The TEC Enclave’s Ankylon titan is a literal space fortress, designed to greatly enhance the survivability of fleet actions. Depending on its configuration, the Ankylon is highly adaptable in offensive, defensive or a combination of battle roles.
16 x Medium Autocannon Turrets
18 x Point Defense Autocannon Turrets
8 x Heavy Beam Turrets (Optional)
12 x Heavy Missile Arrays (Optional)
Up to 12 strikecraft squadrons (Optional)
With its base armament loadout, the Ankylon is capable of inflicting damage on multiple targets with ease. Should it focus fire, it can quickly decimate multiple smaller ships with ease. However, it lacks any long-range or high pierce damage until it’s upgraded with offensive options as shown below.
In the image above you can see the offensive configuration option for the Ankylon. Featuring banks of heavy beam turrets to the front and rear, plus a multitude of missile launches on its flanks, the Ankylon is capable of taking on enemies from all quarters. Of course, even with a full offensive loadout, the titan also offers its unique abilities.
Auxiliary Hangar: Adds hangar bays to the titan, giving it the ability to host up to 12 squadrons.
Ankylon Beams: Adds eight heavy beam turrets to the fore and aft of the titan.
Ankylon Missile Batteries: Adds 12 heavy missile batteries to the titan.
Rapid Autoloader: Increases the reload rate of all Physical weapons. Can be briefly overcharged to further increase cooldown.
Targeting Array: Greatly increases the weapon range of the titan and nearby ships.
Missile Guidance Computer: Enables missing retargeting and bonus damage to missiles fired by friendly units within range.
High Yield Warheads: Greatly increases planet bombing damage. Can be activated to grant increased damage to all nearby units for a duration.
Disruption Matrix: The titan projects a powerful burst of EM interference to deal damage over time to nearby enemy ships. This ability also prevents them from using abilities for a short period. This effect is increased in friendly gravity wells.
Furious Defense: Greatly increases the titan’s weapon damage and Hull/Armor repair rates. These bonuses are stronger in friendly gravity wells.
Shield Surge: Restores a large amount of Shield points to both the Ankylon and nearby friendly forces. Both amounts are increased when the Ankylon is in a friendly gravity well.
Invulnerability Field: With this ultimate ability, the Ankylon channels energy into its advanced shield emitters, projecting an immense shield over friendly ships in range. This grants protected units invulnerability for a short duration; which is increased in friendly gravity wells.
When fully setup as a defense unit, the Ankylon becomes a true tank, capable of absorbing enormous damage. When combined with its abilities, this effect is amplified greatly. Below you can see the titan with its various defense upgrades applied.
Flak Burst: Adds Flak launchers to the titan, which can inflict Physical damage over time to all strike craft and missiles within a short range.
Extra Armor Plating (I-III): Each level increases the maximum Hull Points, Armor Points, and overall Armor Strength of the titan. These upgrades also enhance passive generation rates for hull and armor.
Combat Repair System: The addition of small robotic repair drones gives the titan a passive bonus to repair rates, which persists in combat. When brought to full power, this rate is boosted for a short duration.
Reactive Armor: When the extra Armor Plating just isn’t enough, you can apply a layer of Reactive Armor to the Ankylon. This armor increases overall Armor Strength and greatly reducing all missile damage.
Backup Shield Generator: A secondary shield generator is installed on the Ankylon and rigged to come online whenever the main generator fails. This backup generator increases maximum Shield points, grants the Shield Burst ability and increases Shield Burst restoration points.
Planetary Shield Array: Projects a defensive shield around the nearby planet preventing all damage to the surface.