Artemis

Artemis is a Colonial capital ship in .

Background
The Artemis class battlestar is the most commonly deployed command ship by Colonial Fleet. Moderate speed, high armour ratings and aggressive turret battery placements make this battlestar a dominating force on the battlefield.

Weapons layout and performance
The ship has a 25% base damage reduction and 100% base subsystem repair rate. Its firewall regerates at a rate of 100/s.

Special abilities
The Artemis possesses point defense turrets on either side, generating a protective flak field to deter enemy fighters and destroy incoming munitions.

Strategy
Upon first becoming available, players will immediately notice the upgrade in firepower, squadron support, and durability when compared to more common Colonial units, such as the Manticore and Adamant. As such, it may seem tempting to want to build (and stock) as many as possible onto a high-ranking fleet officer. For example, three Artemis-class battlestars and three Rangers, bring the fleet point total to 7800, with combined nine munitions slots, six fighter/utility wings, and a lot of ballistic firepower. However, this also means that the fleet will be slow and will have difficulty bringing ranged munitions to bear until they engage effective DRADIS range.

As such, it may be more useful to stock no more than two battlestars in any given fleet; for even greater versatility, mis-matching the battlestar classes will help diversify the fleet and balance the fleet dynamic.

The Artemis is the first ship in-game to introduce the flak barrier ability, which is exceptionally useful at absorbing munitions. These flak barriers can effectively cover multiple weaker ships from munition salvos when placed on the flank of a formation.

Due to the weapons placement on the artemis, it is always beneficial to be below the target, presenting the broadside of the vessel. This is due to the fact that if an enemy gets underneath the Artemis, the ship is extremely vulnerable, due to the poor ventral firepower and the location of the engineering section on the underside. As such, the artemis should always dive as much as possible to avoid this scenario.