Huginn-class

The largest ULA vessel. A massive bow ion beam plus four railguns and three vulcans make short work of any ship. Nearly indestructible from outside - dropship boarding is its real threat.

What this hull is for

The Huginn-class is a United League (ULA) battleship. Capital ships in Angels Fall First are crewed platforms: helm, gun seats, repairable subsystems and — on larger classes — vulnerability to dropship boarding. Winning outside with guns means nothing if you lose the corridors inside.

Battleships win external hull trades and lose internal corridor fights. Outside they feel nearly immortal; inside, a successful boarding action flips them. Always plan for both layers of the war.

Armament

• Helm: Ion Cannon, 2H Missiles, mines
• 4x Railgun
• 3x Vulcan

Treat the list above as a crew plan, not a flavour paragraph. Assign humans to the mounts that decide the current duel — anti-capital beams or rails when trading hulls, point-defence and vulcans when fighters or bombers close in. Empty seats are the most common reason a “better” ship still loses.

Tactics

• Often the mission objective itself - losing it can end the match.
• Station a repair squad aboard; engine lockout consoles protect the core from boarders until destroyed.

Crewing, repairs and boarding

Before you volunteer for helm, spend matches as a gunner and as a Multitool repair tech. Learn which subsystems fail first under fire and how long a dropship needs to reach your hangar. Frigates and battleships especially must treat boarding as a second front: park fighters on CAP, keep a ready reaction squad, and do not tunnel-vision the enemy battleship while a Cricket or equivalent docks behind you.

The capital ships guide covers captaincy, crew roles and both sides of a boarding action. Space map context lives in the space combat guide, and the command layer that tells your fighter wing where to go is in the commander guide.

Enemy counterpart

The mirrored battleship on the other side is usually the Anubis-class (AIA). Study both armament lists so you know whether you win a nose-to-nose trade or need fighters and boarding to break the stalemate.

Other ULA capital ships

• Griphon-class (Corvette) — A jack-of-all-trades escort let down by light armour.
• Rejkhart-class (Destroyer) — Unique among capital ships: the captain fires torpedo salvos while a gunner mans the main ion cannon.
• Heimdall-class (Cruiser) — Guided missile cruiser that prefers long-range engagements against other capitals over point defence.
• Ranger-class (Frigate) — Second only to the Huginn in ULA size and firepower, with its own fighter bay.

Quick bridge checklist

• Fill guns before you undock into a contested zone.
• Call target priority: objective ship, fighter carrier, or boarding threat.
• Keep one Multitool on critical subsystems at all times.
• Watch the tac map for dropships as hard as you watch the enemy silhouette.