Vanguard

The Vanguard is a heavy warship notable for having a large number of gun ports.
== Description ==
The Vanguard is Syndicated Systems' newest warship intended for the heavy anti-pirate defense market. Vanguards offer an unusual feature set, focusing on powerful fixed guns and featuring Syndicated Systems' latest automation technologies, resulting in an atypically low crew complement for a ship its size. Few capital ships will endure for long under the withering fusillade of gunfire that it can unleash against those in front of it.
== Location ==
The Vanguard can be purchased at the following ports:
* Buccaneer Bay, Algenib
* Foundry, Achernar
* Hephaestus, Markab
* New Tortuga, Misam
* Smuggler's Den, Men
== Outfits ==
These are the standard outfits initially equipped on each Vanguard.
Guns
Proton Gun (7)
Turrets
Anti-Missile Turret
Secondary Weapons
None
Ammunition
None
Systems
D67-TM Shield GeneratorLiquid Nitrogen CoolerHyperdrive
Power
Fusion ReactorLP072a Battery Pack
Engines
X3700 Ion ThrusterX4200 Ion Steering
Hand to Hand
Laser Rifle (4)
== Performance Information ==
The Vanguard is a fairly slow moving cannon that can decimate virtually anything if it isn't shot down quickly. Seven Proton Guns means that this ship has massive firepower at the cost of slower engines being the ship's standard equipment. The player should customize their Vanguard with better engines to allow the Vanguard's tremendous firepower to be brought into range more quickly. Pirate Vanguards will often lag behind their smaller and faster escorts, but the player should keep a careful eye on the flow of battle because a protracted dogfight will allow enemy Vanguards to catch up to speedier vessels.
== Notes ==
* A modified variant of the Vanguard is used as the the person ship for the developer Pointedstick, and this variant is accordingly named the "Pointedstick Vanguard."
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Category:Heavy Warship
Category:Human
Category:Human ships
Category:Ships in Syndicate Advanced (shipyard)
Category:Ships in Advanced Core Pirates (shipyard)