Black Widow

In-Game Description
Difficulty: Hard

''The Black Widow is a rear-echelon attack craft that uses its Quick Cloak to move into an ideal ambush position, unleash its ordnance and redeploy in order to maintain pressure on enemy formations. Each of these high-velocity missiles are utility-based which allows captains flexibility on how they can weaken threats and aid allied attack. While missiles can be destroyed by the enemy's Point Defenses, the Black Widow comes equipped with utility to briefly interrupt weapon systems and aid missiles to their target.''

Black Widows try to avoid close engagements, as their weak armor and lack of agility in its missiles solutions prevent them for surviving for too long.

Summary
Excelling at ambush warfare and guerrilla tactics, the Black Widow is a heavily-armed stealth vessel with performance proportional to the skill of its pilot. The Black Widow's main armament consists almost solely of missile weapons - all of which can be intercepted by ship-based Point Defense. A single, well-timed point defense activation can neuter the Black Widow's entire damage output. As a result, Black Widow pilots must learn how to accurately and effectively time their attacks, utilizing the split-second weapon disable of Weapon Interrupt to allow their high-damage missiles to slip through point-defense networks. The massive array of missiles that the Widow can arm allows for a extremely varied amount of configurations that allow the Widow to perform different roles - slowing targets, breaking their weapons, concussing them, and draining the energy used to fuel their abilities.

When playing as a Black Widow
- Lie in wait while cloaked until the enemy initiates their jump, then bombard them with missiles as they're charging their jump drive.

-Stay out of range of enemies with detect abilities - the Black Widow has no escape abilities to rely upon if it is revealed.

When playing with a Black Widow
-Watch for enemies who are focusing an allied Black Widow (often to keep them from cloaking) as this leaves them vulnerable to attack while distracted.

When playing against a Black Widow
Use or have weapon disable utilities or Point Defense, as they will render the majority of the Black Widow's attacks useless. Make sure when warping that the area around you is clear, so that no Black Widows can attack you while you are charging. Be decisive, do not allow the Black Widow to position itself near you without you knowing.

Tips
Use Weapon Interrupt while Armor Missiles are already in flight to ensure as many as possible make their way through the enemy point defense. An unarmored foe is no match for a full magazine of Black Widow rockets.