Black Jack

Black Jack
Base Stats
Classification	Ryder
Pilot / CO	Asaga Oakrun
Affiliation	Freelance
HP	600
Energy	100
Armor	10
Evasion	25
Move cost	20
Flak strength / range	35 / 1
Missiles	1

The Black Jack is a ryder piloted by Asaga Oakrun, built specifically for her by Chigara. It's very maneuverable, tough and packs a punch with a wide variety of weapons making her a true generalist offensive unit, although she's far better equipped dealing with enemy ryders than shielded warships.

Weapons

The Black Jack has 5 standard weapons including the ability to attack enemy ryders in close combat.

Melee

The Black Jack has sufficient armor (at full health) to withstand most damage from a counter attack, so moving close for close combat is a viable destructive option.

• damage: 400 x 1
• energy cost: 50 EN
• base accuracy: 120

Laser

Just as powerful (but not as accurate) as the Sunrider's main laser banks, the Black Jack sports very impressive laser emitters for a unit her size. Countered by shielding.

• damage: 200 x 1
• energy cost: 70 EN
• base accuracy: 110

Missiles

Missile banks are a fearsome long range weapon useful in doing good reliable damage even against distant enemy units. Stocks are very limited however, so it's best to keep them for when they'll be most useful. Beware enemy Flak!

• damage: 40 x 10
• energy cost: 20 EN
• base accuracy: 70 (degrades only 5% every cell)

Pulse

Pulse cannons do reliable energy damage with decent accuracy and is an effective option against lightly armored units. Compared to the assault gun, the pulse weapon's higher per-shot energy damage type makes it more effective against certain lightly armored units such as bomber ryders and frigates - unless they are also protected by energy shielding. It also has longer effective range.

• damage: 30 x 8
• energy cost: 50 EN
• base accuracy: 80

Assault

The Black Jack's machine guns are particularly devastating against poorly armored enemy ryders. Its high shot count makes it a very reliable damage dealer even against highly evasive targets. Any armor though is likely to negate most damage.

• damage: 14 x 20
• energy cost: 30 EN
• base accuracy: 65

Awaken

A special ability only unlocked during Mask of Arcadius' final mission, Asaga enables the powers of her Ryuvian royal bloodline to grant a massive increase to the Black Jack's combat abilities, buffing its evasion, armor and attack damage. Unlike other special abilities, Asaga's Awaken is a toggled ability that remains active until it is manually turned off, and each turn that it is active further improves its buffs, making the Black Jack more powerful the longer the fight drags on; turning off the ability resets the cumulative buffs. However, this power comes at the cost of the Black Jack taking 100 HP damage per turn, making it more vulnerable to enemy attack, and even destroying the Black Jack if left on without repairs. The Liberty's Repair ability can be used to prolong Awaken's active duration by ensuring that the Black Jack has enough health to spend, allowing it to accumulate its buffs to a ridiculously high level.

• buff: +100% to armor, evasion and attack damage on the first turn, and additional +50% to aforementioned stats per turn that ability is active afterwards.
• debuff: -100HP per turn active.
• energy cost: 100 EN