The Progenitor Mothership is another core capital ship of the Advent fleet. Equipped not only with ‘colonization’ (read: occupation) pods, the Progenitor also employs more than a thousand Psintegrat that allows the Unity to practically bend reality to their will. Despite the versatility of its abilities, the Progenitor is not designed to be a front-line unit like the Radiance Battleship. Instead, it helps to augment and support Advent forces from a distance.
Armament
- 2 x Heavy Plasma Cannons (forward)
- 2 x Point-Defense Laser Turrets (forward)
- 7 x Heavy Laser Cannon Turrets (forward)
- Support for 1-3 Squadrons of Anima Drones
Progenitor Abilities
- Colonize: Sends administrators, security forces, intelligence experts and other personnel to an unowned planet to establish control.
- Shield Regeneration: The Progenitor channels energy to regenerate the shields of itself and nearby friendly targets over time.
- Unity Meditation (Passive): The crew of the Progenitor meditates on their place within the Advent, granting bonus Unity points.
- Rebirth: Psintegrat within the Progenitor harmonize the Unity to resurrect some of your destroyed corvettes, frigates and cruisers within the current gravity well.
- Offensive Upgrade Options
- Plasma Agitator: Rotating magnetic fields are used to agitate plasma into a higher energy state prior to firing. This increases the damage of plasma weapons and the PBC.
- Vex Amplifier: Adds a PsiTech emitter which is powered by the hatred and rage of the crew, improving weapon rate of fire. Affected by Psi power.
- Energy Accelerator: Advanced field control technology is used to contain and accelerate the bolts and beams of all energy weapons, enhancing range and damage.
Defensive Upgrade Options
- Structural Force Fields: Advanced failsafe force fields are installed in order to rapidly close hull breaches and hold the ship together when it suffers extreme damage.
- Synchronous Shield: Secondary shield generators can be brought into alignment to generate positive harmonic frequencies, increasing shield points and shield burst magnitude.
- PsiKinetic Plating: The Progenitor's PsiTech armor is hardened by telekinetic fields, improving armor strength. Enhanced by Psi power.
- Consecration Inducer: Adds an intricate, PsiTech energy adapter designed to channel the euphor1ic energy of the crew directly into the shield generator, restoring shield points based on the Psi Power of the crew.
Utility Upgrade Options
- Guiding Mentor: Grants a bonus to experience to friendly ships that are lower in level within the same gravity well.
- Harmony Circuit: Adds a special PsiTech circuit to the ship’s systems, increasing Psi power. Can be activated to increase the Psi power of a targeted friendly ship.
- Psionic Dynamo: Integrates a psionic power booster into the ship. Each time the Progenitor uses an ability, the crew gains a stacking bonus to Psi power for a moderate duration.
- Brilliance Array: An advanced PsiTech device that channels the mental energy of the crew into the power systems of nearby allied vessels. Increases antimatter regeneration for all nearby ships based on the Psi power of the ship this item is fitted to.
- Essence Reservoir: This PsiTech device uses the grace of the purified Unity to capture the souls from the crew of nearby friendly ships when they are destroyed, granting a stacking bonus to Psi power.