Rearguard

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General
The Rearguard is a Nautilus Skirmisher that specializes in firing from the rear, allowing players to attack ships that slip past their formation.

Advantages
The Rearguard can fire at a rapid rate from the rear, allowing any enemy ships that pass you to be attacked. Its wide range can also help with attacking ships further away.

The Rearguard is moderately armored, which can help with it attacking ships constantly. It can also double as a pseudo Blocker ship, due to its moderate armor, allowing it to attack via flanking and from its rear mounted weapon.

With four deployments, it can be used in nearly every round at least once.

Disadvantages
The fact that the Rearguard fires from behind can also be its downfall. If a forward attacking ship can reach the Rearguard before it can travel a sufficient distance, the weapon cannot be used well, effectively wasting a deployment.

Trivia

 * The Rearguard was the only ship dedicated to firing from the rear, until the Tripwire was released.