Loki Class Destroyer

Loki Class Destroyer image from Planets Nu

Comments

The Loki Class Destroyer is a fairly high-tec light ship with the ability to decloak most cloaking ships within the range of 10 lightyears. It usually does not fight for itself, but with 80kt of cargo space it is a reasonable minelayer.

Privateer, Fascist, and other players who also control cloakers often fear this ship. Usually they will try to destroy it in a kamikaze mission using a cloaking ship's Priority Intercept.

A way to avoid this is to let more than just one Loki Class accompany the fleet, and randomly refuel or tow them, so that they will not be attacked if a cloaker priority intercept occurs.

The Loki requires at least 1 kt of fuel to decloak ships. It will also decloak any of your own ships, as well as your ally's ships (unless those players have loki immunity). If the Loki has 20% or more damage, it will not decloak ships.

Built by

The Lizard Alliance and The Solar Federation

Hull specs

Name	Tech	Beams	T/F	En	MC	Dur	Tri	Mol	Mass	Cargo	Fuel	Crew	Abilities	Adv
Loki Class Destroyer	8	2	4/0	2	170	10	20	43	101	80	140	265	Tac	40

Notes

• Can decloak most ships within the range of 10ly (no mission needed to perform decloak)
• Birdmen, Federation and Lizard ships are immune to tachyon decloak.
• Range:
  • Empty: 770ly
  • Full: 520ly
• Fuel consumption per lightyear:
  • Empty: 0,18kt
  • Full: 0,26kt
• Can tow

Combat in Lizard hands

• The Loki Class Destroyer has a very light hull and often is damaged in combat.

Will destroy (equally equipped):

• D7 Coldpain Class
• Meteor Class Blockade Runner
• BR5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat
• Reptile Class Destroyer
• Saurian Class Light Cruiser
• Lizard Class Cruiser, if lower equipped

Will be destroyed by:

• Lizard Class Cruiser
• Deth Specula Class Frigate

Ranges and fuel consumption were taken from a Loki Class Destroyer equipped with Heavy Blasters, Mk8 torpedo tubes and Transwarp Engines in non-stop-flight.

Battle results are taken from the VCR Simulator in ten runs.

See Also

planets magazine Loki

Trivia

Back in VGA Planets 3, the Loki's tachyon decloak was one of the few hull functions that did not work for shareware players back in VGA 3. This does not hold true for Planets Nu.

Addons

The Loki Class Destroyer does not currently have any addon-exclusive abilities.