The U.S.S. Dauntless is an Epic grade 4 Interceptor from the Independent faction, and it unlocks once your Shipyard reaches level 45. It is built to farm hostiles on its own: its Seek and Destroy ability hunts nearby non-Armada targets automatically while passive buffs raise its damage and loot. If you want a ship that grinds while you handle other things, the Dauntless is a strong pick. Its best crew is built for fast hostile kills and loot, since Seek and Destroy does the targeting for you.<\/p>\n
The Dauntless needs 200 blueprints and a Shipyard at level 45 before you can build it. The build cost is 100,550 4\u2605 Gemeinsame<\/a> Refined Gas, 258,010,000,000 Tritanium, 52,000,000 Dilithium, and 178,750 4\u2605 Common Refined Crystal, and construction takes 77 days and 12 hours. Those figures put it firmly in late-game territory, so line up your refining and resource stockpiles well before you start the build.<\/p>\n Upgrades run on U.S.S. Dauntless Parts plus a set of core items. Warp Cores and Quantum Drive Cores for tiers 2 through 15 become claimable as your Operations<\/a> level rises, starting at Operations 48 for the Tier 2 Warp Core and ending at Operations 70 for the Tier 15 core. U.S.S. Dauntless Prototype Data feeds the ship’s research in the Aggregation research tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Dauntless carries a set of passive abilities that are always active. Active Sweep raises its base damage against non-Armada hostiles while Seek and Destroy is running, scaling from 145,000% at level 1 to 1,200,000% at level 75. Active Apex Barrier adds a flat 40,000 Apex Barrier against those same targets during Seek and Destroy. Aft Expansion increases loot dropped from hostiles and Outposts, growing from 3% at level 1 to 225% at level 75, and Aggregation Plunder adds a flat 200% to Reclaimed Loot from Aggregation hostiles. The plain read: the more you level the ship, the harder it hits hostiles and the more it brings home.<\/p>\n<\/span>U.S.S. Dauntless ability<\/span><\/h2>\n