to concentrate fire on your intercept craft one by one!!! To be precise, when clicking the Aggresive Attack button in order of Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, the Battleship was observed to fire almost exclusively at the Top Left ship, once that was destroyed, the Top Right, then Bottom Left, then Bottom Right.

	To summarise, damage received seem to indicate an average result of:		To summarise, damage received seem to indicate an average result of:
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	Note that intercepting with 4 avengers at once uses up 4 times as much Elerium as intercepting with 1 avenger.		Note that intercepting with 4 avengers at once uses up 4 times as much Elerium as intercepting with 1 avenger.
	Also note that, if you have a very large workshop base, it is faster to just send in 1 Avenger to solo, then ~~decommision~~ it upon return. Just replace the Plasma Beams with Stingray Launchers and sell your Avenger. Manufacture a new Avenger to replace it... this will take only 6.5 days using 250 engineers working in 6 workshops. Expensive (3.5 million per Avenger), but time saving.		Also note that, if you have a very large workshop base, it is faster to just send in 1 Avenger to solo, then decommission it upon return. Just replace the Plasma Beams with Stingray Launchers and sell your Avenger. Manufacture a new Avenger to replace it... this will take only 6.5 days using 250 engineers working in 6 workshops. Expensive (3.5 million per Avenger), but time saving.

	Due to ~~it's~~ acceleration and speed, the Avenger is the most fuel efficient Hybrid craft. Despite ~~it's~~ size, the Avenger uses Elerium fuel at the same 1 per 10 minute rate as the Firestorm and Lightning, however it will reach ~~it's~~ destinations much faster and return faster, thus it uses less fuel overall. This acceleration and top speed also make it the best craft to hunt down and engage UFOs.		Due to its acceleration and speed, the Avenger is the most fuel efficient Hybrid craft. Despite its size, the Avenger uses Elerium fuel at the same 1 per 10 minute rate as the Firestorm and Lightning, however it will reach its destinations much faster and return faster, thus it uses less fuel overall. This acceleration and top speed also make it the best craft to hunt down and engage UFOs.
	However, as with any elerium fueled aircraft, an Avenger has very limited fuel capacity, and shares the same [[Known Bugs#Elerium-fueled Craft Bug\|design flaw]] as the [[Firestorm]] and the [[Lightning]] that forces it to return to base after depleting half of ~~it's~~ fuel, cutting ~~it's~~ air time even further. This makes it is unsuitable (and the fact that it uses Elerium as fuel makes it very costly) for general patrol or for hunting potential alien base locations. The Interceptor or Skyranger are better suited to this task.		However, as with any elerium fueled aircraft, an Avenger has very limited fuel capacity, and shares the same [[Known Bugs#Elerium-fueled Craft Bug\|design flaw]] as the [[Firestorm]] and the [[Lightning]] that forces it to return to base after depleting half of its fuel, cutting its air time even further. This makes it unsuitable (and the fact that it uses Elerium as fuel makes it very costly) for general patrol or for hunting potential alien base locations. The Interceptor or Skyranger are better suited to this task.

	==Battlescape Graphics==		==Battlescape Graphics==

Bomb Bloke at 22:44, 19 December 2009

2009-12-19T22:44:47Z

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	[[Image:UP001.gif\|right\|Avenger - Ultimate Craft]]		[[Image:UP001.gif\|right\|Avenger - Ultimate Craft]]
	The '''Avenger''' is the ultimate replication of Alien technology. It is both the best troop transporter and best interceptor available in the game.		The '''Avenger''' is the ultimate replication of Alien technology. It is both the best troop transporter and best interceptor available in the game.

			This craft appears in ''[[X-COM\|UFO: Enemy Unknown]]''. For the ''[[TFTD\|Terror from the Deep]]'' equivalent, refer to the [[Leviathan]].

	==How to use it==		==How to use it==
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	[[Category: Research]]		[[Category: Research (EU)]][[Category:X-COM Craft (EU)]]
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Hobbes at 13:43, 4 November 2009

2009-11-04T13:43:10Z

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Hobbes at 15:06, 30 June 2009

2009-06-30T15:06:39Z

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Jasonred: /* How to use it */

2009-03-21T09:15:48Z

How to use it

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	Therefore, when engaging a [[Battleship]], it is more or less imperative to send in multiple Avengers at once. The best is to ALWAYS send in 4 Avengers at once. Firstly,this will bring it down quicker. The faster it is shot down, the less return fire will be received. Every additional Avenger, or any other ship armed with plasma beams, that join the dogfight will potentially reduce the length of battle to one half, one third or one quarter of the length of a normal air skirmish respectively. Secondly, it has been unconfirmed that enemy UFOs have a fixed firing rate, which is distributed among all intercept craft. However, be warned that the UFOs will attempt to concentrate fire on your intercept craft one by one!!! To be precise, when clicking the Aggresive Attack button in order of Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, the Battleship was observed to fire almost exclusively at the Top Left ship, once that was destroyed, the Top Right, then Bottom Left, then Bottom Right.		Therefore, when engaging a [[Battleship]], it is more or less imperative to send in multiple Avengers at once. The best is to ALWAYS send in 4 Avengers at once. Firstly,this will bring it down quicker. The faster it is shot down, the less return fire will be received. Every additional Avenger, or any other ship armed with plasma beams, that join the dogfight will potentially reduce the length of battle to one half, one third or one quarter of the length of a normal air skirmish respectively. Secondly, it has been unconfirmed that enemy UFOs have a fixed firing rate, which is distributed among all intercept craft. However, be warned that the UFOs will attempt to concentrate fire on your intercept craft one by one!!! To be precise, when clicking the Aggresive Attack button in order of Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, the Battleship was observed to fire almost exclusively at the Top Left ship, once that was destroyed, the Top Right, then Bottom Left, then Bottom Right.

			To summarise, damage received seem to indicate an average result of:
			1 Avenger, solo, receives 740 damage (1 free shot from Battleship as you close in + 7 more shots)
			4 Avengers, simultaneous, receive damage distribution of 150, 60, 50, 0 based on which ship attacks first.
			Where 1 point of damage = 1 hour being repaired.

			Note that intercepting with 4 avengers at once uses up 4 times as much Elerium as intercepting with 1 avenger.
			Also note that, if you have a very large workshop base, it is faster to just send in 1 Avenger to solo, then decommision it upon return. Just replace the Plasma Beams with Stingray Launchers and sell your Avenger. Manufacture a new Avenger to replace it... this will take only 6.5 days using 250 engineers working in 6 workshops. Expensive (3.5 million per Avenger), but time saving.

	Due to it's acceleration and speed, the Avenger is the most fuel efficient Hybrid craft. Despite it's size, the Avenger uses Elerium fuel at the same 1 per 10 minute rate as the Firestorm and Lightning, however it will reach it's destinations much faster and return faster, thus it uses less fuel overall. This acceleration and top speed also make it the best craft to hunt down and engage UFOs.		Due to it's acceleration and speed, the Avenger is the most fuel efficient Hybrid craft. Despite it's size, the Avenger uses Elerium fuel at the same 1 per 10 minute rate as the Firestorm and Lightning, however it will reach it's destinations much faster and return faster, thus it uses less fuel overall. This acceleration and top speed also make it the best craft to hunt down and engage UFOs.

Jasonred: The whole "avengers spend a long time being repaired" argument is flawed... VERY flawed.

2009-03-20T23:16:23Z

The whole "avengers spend a long time being repaired" argument is flawed... VERY flawed.

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	If Plasma Beams have been fired, it will take 3 hours to re-arm, regardless of how many PB shots were used. At the turn of the first hour after refueling (measured by hour on the clock, straight up), your left Plasma Beam goes to 100 ammo. Turn of second hour, right one goes to 100. Turn of third hour: Craft drops out of REARMING status and is ready to fly. Even if your craft has not fired (ammo=100), it will still wait until the next hour (straight up) going through that last REARM phase after refueling.		If Plasma Beams have been fired, it will take 3 hours to re-arm, regardless of how many PB shots were used. At the turn of the first hour after refueling (measured by hour on the clock, straight up), your left Plasma Beam goes to 100 ammo. Turn of second hour, right one goes to 100. Turn of third hour: Craft drops out of REARMING status and is ready to fly. Even if your craft has not fired (ammo=100), it will still wait until the next hour (straight up) going through that last REARM phase after refueling.

	Avengers are repaired at the rate of 2% damage per day. Thus it can take e.g. THIRTY DAYS to fix a 60% damaged Avenger. A Firestorm would recover from 60% in just over 12 days (4.8%%/day). However, what's really happening here is that they both repair exactly the same ''Damage Capacity'' (i.e., "hit points") per day... 2% of 1200 equals 24/day for Avenger, and 4.8% of 500 equals 24/day for Firestorm.		Avengers are repaired at the rate of 2% damage per day. Thus it can take e.g. THIRTY DAYS to fix a 60% damaged Avenger. A Firestorm would recover from 60% in just over 12 days (4.8%%/day). However, what's really happening here is that they both repair exactly the same ''Damage Capacity'' (i.e., "hit points") per day... 2% of 1200 equals 24/day for Avenger, and 4.8% of 500 equals 24/day for Firestorm. In fact, 60% damage to an Avenger is 720 damage, which would have utterly destroyed a Firestorm, leaving nothing to repair. 60% damage for a Firestorm is only 300. So, comparing damage % between an Avenger and Firestorm is just being silly... UFOs do damage in damage capacity points, not in percentage terms. The correct analysis is to compare a Firestorm which receives 300 damage to an Avenger which receives 300 damage... and the result is that they both spend the exact same time in the workshop. The only difference is when a Battleship manages to inflict over 499 points of damage in which case the Avenger spends a long time being repaired, and in the Firestorm's case, you would have to manufacture a new Firestorm and 2 Plasma Beams.

	Service is done in this order: [[Repairs]], [[refueling]], [[rearming]]. If you transfer an Avenger between bases, it will still need refueling and rearming when it arrives even though 12+ hours have passed (if it needed them before it left).		Service is done in this order: [[Repairs]], [[refueling]], [[rearming]]. If you transfer an Avenger between bases, it will still need refueling and rearming when it arrives even though 12+ hours have passed (if it needed them before it left).