Hive Queen

A Hive Queen and some of her escorts

Hive Queens are the second highest class of hive bots, just below the Leviathan. Their goal is to fortify Settlements into Bastions, which can eventually become a Stronghold. Every system has at least one, it's just a matter of finding it. They are heavily guarded by Overseers, Guardian drones, Transport drones, and Assault drones. The Hive Queens themselves are armed with a Frigate Gun, which is similar to a Gatling Turret. However, the Frigate Gun is several times more powerful, is faster, and has better auto-aim. This gun was originally mounted on the Frigate and can kill a fighter in two or three shots.

Killing a Hive Queen will not only give you thousands of experience points, but will also give you credit towards a Queen Hunter Badge, which entitles you to a special reward weapon (Mega Positron Blaster).

For more information on Hive Queens, direct your attention to the VO design wiki article on Hive Queens.

Statistics

Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
2000	_	300000	40000kg	2s 1l	_ m/s	_ m/s	30/30/30/0/4	_

How to Kill

The tactics used to kill hive queens are as varied as the ship choices in Vendetta Online. I will first explain how to find a queen, and then outline two of my favorite kill methods.

To find a queen, visit a sector with collector bots. Watch them mine, do not interfere. One will likely follow you, but they're easy to outrun. Eventually the miners will leave the asteroids to jump out of the sector. Be within 1000m when they jump to see where they went. In their destination sector is a hive queen.

The first method requires a group of at least three players. Equip yourselves with energy weapons, at least as good as Neutrons. Engage and destroy the entire escort. When the queen is alone, combine your firepower on the queen's shield. If your timing is good, you'll have easy sailing.

The second method only requires access to the Ragnarok, fast charge power cell, chaos swarm missiles, and gemini missiles. Load up your rag with this equipment. Fly toward the queen at a slight angle to protect yourself from the escort if you choose not to destroy them beforehand (in any ship of your choice). Keep circling and using your turbo toward the queen until you get a shot where it is flying toward you. Then, at any time within 1200 meters, unload all your ammo while turboing into the face of the hive queen. You do not need to ram it, of course. This will break the shield. Now you'll need to either reload, or come back with a different ship to finish it off; but do not take too long, if the queen is not damaged for five minutes the shield will return.

Note: Hive Queens in Gray Space give 2300XP. The blast radius when a queen explodes is between 500 and 600 meters.

Hive Queen Drops

	Hive Fast Charge	Capacity	Charge Rate	Mass
		300	48/s	110kg

	Hive Positron Blaster	Damage	Velocity	Energy	Delay	Mass	Port	Targeting	DPE
		800	210	16/blast	0.21s	400kg	S	Excellent	50.00

	Hive Gatling Turret	Damage	Velocity	Energy	Delay	Mass	Port	Targeting	DPE
		450	200	12/blast	0.10s	2000kg	L	Excellent	37.50