Grendel

Grendel is a cruiser with cannons, micromissiles, and a mounted Phalanx.

Properties
Grendel will fire its cannons at a constant rate, while firing a burst for three micromissiles from each side at a slower rate. The Phalanx adds extra defense from most types of enemy fire.

Strategies

 * Grendel with a single "+20% Fire-Rate" mod will max out its Phalanx firing speed.
 * Grendel can be viewed as a better version of the Gladiator, as it has increased health and doesn't take quintuple the damage from Beam weapons.
 * Naval Yard and fire-rate upgrades allow Grendel to counter large amounts of enemy fire, even countering Artillery-Halo.
 * Grendel is a good capital helper, and can protect a whole army from any missile, blaster and artillery weapon.
 * Grendel is not a good damage dealer on paper, however it's Phalanx turret allows it to survive longer, increasing the amount of damage it will do. Despite this, Grendels usually require other ships or turrets for most of the damage.