Berzerk

Berzerk is a Colonial capital ship in .

Background
The Berzerk class carrier is a fast and effective force multiplier. The carrier is not designed to survive prolonged engagements by itself. However, when supporting a battlestar or strike group, it can provide powerful complementary firepower and squadron support.

Weapons layout and performance
The ship has a 20% base damage reduction and 100% base subsystem repair rate. Its firewall regerates at a rate of 100/s.

Strategy
The Berzerk is the consummate 'jack-of-all-trades' craft -- it is adequate in a number of roles, but excels at none. Primarily for use in the early game against smaller Cylon strike groups, the Berzerk is generally acts as a support vehicle for Manticores and Adamants. From the rear of a formation, the Berzerk's squadron can defend the scout compliment while adding ballistic fire support for an Adamant compliment, or it can load a Raptor ECM squadron to offset hacking attempts from Wardrivers and Nemesis-class vessels.

However, the introduction of any battlestar into a fleet renders this craft obsolete, as does the firepower of the Minotaur/Heracles gunships, the carrier support of the Atlas, and the munitions options of the Ranger, though its one advantage is cost, it’s a cheap way to throw in extra firepower and squadrons into a battlestar group.

These ships can be extremely potent in numbers, three or more grouped closely together can pour gunfire into a target while distracting it with their squadrons. This tactic can cut through most ships extremely quickly.

In the late game, the Berzerk's strongest options are nearly all defensive; costing only 650 fleet points, it can 'top off' a fleet's units with more versatility than an additional Manticore or Celestra. Once the Sweeper becomes available, the Berzerk is an ideal defensive craft to house the unit without expending utility slots for Raptors in battlestars or an atlas.

As a last resort, the strongest move for a Berzerk may be to take the hit from missiles and Nukes to keep them from your core units.