The Auroran Heavy Industries Aurora Cruiser is an Auroran ship in Escape Velocity Nova. To obtain an Aurora Cruiser, you either must have won the duel to become the replacement Thurokiir for House Heraan or disable and capture one. Also, your shareware trial must not have passed 30 days.
"The Auroran people's first attempt to create a large war vessel is still their most successful. The Aurora Cruiser mounts immense firepower in the form of 100mm and 200mm Railguns, a broadside of FPC batteries, and anti-fighter chainguns. It does have somewhat weak artificial gravity, however, which is compensated for by a rotating living section. It also has the most basic of thrust engines, which produce abysmal top speed and acceleration, even for a capital ship." ― Buying a Cruiser
The Aurora Cruiser is a bulky heavy warship that serves as an artillery piece.
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"The Cruiser's captain eyes you with a mix of defiance and unspoken challenge. «Death is our stock in trade. If you are going on a dangerous mission, and are happy to pay for our up-keep, we will be happy to come with you and kill your enemies. Unless of course you are an enemy of our House, in which case you would be advised not to try and double-cross us, or I will personally take great delight in feeding you your own entrails.»" ― Hiring a Cruiser
Gjinchar Class (#154)[]
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Wild Variants[]
Shipvariant stat changes are relative to the stats of the basic model. The basic model is Gjinchar.
The following shipvariants are unavailable in the shipyard and must be captured in the field.
Dechanik Class (#250)[]
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While the Dechanik was the slowest and most powerful of the Abominations shipvariants, here it is the fastest and weakest Aurora Cruiser.
Se Gjunchek Class (#248)[]
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Gjinchar Class #2 (#247)[]
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Va Gjencha Class (#249)[]
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House Variants[]
The following variants all seem to be based on the Gjinchar Class, but worse to varying degrees. Heraan is an outlier and should not be counted.
Moash - Dechanik (#251)[]
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The Moash shipvariant has a higher disable threshold, causing it to lose about 500HP in protection. Not only are its statistics worse overall, but it loses a gun and turret slot.
Dani - Se Gjunchek (#252)[]
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The Dani shipvariant is also very bad, but it can turn and has a low disable threshold. This has the lowest turret slots of any Aurora Cruiser.
Vella - Se Gjunchek (#253)[]
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While the statistics of the Vella shipvariant remain poor, it regains the lost gun and turret slots.
Tekel - Gjinchar (#254)[]
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The Tekel shipvariant is a reasonable sidegrade to the basic ship where the reduced armor compensates for the increased turn rate.
Heraan - Va Gjencha (#255)[]
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The reduced armor of the Heraan shipvariant is worth the wealth of other improvements.
Technical Variants[]
The following shipvariant is unavailable in the shipyard and serves a particular gameplay purpose.
Duradar's Moash - Dechanik (#397)[]
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This is the personal ship of Duradar. It's identical to the Moash Dechanik but cheaper.
Gameplay Analysis[]
"The Auroran Cruiser is a nicely well-rounded ship -- its speed is somewhat mediocre, but it's a capital ship, so it's expected. It has Fusion Pulse Batteries and Chainguns for close range, missiles and Railguns for long range, and heavy armor for defense. Two or three sitting in a system, operating as weapon platforms, can be quite dangerous." ― EVula Survival Guide
The Aurora Cruiser is in her element at long range when she can shred ships before they can even bring their guns to bear. At close range they are extremely susceptible to attack from behind by small ships such as the Valkyrie or Striker as her turrets cannot fire backwards. This doesn't mean she is any less good as a weapon platform since she has an insane weapon range and missile armament.
While her shields are pathetic, her armor rating is one of the highest in the game. Since she is disabled at 10% of its hull she gets full benefit from her armour rating.
Escort Duty[]
It is recommended to not pilot the ship yourself because of her limited speed, maneuverability and shields. Since her shield capacity is low you will have to repair her at an inhabited planet quite often after a firefight.
The preferred way to exploit the Aurora Cruiser is to have them as an escort since they are quite abundant in Auroran space and the Houseless will frequently fly them as well. However, due to their high crew they are quite challenging to capture and consequently not expendable. Recommended ships are the Pirate Carrier with Marine Platoons and the Star Liner.
As an escort she will act like a very formidable sniper, keeping smaller ships at bay with her railguns. She can even mop up larger ships if you soften and slow them with EMP Torpedoes.
Images[]
The original Aurora Cruiser was modeled by Scott Vardy. Textures were by Steve Chick (or possibly Dave Williams), and Dave ported the model over to Lightwave.
Appearance[]
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Ship Spins[]
This ship has 64 frames per set and 3 sets for 384 frames in total. The sets are displayed in sequence.
- Ship: 120x120
- Lights: 120x120
- Engine: 240x240
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| Sub-factions: Family Heraan • Family Moash • Family Dani • Family Tekel • Family Vella • Dechtakar • Houseless Auroran Ships: Firebird (v) (i) 150k, Phoenix (v) (i) 150k, Argosy (v) (i) 200k, Abomination (v) (i) 400k, Enterprise (v) (i) 450k, Cruiser (v) (i) 2M, Carrier (v) (i) 12M, Thunderforge (i) 14M Heraan Storyline (Preamble • Intro Missions • Main Story • Gaiden 1 • Gaiden 2 • Final Missions) Auroran Outfits • Auroran Weapons Auroran fauna: Cunjo • Drop Bear | ||