Zettabyte Dreadnought

"The Zettabyte Dreadnought, a formidable Dreadnought capable of withering away a myriad of foes with ease. An ominous site in any battle."

General
The Zettabyte Dreadnought is the second Tier 8 dreadnought, belonging to the Pharmakon faction.

It has an operations slot that, when equipped with a jump drive, allows it to attach multiple escorts and jump across sectors much like a Sector Flagship. However, unlike them, equipping a jump drive is purely optional, adding more flexibility to the ship build.

Advantages
The Zettabyte has the same effective range as the Leviathan Dreadnought, as well as much better movement speed over its Tier 7 counterpart, the Segfault Dreadnought.

It has six screen slots which are further boosted by its massive bonus to Screen Energy. At Elite status, the ship can reach almost 40k Phase Charge, surpassing the DPS of even a full fleet of Tier 8 Rangers, thus making it all but impossible for enemies to keep it out of Phase State.

Both of its overdrives have massive AoE, often hitting multiple ships at once. Giga-Pulse mainly deals Damage Over Time and is especially effective against ships that have lost their defenses, while Stutter Salvo cripples enemy movement which helps the ship to gain distance whenever it enters Phase State.

Disadvantages
The Zettabyte, much like the Leviathan, takes longer to repair than Tier 7 dreadnoughts. However, the extra potential health should more than make up for that.

Compared to the Leviathan, the Zettabyte has one fewer weapon slot in exchange for an extra armor slot. However, any advantage gained from the extra armor slot is lost due to the lack of armor health bonus, which the Leviathan possesses. As a result, the Zettabyte is weaker than the Leviathan in terms of health. However, just because it's technically weaker doesn't mean it's harmless. A Zettabyte in the right hands can quite easily dismantle a Leviathan in seconds.

Giga-Pulse and Stutter Salvo both do not benefit from the Zettabyte's DPS bonus, so the damage output is relatively low compared to the ship's actual weapons. Giga-Pulse also requires a significant amount of damage taken (note that only damage taken when not in Phase State is counted) to trigger.

Skins

 * Chrome
 * Sunset
 * Toxic
 * Cipher

Trivia

 * The Zettabyte is the second Tier 8 dreadnought.
 * It is also the third dreadnought with the operations slot.
 * Before it was released, it was known as the Necrotizer, until the name was changed to Zettabyte in March 12, 2020.