Bastion Cruiser

## General

The Bastion Cruiser is a Tier 7 cruiser, a tank that drains the Chain effect of weapons on hit. Its Firestorm Overdrive ability is activated upon losing shields, drastically increasing offensive capability for a short duration.

Cannon weapons that are equipped on this ship gain an extra 1,000 m of range, which can be stacked with other range-increasing effects.

## Strategy and Setup

### Advantages

With incredible base health, the Bastion Cruiser is capable of taking a heavy beating. Its Counter Chain is very effective against Chain weapons such as the ECHO Ray and Reverb Ray, severely limiting the amount of damage they can do to your fleet.

It has 3 armor slots, allowing you to equip 3x Resonant Armor for a massive +60% shield energy bonus, which complements well with the multiple shield slots typical of cruisers. It also has the most resistor slots out of the Altairian Hulls, making this ship perfect as a sponge for soaking up damage.

Its Firestorm Overdrive grants +300% DPS, +40% shield bypass and +20% range, enabling it to dish out large amounts of damage at long range and immediately turn the tide of battle. This ability can be reused in subsequent battles.

Equip Pulse Cannons, Epsilon ECHO Cannons or other Cannon weapons to make the most of the Bastion Cruiser's range bonus. Even without the Overdrive, enemies will still find it difficult to kite Bastion Cruisers that have over 5,000 m range.

The Bastion Cruiser also has a built-in damage increase against cutters, enabling it to make short work of them quickly. As an Altairian ship, it deals bonus damage against the Pharmakon faction.

### Disadvantages

If you wish to use your Overdrive ability, refrain from using too much shielding. Otherwise, enemies with high shield bypass may be able to take out your ships without fully depleting the shields.

Tier 7 battleships has a built-in modifier against cruisers, making them a natural counter against Bastion Cruisers.

## Trivia

* The Bastion Cruiser is the first of the Altairian Hulls.
* The Bastion Cruiser's design resembles a Protoss Carrier from Starcraft II.
* Along with other T7A Herald ships before the Renascence Battlecruiser, this ship has received complete resistance to Alien Nebula and Plasma Nebula in the early April 2019 update.
* The USA Bastion Cruiser releases fireworks in a small animation upon destruction.

At the start of the Synchrony event, all players were gifted aa fleet of 5 Bastion Cruisers.

* All player ships had their Resurgence values modified as a result of the late February 2020 update.
* The repair time of all Tier 7 ships apart from dreadnoughts has been standardized to a flat 2 hours (similar to existing Tier 8 ships) in the late September 2020 update.

## Gallery

* Mk I/II Herald Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk III/IV Herald Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk V Herald Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk VI Herald Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk I/II Oni Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk III/IV Oni Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk V Oni Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk VI Oni Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk I/II Retro Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk III/IV Retro Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk V Retro Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk VI Retro Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk I/II USA Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk III/IV USA Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk V USA Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Mk VI USA Bastion Cruiser angled HD render
* Bastion Cruiser appearing in Contact event trailer
* Herald Bastion Cruisers fighting against Oligarch Bastion Cruisers, note the Overdrive icon on the top left of each ship
* Two fleets consisting of destroyers guarded by Bastion Cruisers, fighting each other
* Bastion Cruisers fighting Guardian Cruisers
* Oni Bastion Cruiser Elites Fighting Retro Bastion Cruiser Elites
* Oni Bastion Cruiser Elites dueling Manticore Battlecruisers
* Retro Bastion Cruisers Fighting Regular Herald Bastion Cruisers.
* USA Bastion Cruisers fighting off Pharmakon ships.
* USA Bastion Cruisers defending themselves from a flotilla of Phoenix Frigates.