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This is the article on the Vaygr corvette. For the older corvette used by the Turanic Raiders, see Missile Corvette.
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The Missile Corvette is an anti-strike craft corvette used by the Vaygr in Homeworld 2.

Background[]

It is composed of a durable corvette chassis with a bulbous anterior portion that houses two sets of small Concussion Missile production bays and launchers (one on each side). These ships are able to fire a salvo of two fast, short-range tracking concussion missiles about once every 2 seconds. The only weakness of the corvette is that they have a limited range.

They have been used extensively against corvettes and fighters with good results and are even a decent match against frigates when used en masse. These ships should not be underestimated as many unwary commander has ignored a small group of these corvettes only to find that while he was engaged in another battle some of these corvettes had raided an asteroid patch and destroyed all his resource collectors in the area, or destroyed his batch of frigates. Like most Vaygr corvettes, they come in squads of 4 ships and will split into two groups of two ships that scatter around when attacking. However, this is only goes for Homeworld 2 Classic - in Remastered, all 4 squadron ships fly together.

Yet, Missile Corvette is not an efficient anti-fighter unit compared to the Hiiagaran's Pulsar Gunship due to the fact that its short-range missiles can barely keep up with agile fighters. In other words, the Missile Corvette have enough armor to withstand fighter attacks, but their weaponry is not suitable for taking them out quickly. This can easily be seen when the Missile Corvette is used to defend Capital Ships: The enemy Bomber can take out at least one allied sub-system before the Missile Corvette can take them all out, thus giving the enemy some advantages in a Battlecruiser shootout. The better anti-fighter unit is arguably the Vaygr Assault Frigate.

Trivia[]

  • It is one of the only two (the other was the Lance Fighter) Vaygr ships which have it's class name identified, being 'hammer'.
  • The Hammer-class Missile Corvette should not be confused with the similarly named Kushan Hammer-class Heavy Corvette.

Appearances[]

Main Factions Minor Factions
Kushan and Hiigaran Ships
Fighters
Microships Sentinel-class Defense Pod (HWC) • Leech-class Breaching Pod (HWC)
Scouts Arrow-class Scout‎ (HW) • Seeker-class Reconnaissance Fighter (HWC) • Hiigaran Scout (HW2)
Interceptors Blade-class Interceptor‎‎ (HW) • Spectre-class Cloaked Fighter (HW) • Acolyte-class Heavy Fighter (HWC) Hiigaran Interceptor (HW2)
Bombers Thunderbolt-class Attack Bomber‎‎ (HW) • Hiigaran Bomber (HW2)
Defenders Shield-class Defender‎ (HW)
Weapons Platforms Hiigaran Gun Platform (HW2) • Hiigaran Ion Platform (HW2)
Fireships Mimic-class Infiltration Craft (HWC) • Martyr-class Mimic Composite Vehicle (HWC)
Corvettes
Light Corvettes Cavalier-class Light Corvette (HW)
Corvettes Avenger-class Acolyte Composite Vehicle (HWC)
Heavy Corvettes Hammer-class Heavy Corvette (HW) • Ambassador Corvette (HW)
Gunships Hiigaran Gunship (HW2) • Pulsar Gunship (HW2)
Logistical Support Corvettes Porter-class Salvage Corvette (HW) • Mercy-class Repair Corvette (HW)
Multi-Weapon Corvettes Tempest-class Multi-Gun Corvette (HW)
Minelayer Corvettes Resolute-class Minelayer Corvette (HW) • Hiigaran Minelayer Corvette (HW2)
Frigates
Assault Frigates Vengeance-class Assault Frigate (HW) • Minion-class Heavy Tug (HWC) • Flak Frigate (HW2) • Torpedo Frigate (HW2)
Logistical Support Frigates Matriarch-class Support Frigate (HW) • Marine Frigate (HW2) • Hiigaran Defense Field Frigate (HW2)
Ion Cannon Frigates Firelance-class Ion Cannon Frigate (HW) • Hiigaran Ion Cannon Frigate (HW2)
Multi-Weapon Frigates Dervish-class Multi-Beam Frigate (HWC)
Drone Frigates Puppeteer-class Drone Frigate (HW) • Hive-class Advanced Drone Frigate (HWC)
Super Capital Ships
Destroyers Revelation-class Destroyer (HW) • Perdition-class Missile Destroyer (HW) • Deacon-class Destroyer (HWC) • Hiigaran Destroyer (HW2)
Carriers Imperator-class Carrier (HW) • Shaman-class Carrier (HWC) • Hiigaran Carrier (HW2)
Heavy Cruisers Avatar-class Heavy Cruiser (HW)
Battlecruisers Hiigaran Battlecruiser (HW2)
Dreadnoughts Archangel-class Dreadnought (HWC) • Kalash (DoK)
Motherships
Motherships Kushan Mothership (HW) • Hiigaran Shipyard (HW2) • Pride of Hiigara (HW2)
Non-Combat Ships
Resource Collectors Providence-class Resource Collector (HW) • Worker-class Resource Collector (HWC) • Hiigaran Resource Collector (HW2)
Resource Controllers Redemption-class Resource Controller (HW) • Chieftain Mk. 3-class Ore Processor (HWC) • Hiigaran Mobile Refinery (HW2)
Drones & Probes Target Drone (HW/HW2) • Seeker-class Probe (HW) • Proximity Sensor (HW) • Hub-class Research Ship (HW) • Trapper-class Gravity Generator (HW) • Veil-class Cloak Generator (HW) • Kushan Sensors Array (HW) • Hiigaran Probe (HW2) • Hiigaran Proximity Sensor Probe (HW2) • Hiigaran Sensor Distortion Probe (HW2)
Other Logistical Ships Khar-Selim (HW) • Scaffold (HW) • Explorer-class Deep Space Mining Vessel (HWC) • Clee-San (HWC) • Hiigaran Crew Transport (HW2) • Khar-Toba (HW/HW2/DoK)
Space Stations Chimera Station (HW2) • Tanis Station (HW2)
Vaygr Ships
Fighters
Scouts Vaygr Scout‎ (HW2)
Interceptors Vaygr Assault Craft (HW2) • Harridan-class Lance Fighter (HW2)
Bombers Vaygr Bomber‎‎ (HW2)
Weapons Platforms Vaygr Gun Platform (HW2) • Heavy Missile Platform (HW2) • Hyperspace Gate (HW2)
Corvettes
Corvettes Command Corvette (HW2)
Heavy Corvettes Laser Corvette (HW2) • Hammer-class Missile Corvette (HW2)
Minelayer Corvettes Vaygr Minelayer Corvette (HW2)
Frigates
Assault Frigates Vaygr Assault Frigate (HW2) • Heavy Missile Frigate (HW2)
Logistical Support Frigates Infiltrator Frigate (HW2)
Super Capital Ships
Destroyers Vaygr Destroyer (HW2)
Carriers Vaygr Carrier (HW2)
Battlecruisers Vaygr Battlecruiser (HW2)
Motherships
Motherships Vaygr Flagship (HW2) • Vaygr Shipyard (HW2)
Supercarriers Vaygr Supercarrier (HW2)
Superweapons
Superweapons Planet Killer (Low Orbit Atmosphere Deprivation Weapon) (HW2)
Non-Combat Ships
Resource Collectors Vaygr Resource Collector (HW2)
Resource Controllers Vaygr Mobile Refinery (HW2)
Drones & Probes Vaygr Probe (HW2) • Vaygr Proximity Sensor Probe (HW2) • Vaygr Sensor Distortion Probe (HW2)
Space Stations Command Station (HW2)
Bentusi Ships
Fighters
Interceptors Super Acolyte (HW/HWC)
Motherships
Motherships Bentusi Exchange (HW) • Bentus (HW2)
Non-Combat Ships
Barges Cargo Barge (HW)
Progenitor Ships
Corvettes
Corvettes Progenitor Mover (HW2)
Gunships Progenitor Drone (HW2)
Super Capital Ships
Destroyers Keeper (HW2)
Dreadnoughts Progenitor Dreadnaught (HW2) • Sajuuk (HW2)
Motherships
Motherships Progenitor Mothership (HW2)
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