Bastion Battery

The  is a Bastion weapon system mounted on the Bastion Fleet Carrier. It is available to any player with access to a carrier currently planetside.

The Bastion Battery is a dedicated anti-ground turret, firing a heavy air-to-ground warhead capable of dealing high damage to vehicles at even the longest of ranges, with a moderate amount of splash damage to boot. Featuring a heat-based ammo pool and an integrated 5x zoom optic, the weapon's primary limit is its high bloom-per-shot, requiring controlled fire to maintain accuracy.

To access a Bastion Battery, enter any of seats seven through ten on a carrier (Change to Seat 7, 8, 9, or 10,, , , and respectively by default).

Heat
The carrier's batteries use heat-based ammo pools, in contrast to the standard magazine-based ammo system most weapons use. Heat provides a meter that fills upon firing, and dissipates when not firing.

The turret has a heat capacity of 1000, generates 167 heat per shot, and has a recovery delay of 1 second. It dissipates 200 heat per second, and does not incur a overheat penalty.

History

 * March 11, 2020 Update (Escalation))
 * Added to the game.