Ability: Evasive Maneuvers

Overview

Evasive Maneuvers is a space ability available to all players and is first gained when the player reaches Lieutenant Grade 2 (see Player ability for more information). It can be used as a defensive buff for its added defense, or offensively for its turn rates and flight speed. It can also be useful for flying around at increased speeds — to collect anomalies, for example.

Basic Information

• Profession: All professions
• Locale: Space
• Game Description: Evasive Maneuvers grants a massive speed and maneuverability boost over a short duration. Also improves your defense, reducing your chance to get hit. Evasive Maneuvers can be used with Full Impulse to increase maneuverability, but the speed boost will not apply.

Detailed Information

• Used by: Captain
• Target: Self
• System: None
• Ability Type: Buff
• Activation: 0.5 seconds
• Range: N/A
• Starts a 15 second cooldown on:
  • Impulse Burst
• Modified by:
  • Skills
    • Impulse Expertise (Improves Speed and Turn Rate)
    • Reckless Abandon Tier 1 Pilot Specialization (Immune to Movement-Impairing Effects for 2 sec)
  • Duty Officer
    • Conn Officer - Reduces the time for Evasive Maneuvers to recharge after use by 5 sec.
    • Emergency Conn Hologram - Recharges Evasive Maneuvers when Emergency Power to Engines is activated.
  • Space Trait
    • Helmsman - Cooldown for Evasive Maneuvers reduced by 10 sec.
  • Starship Trait
    • Hit and Run - Evasive Maneuvers grants +Res and +Dmg, +Crit% on Expire
    • Theta Radiation Infused Evasive Maneuvers - Adds Radiation Burst and damage over time effect.
    • Invasive Maneuvers - Evasive Maneuvers will disable nearby foes' bridge officer abilities for a short time and user will phase in and out of Mycelial Space during the duration of the ability making them harder to target.
    • Smooth Landing - Brace for Impact and Evasive Maneuvers activate each other.

• Trained by:
  • This ability cannot be trained (all Captains have it automatically).

Ability Ranks

Ability/User Rank	CD	Ability Effects
Rank I: Lieutenant	60s	Toggle (7.5 max) +300% Flight Speed strength for 8 sec +300% Turn Rate strength for 8 sec Up to +15 Defense Rating for 8 sec (based directly on current speed)
Rank II: Lt Commander	60s	Toggle (7.5 max) +350% Flight Speed strength for 8 sec +350% Turn Rate strength for 8 sec Up to +20 Defense Rating for 8 sec (based directly on current speed)
Rank III: Commander	60s	Toggle (7.5 max) +400% Flight Speed strength for 8 sec +400% Turn Rate strength for 8 sec Up to +25 Defense Rating for 8 sec (based directly on current speed)

Notes/References

• The Flight Speed bonus is impacted by the current engine power level, the Turn Rate bonus is not.
• This ability does not require skill points to rank up, and is increased by leveling up your character.

Images

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  Impulse engines "flare" up after activating Evasive Maneuvers

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  "Theta Radiation Infused" Evasive Maneuvers