Alien Fast-Attack Ship (Apocalypse): Difference between revisions

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General Information

Fast-Attack Ship

The appearance of Alien Fast-Attack Ships (UFO Type 4) over the city will escalate the aerial war as these craft can aggressive and dangerous during the first weeks. The aliens will deploy these craft as escorts of Transporters, Destroyers, Assault Ships and Bombers. Fast-Attack Ships will may also conduct Subversion missions to try to immediately switch an Organization to their side. Finally these craft will also conduct attacks against any organization they perceive as a threat to their plans.

Cityscape Information

Fast-Attack Ships are the first UFO type you encounter that pose a serious threat to your air fleet, as they carry a Medium Disruptor Beam and are both fast and well-armoured. Their armour renders lighter weapons such as lasers and the 40mm Auto Cannon relatively ineffective, and their speed allows them to dodge fire from the Lineage Plasma Cannon (usually resulting in very expensive collateral damage). The most effective weapons against Fast-Attack Ships are missiles (due to their homing ability), preferably fired from a whole swarm of craft at long range in order to cut down the amount of time the UFOs have to return fire.

Battlescape Information

The Fast Attack ship has a single entrance on the southern side of the ship, where the ship's crash has left a large depression and flames in the dirt. Aliens will often be outside of the ship when you approach. Poppers and brainsuckers will run at your troops while the others cluster and throw grenades.

Other Notes

Statistics

Statistics	Value
Armor	57
Constitution	80
Top Speed	20
Weapon	Medium Disruptor Beam
Weapon Power	40
Weapon Range	300
Equipment	Small Disruption Shield
Score points	200
Crew	6 Anthropods, 2 Brainsuckers, 1 Popper, 2 Spitters
Infiltration Force	3 Anthropods, 1 Multiworm, 3 Poppers, 3 Skeletoids

X-COM: Apocalypse: Vehicles
Airborne	Hoverbike Phoenix Hovercar Valkyrie Interceptor Hawk Air Warrior Police Hovercar Air Taxi Rescue Transport Construction Vehicle Airtrans Space Liner
Ground	Blazer Turbo Bike Stormdog Wolfhound APC Griffon AFV Civilian Car Police Car Autotaxi Autotrans
X-Com	Dimension Probe Bio-Trans Explorer Retaliator Annihilator
Alien	UFO Type 1 - Probe UFO Type 2 - Scout Ship UFO Type 3 - Transporter UFO Type 4 - Fast Attack Ship UFO Type 5 - Destroyer UFO Type 6 - Assault Ship UFO Type 7 - Bomber UFO Type 8 - Escort Ship UFO Type 9 - Battleship UFO Type 10 - Mothership • Overspawn

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 == [[Cityscape (Apocalypse)|Cityscape]] Information ==
-Fast attack ships are the first UFO you encounter that can destroy [[Hoverbike_(Apocalypse)|Hoverbikes]] in one hit. Fortunately they will rarely hit any Hoverbike and your losses can be kept minimal if you keep them at a decent distance. They are also the first UFO with an armor rating that seriously hampers the power of conventional weapons. The [[40mm_Auto_Cannon_(Apocalypse)|40mm Auto Cannon]] will harmlessly bounce off of most armor facings, and [[Bolter_4000_Laser_Gun_(Apocalypse)|Bolter Lasers]] will struggle to scratch the UFO. Despite the ship's incredibly fast speed you can still hit it with missiles, and a combination of stronger terran weapons will take it down with little trouble.
+Fast-Attack Ships are the first UFO type you encounter that pose a serious threat to your air fleet, as they carry a [[Medium Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)|Medium Disruptor Beam]] and are both fast and well-armoured. Their armour renders lighter weapons such as lasers and the [[40mm Auto Cannon (Apocalypse)|40mm Auto Cannon]] relatively ineffective, and their speed allows them to dodge fire from the [[Lineage Plasma Cannon (Apocalypse)|Lineage Plasma Cannon]] (usually resulting in very expensive collateral damage). The most effective weapons against Fast-Attack Ships are missiles (due to their homing ability), preferably fired from a whole swarm of craft at long range in order to cut down the amount of time the UFOs have to return fire.
 == [[Battlescape Overview (Apocalypse)|Battlescape]] Information ==