Fankit: Fondor Haulcraft

Note: Made this 7 months ago.

UNIT NAME: Fondor Haulcraft

ALIGNMENT: Light Side

CATEGORIES: Support, Cargo Ship, Rebel

A heavily modified V-21.1 Chevlex light haulcraft equipped with deadly countermeasures and a trusty Fondor Droid Mod, Luthen Rael and Kleya Marki used this ship to build the Axis network and monitor various rebel cells, being fundamental for the survival and eventual unification of the Rebellion.

Key Attributes:

• Profundity lifter that aids Rebels, especially those part of the Axis network
• Brings the Axis effect to ships!
• Synergizes nicely with Cassian allies
• Intended to replace Outrider for Profundity
• Willing to sacrifice any part of the Rebellion for the larger cause - ally or enemy
• “Countermeasures Armed” cripples the enemy Capital Ship and deals a hefty amount of True damage to the enemy Capital Ship (if able) or the target enemy
• The granted ability “Used Up All The Perfect” gives a big recovery and cooldown resets to other allies, and the granted buff “Jedha, Kyber, Erso” accelerates Download progress and gives allies benefits based on their role (especially Rogue One allies)

Inspiration:

• The Fondor Haulcraft debuts in the second episode of Andor, “That Would Be Me”, when Luthen flies to Ferrix in order to meet with Bix Caleen. In the next two episodes he recruits Cassian Andor, helps him escape Ferrix, and leaves him with Vel Sartha on Aldhani to help her team steal a whole sector’s quarterly payroll
• Over two months after the Aldhani heist, Luthen travelled to Segra Milo to convince Saw Gerrera to allow Anto Kreegyr and his rebel cell to walk into a trap. This was done to protect a mole in the ISB that Luthen had planted several years prior. Leaving the planet, the Fondor was hailed by a Cantwell-class Arrestor Cruiser, trapping the secret rebel in a tractor beam with intent to board. Luthen baited the cruiser into raising their tractor force, then swiftly deployed custom countermeasures, crippling the tractor beam before making short work of the cruiser’s TIE Fighters. This skirmish was the basis for most of the Fondor’s abilities
• Upon realizing that Andor was a liability, Luthen travelled to Ferrix to kill him, where Andor convinced Luthen to let him join the fight against the Empire. The Fondor Haulcraft gains a variety of benefits from being with Cassian allies (and vice versa ;])
• Luthen’s Axis effects were too creative not to adapt to ships. Saw Gerrera’s U-Wing and the TIE Avenger Prototype are granted the Axis effect, giving additional bonuses while also feeding Upload Progress and more stacks of Countermeasures to the Fondor
• The amazing finale of Andor inspired the second Unique, Fractal Radio, which gives the granted ability “Used Up All The Perfect”. When Upload reaches 100%, this ability grants a unique buff named after the final episode of the show, “Jedha, Kyber, Erso”, which gives the fleet a big push and is particularly useful for Rogue One allies. This is also what led to Cassian’s U-Wing having synergy with the Fondor

Strategy Tips:

• Accelerate Upload progress through any means necessary
• Having allies with Axis will grant the Fondor more initial Speed (among other things), letting it build Countermeasures faster
• As a Cargo Ship Rebel Support, this ship slots well with Rogue One and the Profundity, both of which will get touch-ups in the near future.
• Rogue One allies benefit and interact well from Jedha, Kyber, Erso
• Time the Fondor’s abilities for maximal disruption of the enemy
• Undermine enemies so allies with Axis can capitalize off of them

FAQ:

• How can I get the Fondor Haulcraft?
• Say it with them folks: Luthen and Kleya’s Con-Quest Time!
• I don’t remember Kleya Marki flying the Fondor. Why include her as a pilot?
• Kleya is implied to have flown places using it offscreen (such as the ISB revealing to Bix that a mystery woman recruited Salman Paak to keep the radio on Ferrix up, or when she travels alone from Chandrila to Coruscant to listen on the fractal radio), hence her being a pilot. She was also the woman on the ground so to speak, keeping up appearances at the store and also communicating with Luthen whenever he took the Fondor so they could both have as much info as possible. Leaving her out of the Fondor would feel wrong.
• Upload? Isn’t it supposed to be Download?
• While Profundity and Outrider both use Download, the Fondor uses Upload (you may recall that Admiral Raddus also uses this, though how they both generate it is slightly different). Upload gets completed faster than Download, and using the granted ability “Used Up All The Perfect” helps speed up the remaining Download progress for Profundity.
• Who gains the Axis effect?
• The Fondor Haulcraft, the TIE Avenger Prototype, and Saw Gerrera’s U-Wing will all get the Axis status effect and call out Axis.
• The Fondor gains benefits from Rebel units being defeated. Does this include allies?
• Yes. This also includes summoned allies, which you should look to Saw to provide.
• What does Undermine do again?
• Undermine: +25 Speed; -25% Critical Avoidance and Critical Chance; can’t gain bonus Turn Meter
• Secret Intel? Isn’t that BB-8’s buff?
• Yep. It is getting an (extremely minor) update with a new icon
• Updated text in green:
• Secret Intel: +25% Potency and when another ally uses a Special ability they gain Secret Intel for 3 turns, then the cooldowns of allies that use Secret Intel are reduced by 1 for each ally with Secret Intel
• This will have no effect on BB-8, just a way of writing out “Illuminated Destiny” from the buff. Spreading Secret Intel is vital for the TIE Avenger Prototype and makes it easier to inflict debuffs
• Cassian allies?
• Cassian’s U-Wing and the TIE Avenger Prototype.
• Rogue One allies? Is that the ship or the faction?
• The faction. If it were the ship, it would say “allied Rogue One” instead of “Rogue One allies”
• I don’t recall there being any Rogue One Attackers, what’s the deal with that?
• Keep an eye out for a Rogue One faction touch-up (among other things). Saw Gerrera’s U-Wing may also have something related…

Related kits:

Saw Gerrera’s U-Wing Kit Reveal

TIE Avenger Prototype Kit Reveal

Profundity Touch-Up

Rogue One Touch-Up

Bistan's U-Wing Touch-Up

Cassian's U-Wing Touch-Up

BASIC: We Can’t Hide Forever

Deal Special damage two times to the target enemy. For each ally with Secret Intel, deal +15% more damage and increase Upload progress by +2%.

If this ability was used while Stealthed, increase Upload progress by +5%, and if this attack was used during the Fondor Haulcraft’s turn, consume Stealth and deal double damage. If the target enemy had Shield Disruption, call a random other ally with Axis to assist.

Target Lock: During the Fondor Haulcraft’s turn, Undermine the target enemy for 1 turn.

SPECIAL 1: Countermeasures Charging

Provoke the enemy Capital Ship (if possible) until the Fondor’s next turn, then they gain Speed equal to the Fondor Haulcraft’s base Speed. The Fondor Haulcraft gains 10 stacks of Countermeasures (stacking, max 1000) for each Rebel ally (including the Capital Ship and summons), each ally with Axis, and each Empire enemy, and it may only use Countermeasures Armed the next time it uses an ability.

Until the Fondor Haulcraft uses Countermeasures Armed, it can’t assist or counter attack, it has 0 Speed, it can’t swap Turn Meter or gain bonus Turn Meter or bonus turns by other units or status effects, it ignores Stealth and Taunt, and it gains 10 stacks of Countermeasures whenever another ally with Axis damages an enemy, uses an ability, or whenever Upload progress is increased by +1%. Gain an additional 10 stacks of Countermeasures whenever a Cassian ally damages an enemy or uses an ability.

The Fondor Haulcraft gains an additional 10 stacks of Countermeasures whenever the enemy Capital Ship takes a turn or uses a non-Basic ability, an Empire enemy is damaged, a summoned Rebel ally assists or is debuffed, a Rebel ally loses a stack of Reinforced Hull, or whenever the Fondor Haulcraft is damaged. Gain an additional 100 stacks of Countermeasures whenever a Rebel unit is defeated (including summons). Gain 10 stacks of Countermeasures for each 1% Upload progress it had at the start of its turn, then increase Upload progress by +11%.

Countermeasures last until Countermeasures Armed is used or until the Fondor Haulcraft is defeated. The first time the Fondor Haulcraft reaches 1000 stacks of Countermeasures, it takes a bonus turn.

Limit one use per battle.

Countermeasures: Deal True damage to target enemy for every 10 stacks when using Countermeasures Armed.

SPECIAL 2: Countermeasures Armed

For each stack of Countermeasures, the enemy Capital Ship loses -0.3 Speed, -0.5% Defence, -0.5% Tenacity, and -0.5% Potency for the rest of the battle and the Fondor Haulcraft gains +100 Speed for the rest of the battle. If possible, Undermine the enemy Capital Ship for the rest of the battle.

If possible, deal True damage to the enemy Capital Ship for every 10 stacks of Countermeasures. Otherwise. deal True damage to the target enemy for every 10 stacks of Countermeasures.

Inflict Vulnerable on all enemies for 1 turn. Lose all stacks of Countermeasures, increase Upload progress by +30%, then dispel Target Lock from all allies with Axis and grant them Chaff for 2 turns.

Limit one use per battle. This ability can’t be used while the Fondor Haulcraft has less than 1000 stacks of Countermeasures.

SPECIAL 3: Don’t You Want To Fight These **bleep** For Real? (CD: 4)

Grant all allies Potency Up and Tenacity Up for 2 turns. Deal Special damage to all enemies and Demoralize them for 2 turns. If the target enemy had Shield Disruption, reset its duration and inflict all other enemies with Shield Disruption for the same duration. Allied Saw Gerrera’s U-Wing and Partisan X-Wing gain 2 stacks of Reinforced Hull and recover Protection equal to the damage dealt by this attack.

This attack can’t be evaded or resisted.

Target Lock: Damage dealt by this attack is increased by +1% for each 1% Upload progress the Fondor Haulcraft had at the start of its turn (stacking, max +100%). 

UNIQUE 1: Axis Network (Crew Ability: Luthen Rael)

At the start of battle, the Fondor Haulcraft gains the Axis effect. While an ally with Axis is active, Rebel allies can’t escape the battle (including Reinforcements). Whenever an ally summons a Rebel Tank, Stealth for 2 turns.

Increase Upload progress by +1% when a Rebel ally takes Burning damage or gains Secret Intel (doubled if that ally has Axis or is a Cassian ally). Increase Upload progress by +2% whenever an enemy is Undermined. If an ally without Axis reaches 20% Health, they are granted a bonus turn and are defeated at the start of that turn, then increase Upload progress by +10% and all Rebel allies recover 10% Health and Protection. This recovery is doubled for allies with Axis and the Fondor Haulcraft instead recovers 50% Health and Protection.

Allies with Axis gain the following bonuses:

• +50% Defence and Critical Avoidance.

• Receive -50% less damage from Undermined enemies
• Deal +10% more damage for each Undermined enemy
• Inflict Target Lock for 2 turns against Undermined enemies when damaging them
• If an Axis ally defeats an Undermined enemy, reset their cooldowns and other allies have their cooldowns reduced by 1.

UNIQUE 2: Fractal Radio (Crew Ability: Kleya Marki)

Until the start of its first turn, the Fondor Haulcraft gains +10 Speed for each Rebel ally (including summons), tripled if they had Axis. Whenever a summoned ally or Cassian’s U-Wing attacks out of turn, increase Upload progress by +1%.

At the start of battle, the Fondor Haulcraft gains the granted ability Used Up All The Perfect until it is defeated.

Used Up All The Perfect: Limit one use per battle. Requires 100% Upload progress to activate.

All other Rebel allies recover 100% Health and reset their cooldowns. All other allies with Axis recover 100% Protection and take a bonus turn. All Cassian allies (including Reinforcements) gain Secret Intel for the rest of the battle which can’t be copied, dispelled, or prevented. Grant Jedha, Kyber, Erso to all active Rebel allies for the rest of the battle, which can’t be copied, dispelled, or prevented. Whenever a Rebel ally is reinforced or summoned, they gain Jedha, Kyber, Erso at the start of their first turn for the rest of the battle, which can’t be copied, dispelled, or prevented.

Jedha, Kyber, Erso: Download progress generated by this ship is doubled. Gain +50% Critical Chance, +100% Offence and Defence Penetration, and an additional bonus based on this ship’s role:

• Attacker: +15% Offence and whenever this ship uses an ability, +50% chance to increase Download progress by +1%. If this ship is a Rogue One ally, instead gain +30% Offence and increase Download progress by +1% whenever it uses an ability.
• Support: +50% chance to call another Rebel ally to assist (including the Capital Ship) whenever using an ability (limited once per ally per turn), doubled if this ship is a Rogue One ally.
• Tank: +100% Defence and whenever another ally (including the Capital Ship) uses an ability, call this ship to assist. Whenever this ship uses a Special ability, +25% chance to reduce the cooldowns of allies with Axis by 1. Whenever this ship uses a Special ability, reduce the cooldowns of Attacker Rogue One allies by 1.

Upload: Progress starts at 0% and is increased by 1% whenever a Rebel ally assists or critically hits an enemy (doubled for allies with Axis); requires 100% Upload progress to activate.

REINFORCEMENT: Oppression Breeds Rebellion

Enter Battle: Gain Stealth for 3 turns. Increase Upload progress by +10% for each active ally with Axis and increase Upload progress by an additional +5% for each active Rebel ally without Axis (including the allied Capital Ship).

While the Fondor Haulcraft is Stealthed, Rebel allies gain +10% Offence (stacking) whenever an enemy uses an attack. This Offence gain resets when Stealth expires.