In this installment of the Ship Series, we take a closer look at the Advent Revelation-class Battlecruiser. The Revelation is a versatile warship, with offensive, support, and planetary siege functionality. As with many Advent capital ships, the Revelation relies heavily on its host of Psintegrat. These psychic adepts are capable of shutting down both enemy ships and structures, including starbases. Additionally, they can focus their minds to support nearby friendly forces by boosting their psi power; or turn their aggression onto enemy planets to send the population mad.
Besides hosting a power force of Psintegrat, the Revelation also features a deadly arsenal of heavy plasma cannons, lasers and missile arrays.
Armament
2 x Heavy Plasma Cannon Turrets (forward)
4 x Medium Laser Turrets (forward)
2 x Medium Missile Launchers
Support for 1-2 Squadrons of Drone Anima
1 x Planetary Bombardment Cannon
Revelation Abilities
Reverie: Psintegrat enthrall the crew of the enemy target ship for a period of time, preventing them from taking any action. Damage interrupts the effect.
Guidance: Adepts on board the Revelation focus their minds to enhance nearby friendly ships. This reduces ability cooldowns and increases the psi power of nearby crews.
Quell: The Revelation’s Psintegrat pacify the crews of all structures and starbases in the target area for a period of time, preventing them from taking any action.
Provoke Hysteria: All of the adepts aboard the Revelation focus their minds to instill a frenzied psychosis amongst the target planet’s population, leading to violence and riots that damage the world’s infrastructure.
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 Revelation'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 euphoric 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 Revelation 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.