Q Tanker

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Q Tanker
Prerequisites Tech Level 3 Cost 1,350 MC Duranium 80 Tritanium 0 Molybdenum 0	Personnel Crew Size 30 Guests - Cargo Max. Cargo 10 Max. Fuel 6,000 Max. Ord 500 Max. Repair 550 Cargo (Extended) Pod Bays - Fighter Bays 2 * 100 Tractor Beam -	Ship Parts Large Weapons - Small Weapons 1 Super Weapon - Point Defense 6 Generators - Armor Limit 10 Shield Limit 210 Dry Dock Size -	Space Combat Attack Bonus 0 Evasive Bonus 0 Power Bank 50 Combat Speed 90 Hyperjump Class - Range - Warp Movement Warp Speed 90LY Engines 2 Warp Drag Factor 40	Damage Modifiers Hull Mass 80 Parts 390 Control System 90 Engines 90 Hyper Drive 100 Life Support 10 Soft Spot 20 Scanning Scan Range 50 Warp Signature 130 Cloak (Fuel) -

[edit] Overview

• Robot fuel tanker, able to carry 6,000 kt of fuel. But more importantly, it lowers the Sensor Profile of your nearby ships (see below) and automatically refuels Fighter Wings within 100ly. (It does this automatically, and does not use up fuel being carried by the tanker)
• It is also VERY difficult to detect with sensors.
• Very useful to have one in or near a main attack fleet, so that large Fighter Wings can accompany the fleet without docking.
• Also useful to have scattered around your area so that Fighter Wings can patrol freely throughout your space without fuel concerns.

[edit] Special

• It is subject to the special rules applying to ships of the Robotic Imperium.

[edit] Partial Cloaking Field

• The Q Tanker is very hard to see, it has a Sensor Profile of only 5 at all times. With a second Q Tanker within 100 ly the profile is reduced to a sensor profile of only 1. When a Tanker with a profile of 1 is over a Planet it has a profile of 0. That means it is cloaked!
• The Q Tanker can mask the sensor image of Unique Robot hulls (Hulls 89 through 96) owned by the same Robot player within 100 LY, decreasing the sensor profile by 80%. Look at the ship log message; not the profile given in the client. (Robot Small, Large, Super, Merlin, & Alaska will not cloak anymore) Host 211
• The masking happens before movement, see Host Order Pre-Movement (at the moment it is no 23. there)
• The tanker needs at least 11 fuel for it to function. (no fuel is burned/used)

[edit] Refuel Wings

• The Robot Q Tanker refuels Fighter Wings out to a range of 100 LY. This works for any race owning the Q Tanker (tested using host 194).
  • This don't work on allied wings!
• The tanker needs at least 1 fuel for it to function. (no fuel is burned/used)

[edit] Strategic Use

You can use Q Tankers as a very efficient scanner even inside enemy territory. When a second Q Tanker is in range of 100ly it has a Sensor Profile of 1 all the time. If you use high power scanner and in addition with Tachnor Sensor Array A to C Exotic Techs you have a scan range of 650 ly which should be enough to get very good intelligence of your enemy. But beware of Tachyon Emitter they make your Q Tanker more visible!
When you are over a planet and you switch off your engines you can reach a sensor image of zero. So you are completely invisible to your enemies, but you need a second Q Tanker in a radius of 100ly. Not working any more: Q Tankers cannot affect other Q Tankers with their cloaking field. (Host 213.52)

[edit] Useful Configurations

Large Weapons	Small Weapons	Point Defense	Engines	Hyper Drive	Generators	Shield	Armor
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[edit] See also

• [1] Offical ship stats

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