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==Overview==
==Overview==
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The Bravais is a
good
ship
for attacking just one level of shields
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The Bravais is a
large
ship
with good but slow starting weaponry and good starting crew.
==How to Unlock the Bravais==
==How to Unlock the Bravais==
==Strategy==
==Strategy==
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The Bravais is fairly well-rounded from the start, with decent but slow-charging weaponry.
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The Bravais is fairly well-rounded from the start, with decent but slow-charging weaponry
, good crew for boarding, but a weakness to ships equipped with defense drones
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====Strengths====
====Strengths====
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* There is only one room between the medbay and the room that can be upgraded with a teleporter pad, allowing boarding crew to heal up quickly and get back in the teleporter before it finishes charging (if the medbay is sufficiently upgraded).
* There is only one room between the medbay and the room that can be upgraded with a teleporter pad, allowing boarding crew to heal up quickly and get back in the teleporter before it finishes charging (if the medbay is sufficiently upgraded).
* Crystal crew members allow one to skip the first two steps of the Crystal Cruiser quest, making it much easier to get to the [[Hidden Crystal Worlds|hidden crystal worlds]].
* Crystal crew members allow one to skip the first two steps of the Crystal Cruiser quest, making it much easier to get to the [[Hidden Crystal Worlds|hidden crystal worlds]].
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* Crystal crew makes assassinating individual enemy crew members very easy, which is especially
useful
against the [[Rebel Flagship]].
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* Crystal crew
's lockdown power
makes assassinating individual enemy crew members very easy, which is especially
helpful
against the [[Rebel Flagship]]
.
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* Does not rely on missiles or drone parts to damage enemy ships
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====Weaknesses====
====Weaknesses====
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* Large size, sprawling layout, and slow Crystal crew means transit from one portion of the ship to another can take a while.
* Large size, sprawling layout, and slow Crystal crew means transit from one portion of the ship to another can take a while.
* Many empty rooms, increasing vulnerability to hull weapons.
* Many empty rooms, increasing vulnerability to hull weapons.
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* Starts with no drone parts or missiles.
====Tips====
====Tips====
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* Invest in a teleporter ASAP. Crystal crew make excellent boarders due to their lockdown power. Simply teleport a boarding team with at least one Crystal crew member (and preferrably a Mantis, Rock, or another Crystal) into a room with a single enemy crew member in it and lock the room down before either anyone else gets into the room to help him or he escapes to a medbay. Enemy crew will usually flee to a medbay if they have one once they are reduced to less than 25 health. Once a door is opened, however, locking the room down will NOT stop whoever is moving through it, so be sure to lock rooms down before anyone gets too close the doors. Pausing and unpausing carefully can help with the timing.
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* Invest in a teleporter ASAP. Crystal crew make excellent boarders due to their lockdown power. Simply teleport a boarding team with at least one Crystal crew member (and preferrably a Mantis, Rock, or another Crystal) into a room with a single enemy crew member in it and lock the room down before either anyone else gets into the room to help him or he escapes to a medbay. Enemy crew will usually flee to a medbay
(
if they have one
)
once they are reduced to less than 25 health. Once a door is opened, however, locking the room down will NOT stop whoever is moving through it, so be sure to lock rooms down before anyone gets too close the doors. Pausing and unpausing carefully can help with the timing.
* Try to obtain some laser-based weaponry to counteract the Crystal weapons' weakness to defense drones. When up against a ship that has a defense drone, fire all of your Crystal weaponry (and Missile-based weaponry, if you have any) at once to try to overwhelm the drone.
* Try to obtain some laser-based weaponry to counteract the Crystal weapons' weakness to defense drones. When up against a ship that has a defense drone, fire all of your Crystal weaponry (and Missile-based weaponry, if you have any) at once to try to overwhelm the drone.
* Don't lose both of your Crystal crew. They are invaluable against the Rebel Flagship. Use one of them paired with another good boarding race, preferably Mantis, to wipe out all but one of the crew (sparing the guy in the triple laser) one-by-one. Be very, very mindful of the cloak, however. Bad timing on your part could cost you your boarding crew. The Flagship cloaks for 15 seconds, and then waits 20 seconds for the cloak to recharge. You should either try to be in and out before the Flagship's cloak recharges, or else teleport your crew in right before it cloaks (wait for it to uncloak and count off 18 seconds or so) and teleport them out afterward.
* Don't lose both of your Crystal crew. They are invaluable against the Rebel Flagship. Use one of them paired with another good boarding race, preferably Mantis, to wipe out all but one of the crew (sparing the guy in the triple laser) one-by-one. Be very, very mindful of the cloak, however. Bad timing on your part could cost you your boarding crew. The Flagship cloaks for 15 seconds, and then waits 20 seconds for the cloak to recharge. You should either try to be in and out before the Flagship's cloak recharges, or else teleport your crew in right before it cloaks (wait for it to uncloak and count off 18 seconds or so) and teleport them out afterward.