Atlantis II Experimental Aircraft Carrier

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	UEF Atlantis II
Experimental Aircraft Carrier Build Costs 500 2575 110 Experience 1500 Health 16500 (+20/sec) Speed -2.5 to 2.5 (SurfacingSub) Intel (Radius) Vision: 50 Water Vision: 50
Research Info Cost Cumulative 8 14 Unlocked By Sonar
Weapon: Gauss Cannon x 2 Direct Fire - Projectile DPS 259 Projectile  Damage 115 Salvo Size Reload time 3 Projectiles (in 0.2 s) 1.3 seconds Range 50
Weapon: Angler Torpedo Anti Navy - Torpedo DPS 20 Torpedo  Damage 50 Salvo Size Reload time 2 Torpedos 5 seconds Range 32
Weapon: Angler Torpedo Anti Navy - Torpedo DPS 60 Torpedo  Damage 50 Salvo Size Reload time 6 Torpedos (in 0.5 s) 5 seconds Range 32

The Atlantis II Experimental Aircraft Carrier is a UEF minor experimental unit designed to produce air units, engage submarines, and even bombard shore targets with battleship-class weaponry. However it does not have anti-air capabilities. Too big to be created from a Naval Gantry, the Atlantis, like it's cybran counterpart, has to be built, as a 'structure' by an engineer or the ACU in open waters.

Combat Specs

Contrary to popular belief, the Atlantis II is a very powerful unit, not just a "submersible movable factory". For almost the same price as the Poseidon, the Atlantis has more health, more weaponry, and is more combat capable than the Battleship. In direct combat with a Battleship, the Atlantis II will win, easily. It is also equipped with relatively powerful torpedo weaponry, making it even more effective at naval combat. However It lacks anti-air weaponry, but it can be easily protected by the Wasps it creates itself or simply submerging (unless you're up against torpedo bombing Eagle Eyes. The fact that it can submerse makes it a very deadly assassin-type unit (it can destroy targets of opportunity, like naval factories). It's large size but sluggish speed also backs up its assassin and menacing shape.

The Atlantis II, however, has a very low range (50, compared to the Poseidon's 128). As such, the Atlantis II is only useful in direct combat, and cannot be used to shell land targets. If you need to bombard land, or destroy units from a distance, use Battleships. Since the Atlantis II is submersible, it can come to close range to a target submersed, and rise to destroy it. The Atlantis II can be used like the Kraken.

A powerful formation is to have a few Atlantii in your front lines, tanking for a bigger line of Battleships in the rear line. This way, the Battleships can safely destroy anything from a distance, while the Atlantis II take care of any direct naval threat. The Atlantis II should protect the battleships, and not the other way around. You can also mix in some Tigershark Submarines for added effectiveness. If you are attacked by other Battleships, have the Atlantis II submerse to intercept the Battleships/

Produces

The Atlantis II can produce almost all basic air units (except for the C18 Star Lifter Air Transport). It will build these units at exactly 1/3rd the cost of the Air Factory, and at exactly the same speed.

Unit	Mass	Energy	Time
Wasp Fighter	20	43	22
Eagle Eye Bomber	18	40	23
Broadsword Gunship	25	58	27

Tips

• Each Atlantis can build x3 the air units for the same price a standard Air Factory would use to build x1. However, unlike the Mega Fortress, it does not build units at an accelerated speed.
• The Atlantis is one of the only 3 units that can submerge - the other two being the UEF Tigershark, and the Cybran Kraken Experimental Giant Submarine.
• Only torpedoes and the Illuminate Wilfinja can attack a Submerged Atlantis II. Use this to extend its life.

• The Atlantis II can build units while submerged, though start atomaticaly deploying onc its storage of 25 units is full.
• Being able to submerge, an Atlantis II can swim up beside an sea-side enemy base, surface, and launch a full complement of 25 bombers before submerging to build 25 more units, resurface and repeat, maintaining its assault.
• Use them to trick your opponents' war effort into anti-air and attack with a land force. (destoying a few battleship patrols with air will suffice)
• because of its torpedos, it can dish out huge damage to units like the salem class, it can also use its torpedos to destroy sumbarines, and battleships... and if you find its strugling against a group of battle ships you can make it come to the surface,so it can use its cannons, which alone are devastateing

Changes from SC1

It has traded its anti-air guns for direct-fire weaponry, and has a reduced capacity (25 compared to the 150 of its predecessor). The Atlantis II is significantly less notorious than its predecessor and less used on water maps than the common battleship while in SC1 and Forged Alliance a battleship was very rare.

It is a nightmare for a land army to have one of these at ther doorsteps, do note if close to a enemy base that it needs to surface to release its planes, making it vulnerable to missiles and bombers.

If you are illuminate, build some loyalty guns, this means you either get one of your own, or force it to release it's units far out at sea.