Ampharos

Description
The Ampharos is a battleship that consists of 2 heavy blast wings attached to the main body. It has little exterior decoration, and the interior is just as boring.

The Ampharos is great for defending heavy dreadnought ships during a siege along with defending a base against small fighters trying to distract the base's turrets.

When you walk into the ship there is a long hallway leading down to the pilot's chair. A lower bridge added in update .53 making the ship look much fancier from the front.

Interior
The interior of the Ampharos begins with a long hallway that leads to two staircases. These lead up the bridge and pilots seat, which has a control panel around it. There are 2 smaller staircases on each side that can be used to reach the lower section of the bridge, which has two seats, some more control panels, and a teleporter back to the exit of the ship, at the beginning of the long hallway. The teleporter can be used both ways.

Strengths

 * Absolutely shreds small ships.
 * High mobility.
 * Decent spinals.
 * Extremely good at fleet support.
 * Fastest battleship in the game.

Weaknesses

 * Lower than average health.
 * Relatively high cost for a battleship.
 * Vulnerable bottom.
 * Not good against dreadnoughts or anything with high firepower.
 * Can't siege due to the lack of railguns and heavy weaponry.

Strategy

 * Its close range rapid-fire armament makes it ideal for fighting small, fast ships.
 * Having multiple Ampharos' alongside dreadnoughts (above, sides, and bottom) can greatly help them out. Small fighter ships can easily outmaneuver siege ships and it is the Ampharos's job to keep them protected.
 * It is a good ship for pirating or escort, however, it is not as mobile as other combat ships such as Sixfold or Grievion.
 * Don't try to hit and run a Starbase, you'll do little damage and the Starbase will leave you with a practically destroyed ship.

Trivia

 * The turret placement of this ship is asymmetrical, as seen in the front, the left turret is a laser while the right turret is a flak cannon.
 * The model of the ship was remade in update .53 for unknown reasons.
 * On the lower bridge there is a table with a 3D image of megabase.