Bright Heart Class Destroyer

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Bright Heart Class Destroyer
Bright Heart Class Destroyer Prerequisites Tech Level 3 Cost 550 MC Duranium 25 Tritanium 35 Molybdenum 20	Personnel Crew Size 122 Guests 200 Cargo Max. Cargo 100 Max. Fuel 180 Max. Ord 3,000 Max. Repair 600 Cargo (Extended) Pod Bays - Fighter Bays - Tractor Beam -	Ship Parts Large Weapons 4 (50kt) Small Weapons 12 Super Weapon - Point Defense 8 Generators 4 Armor Limit 450 Shield Limit 900	Warp Movement Engines 2 (120LY) Warp Drag Factor 120 Hyperjump Class - Range - Scanning Scan Range 45 Warp Signature 40 Cloak (Fuel) YES (4) Dry Dock Size -	Space Combat Attack Bonus 40 Evasive Bonus 50 Power Bank 1,350 Damage Modifiers Hull Mass 80 Parts 90 Control System 140 Engines 70 Hyper Drive 100 Live Support 140 Soft Spot 0

[edit] Overview

Build many of these ships for minelaying and minesweeping. These don't need fancy weapons. Many Birdman players tend not to lay many mines for fear it would reveal their position. Don't make that mistake. Your enemies will figure out where you are eventually; it'd be good to have minefield coverage when that day comes. For combat, Bright Hearts make excellent anti-fighter ships for your fleet.

[edit] Ship Devices

• Barbitic Mine Dropper
• Mine Sweeper Array
• Cloak
• Self Destruct

[edit] Useful Configurations

[edit] Pure Anti-Fighter

Large Weapons	Small Weapons	Point Defense	Engines	Hyper Drive	Generators	Shield	Armor
4 Sand Caster	-	8 Turbo Laser	2 I-25 Impulse	-	1 Servodyne 800	Galafleck DT900	450

[edit] Morgath's Bird guide From May 2005

A very important ship. Bright Heart is your only minelayer and only it and the Darkwing G have minesweeper. Remember that Birdmen minesweepers do not make any sensor noise, so keep it on at all times. It also shines with 8 point defence weapons and 40 attack and 50 defend bonuses. This ship tough in battle compared to its size. Only problem this ship has is its small ord capacity. This ship has two roles it fills. Minelayer/sweeper and defence against fighters. Even though it is a good warship, it should never operate alone. Its role is to support your other ships. The only exception is if you need to fight really early in the game and can not build Deth Speculas yet. If it operates in your home fleet it can play two roles. First is to be a minelayer/sweeper and then it does not need any weapons. You might think that you want to put weapons in it, but if you get attacked in your home ground these ships are too busy to lay and sweep mines to do any fighting. Second is in anti-fighter role. In your home fleet, it should have PTTs, PLs and i.e. 4 mSCs and 4TLs or MMLs(if you really have more money than you can spend). When in an attacking fleet, it should always have the same type of ranged weapons as ship(s) it escorts. If you couple it with DSs put PTTs, PLs, 4mSCs and 4TLs to it. If it escorts Darkwing with PPCs or LTLA/TLAs it should have PPCs, PLs. 4mSCs and 4TLs.

[edit] See also

• [1] Offical ship stats