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Tholian Tarantula - Widow Fighters

A Tholian Tarantula Dreadnought with deployed Widow fighters

Tholian Widow Fighters are a type of Hangar Pet for characters of any faction.

Rare Widow fighters are obtained with the purchase of the following Tholian vessels:

The Advanced variant is no longer obtainable and should be considered a legacy item. Elite Widow fighters can be purchased from the Nukara Strikeforce branch of the reputation system at Tier 5. Slotted hangar pets will add a launch ability: Launch Tholian Widow Fighters icon (Federation) Launch Tholian Widow Fighters.


Hangar overview[]

Name Squad Energy type Projectile Abilities
Faction Cross-Faction Tholian Widow Fighters 3/6 Tetryon Beam Array icon Tetryon Quantum Torpedo Launcher icon Quantum  Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid
Faction Cross-Faction Advanced Tholian Widow Fighters 3/6 Tetryon Beam Array icon Tetryon Quantum Torpedo Launcher icon Quantum  Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid
Faction Cross-Faction Elite Tholian Widow Fighters 3/6 Tetryon Beam Array icon Tetryon Quantum Torpedo Launcher icon Quantum  Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid • Beams: Fire at Will I

Tholian Widow fighters are fast and agile craft, capable of chain linking attacks with their command vessel. They largely resemble the 22nd century and 23rd century web spinner designs from decades past.

Prior to Season Nine: A New Accord, Rare, Very Rare (Advanced), and Ultra Rare (Elite) Widow fighters could be obtained from Tiers 1, 3 and 5 of the Nukara Strikeforce reputation branch respectively. These Widow pets are faction agnostic and do not require a Tholian ship to purchase. With the Season 9 update, both Rare and Very Rare pets were retired from the reputation. While Rare and Ultra Rare pets are still available for purchase, the currently obtainable Rare variant can now only be equipped on any Tholian Carrier or Dreadnought Cruiser. The Advanced variant was not relocated to the Dilithium store and is no longer obtainable.

Standard-issue (rare) Tholian Widow Fighters come pre-loaded as part of the standard equipment of the following vessels:

Pets[]

Hangar - Tholian Widow Fighters icon
Rare icon
Hangar - Tholian Widow Fighters
Rare Hangar Bay
Character Bind On Pickup
Tholian Carrier or Dreadnought Cruiser

Fighter gear:
* Tetryon Beam Arrays
* Quantum Torpedoes
* Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid
Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Launch Tholian Widow Fighters
Launch Tholian Fighters
Launches a wing of three level __ Tholian Widow Fighters. Each hangar supports 2 deployed wings at any given time.
Value: 4,150 Energy credit icon

- UNLOCK: Tholian Recluse Carrier, Tholian Jorogumo Carrier, Tholian Tarantula Dreadnought Cruiser
- RESTRICTION: Tholian Carrier or Dreadnought Cruiser

- AVAILABLE: Once unlocked, this pet becomes available for purchase from the Hangar section of the Requisition Starship Equipment vendor found on most hubs for 25,355 Energy credit icon. A faction and ship agnostic version of these pets were previously obtainable from the Nukara Strikeforce branch of the reputation system at Tier 1 prior to Season Nine: A New Accord.

Capabilities[]

  • Capacity: Launches 3 at a time, and can support up to 6 per hangar.
  • Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge

Hangar - Tholian Widow Fighters icon
Veryrare icon
Hangar - Advanced Tholian Widow Fighters
Very Rare Hangar Bay
Character Bind On Pickup

Fighter gear:
* Tetryon Beam Arrays
* Tetryon Dual Beam Bank
* Quantum Torpedoes
* Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid
Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Launch Advanced Tholian Widow Fighters
Launch Tholian Fighters
Launches a wing of three level __ Tholian Widow Fighters. Each hangar supports 2 deployed wings at any given time.
Value: 0 Energy credit icon
- AVAILABLE: Legacy item no longer obtainable in-game. Previously obtainable from the Nukara Strikeforce branch of the reputation system at Tier 3 prior to Season Nine: A New Accord.

Capabilities[]

  • Capacity: Launches 3 at a time, and can support up to 6 per hangar.
  • Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge

Hangar - Tholian Widow Fighters icon
Ultrarare icon
Hangar - Elite Tholian Widow Fighters
Ultra Rare Hangar Bay
Character Bind On Pickup

Fighter gear:
* Tetryon Beam Arrays
* Quantum Torpedoes
* Tetryon Dual Beam Banks
* Beam: Fire at Will I
* Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid
Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

Launch Elite Tholian Widow Fighters
Launch Elite Tholian Widow Fighters
Launches a wing of three level __ Tholian Widow Fighters. Each hangar supports 2 deployed wings at any given time.
40 sec recharge
Value: 0 Energy credit icon
- AVAILABLE: Available through the Reputation system by advancing the Nukara Strikeforce branch to Tier 5 and completing the "Elite Widow Hangar Pet" project for 240 Nukara Marks, 38,000 Refined dilithium icon, and 40,000 Energy credit icon. This can be lowered to 120 Nukara Marks, 19,000 Refined dilithium icon, and 20,000 Energy credit icon by completing the account-wide Tier 6 discount project.

Capabilities[]

  • Capacity: Launches 3 at a time, and can support up to 6 per hangar.
  • Base cooldown: 40 sec recharge


Special abilities[]

Supports Recluse Tetryon Grid[]

Tholian Tetryon Grid visual demonstration.

Tholian hangar pets, both Widow fighters and Mesh Weavers, can synergize with the Tholian Tetryon Grid ability found on both the Recluse and Jorogumo carriers. This ability creates a grid of Tetryon Energy between the command vessel and its hangar pets, refracting to near nearby allies and increasing their outgoing weapon damage for a short duration. Hangar pets affected by the grid this way will additionally reflect Tetryon Beam Attacks at up to two nearby foes.


Playable version[]

Tholian Widow Fighter

A Tholian Widow fighter.

A playable Small Craft version of this hangar pet, the Tholian Widow Fighter is available for characters of all factions.

Modifiers[]

Hangar pet performance may be affected by various factors (unless stated otherwise), all listed below.

  • Innate
    • All Hangar pets are immune to warp core breaches and have a unique version of the Strategist specialization ability "Layered Defense", known as "Layered Defenses III", which makes them immune to a single torpedo hit every 30 seconds.
    • Starships with Hangar Bays by default can use Carrier commands, a set of four abilities that issue orders to your Hangar pets.
  • Subsystem
    • Auxiliary Power level will determine the recharge rate before a Hangar pet can be launched again; if Auxiliary subsystem is knocked offline, the Hangar will not operate.
  • Skill Tree
    • Skill Nodes
    • Unlocks
      • Adm eng fed 5 points in Engineering track: Hangar Health: Hangar pets have an additional 10% Maximum Hull Capacity.
      • Adm tac fed 5 points in Tactical track: Hangar Weaponry: Hangar pets deal an additional 10% Damage from all sources.
  • Starship Mastery (Carriers, Flight Deck Carriers, Flight Deck Raptors)
    • Mastery passive quick deployment tac fed Quick Deployment: 20% recharge time reduction to launching Carrier pet crafts; +50% Rank Up XP for all Hangar Pets.
  • Duty Officers
    • Flight Deck Officer: Reduces the time to recharge Hangar Bay abilities after use.
    • Flight Deck Officer: Increases the accuracy of any carrier pet launched from your Hangar bays while they are in Intercept mode.
    • Flight Deck Officer: Increases the damage of any carrier pet launched from your Hangar bays while they are in Escort mode.

See also[]

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Re. Shield Repair Units
Adv. Kelvin Timeline Assault Drone
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Adv. Orion Interceptors
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Adv. S'Kul
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  - Adv. To'Duj Squadron
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Adv. Tachyon Drones
Re. Shield Repair Shuttles
B'Rotlh
Adv. Fer'Jai
Adv. baSro'
Adv. Ning'tao Support
Ultra Rare Armored Marauding Force
Elite Orion Slavers
Elite Tactical Attack Squadron
Elite DuQwl'
Elite Gorn Heavy
Elite House Mo'Kai Fighters
Elite House Mo'Kai Raiders
Elite Nausicaan Stinger
Elite Orion Cutpurse
Elite Orion Interceptors
Elite Rozhenko Timeships
Elite S'Kul
Elite To'Duj
  - Elite To'Duj Squadron
Elite Power Siphon Drones
Elite Tachyon Drones
Armored Shield Repair Shuttles
Qaw'Dun
Elite Fer'Jai
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Elite Ning'tao Support
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Faction Romulan Republic - These hangar pets are restricted to Romulan Republic-exclusive ships.
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Scorpion
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Snakehead Squadron
Suliban Veil
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Malem Support
Romulan Drone Ship
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Adv. Kelvin Timeline Scorpion Faction Romulan Republic
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Adv. Snakehead Squadron
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  Adv. Craeul Faction Romulan Republic
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Advanced Romulan Drone Ship
Faction Dominion Dominion
Faction Khitomer - All Dominion hangar pets are Cross-Faction.
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Jem'Hadar Support
Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats
Very Rare   Adv. Jem'Hadar
  - Adv. Jem'Hadar Squadron
  Adv. Jem'Hadar Attack Ship
Adv. Jem'Hadar Support
Adv. Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats
Ultra Rare   Elite Jem'Hadar
  - Elite Jem'Hadar Squadron
  Elite Jem'Hadar Attack Ship
Elite Jem'Hadar Support
Elite Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats
Faction Khitomer Cross-Faction
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Rare Elachi Oschu Shuttles Bleth Choas
Epoch
Hur'q Swarmers
Lost Souls of Gre'thor
Son'a Assault Fighters
Sphere Builder Heavy
Tholian Widow
Voth Heavy
Xindi-Insectoid Castroi
Xindi-Primate Nusuti Heavy
Mir
Obelisk Swarmers
Baltim Raider
Breen Plesh Brek Raider
Elachi Qulash
Krenim Heavy Raiders
Shuk-din
Sphere Builder Arehbes
Terran Empire
Tholian Mesh Weavers
Vorgon Echentis
Xindi-Aquatic Mobulai
Yukawa
Very Rare Adv. Elachi Oschu Shuttles Adv. Bleth Choas
Adv. Epoch
Adv. Hur'q Swarmers
Adv. Lost Souls of Gre'thor
Adv. Son'a Assault Fighters
Adv. Sphere Builder Heavy
Adv. Tholian Widow
Adv. Voth Heavy
Adv. Xindi-Insectoid Castroi
Adv. Xindi-Primate Nusuti Heavy
Adv. Mir
Adv. Obelisk Swarmers
Adv. Baltim Raider
Adv. Breen Plesh Brek Raider
Adv. Elachi Qulash
Adv. Krenim Heavy Raiders
Adv. Shuk-din
Adv. Sphere Builder Arehbes
Adv. Terran Empire
Adv. Tholian Mesh Weavers
Adv. Vorgon Echentis
Adv. Xindi-Aquatic Mobulai
Adv. Yukawa
Ultra Rare Elite Elachi Oschu Shuttles Elite Bleth Choas
Elite Epoch
Elite Hur'q Swarmers
Elite Lost Souls of Gre'thor
Elite Son'a Assault Fighters
Elite Sphere Builder Heavy
Elite Tholian Widow
Elite Voth Heavy
Elite Xindi-Insectoid Castroi
Elite Xindi-Primate Nusuti Heavy
Elite Mir
Elite Obelisk Swarmers
Elite Baltim Raider
Elite Breen Plesh Brek Raider
Elite Elachi Qulash
Elite Krenim Heavy Raiders
Elite Shuk-din
Elite Sphere Builder Arehbes
Elite Terran Empire
Elite Tholian Mesh Weavers
Elite Vorgon Echentis
Elite Xindi-Aquatic Mobulai
Elite Yukawa
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