Borg Assimilator Dreadnought Carriers are commonly tasked with establishing Collective control over planets, but their true specialization is in technology capture. Their Assimilation Probes and on-board processing facilities allow for rapid seizure, capture, and disassembly of enemy vessels. This created an unusual opportunity for the Alliance – while most Borg technology is deeply morally unsettling, these vessels have proven an ability to remove an enemy ship from the fight while preserving most of its crew. By deploying Assimilation Probes to physically attach to defeated enemy vessels, the process of core breach can be arrested, and the ships later flown to safety or simply disassembled, their crews impounded for the duration of hostilities. The sheer amount of Alliance technology required to keep the Borg vessel somewhat functional outside the collective has attached Miracle Worker status to the ship, and while strange, the ability to command a flotilla of assimilated vessels as hangar craft has attracted many a captain to this experimental program. This brand new Borg ship, based on the design from the classic PC Game Star Trek: Armada, is coming to the Infinity Lock Box tomorrow!

Borg Assimilator Dreadnought Carrier [T6]
This starship includes a Commander Engineer / Miracle Worker specialist bridge officer seat and a Lt. Commander Science / Command specialist bridge officer seat.

Ship Details:

• Tier: 6
• Faction: Any
• Required Rank: Must Complete the Tutorial
• Hull Modifier: 1.45
• Shield Modifier: 1
• Fore Weapons: 5
• Aft Weapons: 2
• Device Slots: 3
• Bridge Officer Stations:
• 1x Lieutenant Commander Tactical
• 1x Commander Engineer / Miracle Worker
• 1x Lieutenant Commander Science / Command
• 1x Ensign Universal
• 1x Lieutenant Universal
• Consoles: 2 Tactical, 5 Engineering, 4 Science, 1 Universal (scales with level)
• Base Turn Rate: 7
• Impulse Modifier: 0.15
• Inertia: 200
• +5 Weapon Power, +5 Shield Power, +15 Engine Power, +15 Auxiliary Power
• Can Equip Dual Cannons
• Console - Universal - Disassemble and Analyze
• Hangar Bay – Equipped with Borg Assimilator Probes
• Cyclical Quantum Slipstream Drive
• Innovation Mechanic
• Starship Mastery Package (Carrier)
• Quick Deployment (+Hangar Launch Recharge Speed)
• Armored Hull (+Max Hull Capacity)
• Enhanced Weapon Systems (+Energy and Kinetic Damage)
• Advanced Shield Systems (+Max Shield Capacity)
• Targeted Excision (Starship Trait)

Admiralty Ship Stats:
Eng: 66
Sci: 40
Tac: 20
Special: +6 TAC per Any Ship

Console - Universal – Disassemble and Analyze
This mechanism holds an enemy starship in place while samples are extracted, draining shields, dealing Kinetic Damage, and providing the starship a stacking bonus to Critical Chance for a moderate duration. It can be used repeatedly, storing up to 4 charges and generating a new charge every 30 seconds, but its true power comes from its use on friendly assimilated vessels. When used on a friendly assimilated vessel, such as one captured by an Assimilation Probe, the bonus to Critical Chance is instead granted to all Hangar Pets controlled by the equipped vessel, the duration is permanent until map move, and it stacks up to 86 times. Assimilated vessels grants two stacks plus an additional stack per Hangar Pet Rank, up to a possible total of seven stacks. Assimilation Probes retain their Rank during this process and are able to assimilate additional vessels afterward, but other forms of assimilated vessels (such as those captured by Nanite Torpedoes, etc) are completely disassembled by the process.

This console additionally provides a passive bonus to Hull Restoration, Critical Chance and Hangar Pet Critical Chance.

Starship Trait – Targeted Excision
After achieving level 5 in your Borg Assimilator Dreadnought Carrier, you will unlock the Vanguard Shield Shaping starship trait. While this trait is slotted, activating Beams: Overload or Cannons: Rapid Fire activates rank I versions of both abilities on your hangar pets.

Borg Assimilator Probes (Frigates)
The Borg Assimilator Dreadnought Carrier has two hangar bays equipped with a Borg Assimilation Probes, drill-shaped vessels equipped with multiple Assimilated Plasma Beam Arrays. When they defeat an enemy, they are capable of drilling into its hull, preventing core breach and assimilating the vessel. Advanced and Elite versions of these powerful frigates can be obtained from the Dilithium Store and the Fleet Starbase, respectively. Assimilating a Foe grants increasing Base Damage bonuses based on Foe size, from +25% for frigates to +100% for dreadnoughts.