Vigilante Battleship

"The Vigilante Battleship is a heavy-duty hull with a reinforced structure. It's a remarkably survivable battleship."

General
"Armor up with the indestructible Vigilante Battleship, a new design from the Iron Star Company."

- Event Store

The Vigilante Battleship is a Tier 5 hull with extra defensive capability in the form of armor slots and health bonuses.

As a battleship, this ship has bonus range and duplicate weapons for each firing arc, dealing massive damage from a safe distance.

Advantages
"Iron Star's battleship hull, the Vigilante, has a reinforced structure, giving it added durability to ensure deep penetration into enemy territory."

The Vigilante Battleship is much more durable than any previous battleship, enabling it to outlast them in a duel. It can even tank against upgraded cutters and frigates. Skirmish Armor improves your resistance and reduces your overall repair time in most combat situations.

Unstable Reactor can be used for a surprise comeback against cutter fleets, which often cluster together and fly straight into your battleships.

Disadvantages
While durable, the Vigilante Battleship sacrifices a precious weapon slot, forcing you to use higher-level variants of weapons which are usually less mass-efficient.

The Vigilante Battleship loses out on agility against Hellfire Battleships equipped with Armored Thrusters, making it more difficult to catch them.

Trivia

 * The original appearance of the Vigilante Battleship resembled a bulkier Fury Battleship.
 * A bonus to DPS was added to battleship mark upgrades around the middle of 2018.
 * All player ships had their Resurgence values modified as a result of the late February 2020 update.
 * The repair time of all Tier 5-6 ships was standardized in the early February 2021 update.