Hur'q Vedcrid Hive Dreadnought Carrier


 * This page is for the playable starship. For the NPC vessel, see Vedcrid Hive.

This ship could also be purchased as an account-unlock from the Zen Store as a possible choice from the Mudd's Choice Pack of Dread! as part of "Mudd's Market", available from November 20, 2020. Like all items in the Market, the Bundle periodically goes on massive discounts (upwards of 75% during special promotional sales).

Overview
Hur'q vessels serve the primary purpose for the insectoid species as mobile hives, housing multiple generations of Hur'q progeny and their Drantzuli attendants.

Functionally little more than mobile starbases, Vedcrid Hives are specialized for the harvesting of resources that keep the two-thousand-year Hur'q cycles intact. Despite a relatively civilian design (when seen through the unique lens of Hur'q society), these vessels are capable of a surprising level of self-defense, and can easily stand toe-to-toe with warships of other species. With minimal retrofitting, their harmonic interfaces can be made to interact with more conventional technology, and can thus be flown by most sentient species.

Despite its name, the Vedcrid Hive is a hybrid Dreadnought-Engineering Carrier, with the weapon and device slots of a Dreadnought Carrier but the Engineering-focused bridge officer seating, console slots and Starship Mastery package of an Engineering Carrier.

Universal consoles
The comes equipped with the.

Hangar bay
The comes equipped with two wings of Hur'q Swarmer Fighters.

The variant of the Hur'q Swarmers can be obtained from the Dilithium Store, while the  variant is obtainable from the Fleet Starbase with unlocked Tier V Communications Array.

Automated Defense Screens
is an innate ability unique to this starship, active at all times while in Combat. Each shield facing has a chance to add a stack of Automated Defense every few seconds when you receive damage - it grants the increased All Damage Resistance Rating and upon a sufficient number of stacks are obtained, a brief immunity to that damage.

Standard configuration
These starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.

Ship Comparison

 * The following table compares T6 Dreadnought and Engineering Carriers.