Spartan

The Spartan is a long-range, slow-firing sniper cruiser.

Properties
Spartan has only one weapon - the heavy beam it fires from the front, which will instantly kill most turrets and medium ships in one shot. It has no other means of defense from its massive beam weapon. Its attack will ignore area shields.

Strategies

 * Spartan is very weak to fighters and capitals.
 * Fighters will lose 2,000 health from one shot, which is impressive, but there are just too many to effectively deal with using just Spartans.
 * Capitals will have huge amounts of health, and normally Spartan can only fire once before being killed if it ever gets within range.
 * Try to roll for a cloaked Spartan, as this will guarantee that it fires at least once before being killed.
 * Spartans work wonders on turrets.
 * Try to combine spartan with swarm-defense units (like Rapier) for biggest profit.
 * With Range Range Spartan NY and Primers build, Spartans can out-range most capitals and kill enemy non-carrier caps without need for support (strategy observed in qualxxl).

Trivia

 * When modded with a single +20% Range mod, Spartan has 300 range.
 * This is either a reference to the Second Messenian War, where 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and Thebans made a heroic last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae against the massive Persian army in 480 BC, or a coincidence altogether.
 * It could also be a reference to 300, the common meme being "THIS IS SPARTA!".
 * Spartan could also be a reference to Halo, or more specifically, the Spartan Laser.