Editing Harvest Ship (section)

====Reaper====
[[File:ReaperScythe.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Scythe Harvester's more jacked-up cousin.]]
The Reaper-class is an upgrade to the normal Scythe Harvester and as such, it goes from Cruiser-class to Battlecruiser-class in terms of weight category. For a 68 point premium over the Harvester, the Reaper-class packs in an extra 25% damage over the Harvester due to having [[Dakka|''6 Lightning Arc Turrets'']] rather than 4 Lightning Arc Batteries, along with a comparable stat boost to its hull and (slightly less to) defences. This mind you, is a ship that still carries the two standard [[Particle Whip Launcher]]s at the front, coming with a total of [[MOAR DAKKA|''8 weapons platforms.'']]

This is a significant uptick in points cost, so it might be still worth toying around with how taking Harvesters over the Reaper might be of benefit to you as far as making room for an extra ship somewhere.

If you do decide to stick with the Reaper you will find yourself doing considerable damage at range with a nice wide arc for all your weapons to fire together within. Unfortunately taking more than one will eat up more than half your fleet point total and 3 means not enough room for even one light cruiser, forced to split the total left between a pair of escorts.

The Reaper takes a loss of engine speed from the smaller Harvester, however, at 200, it is still comparable to some of the Imperial light cruisers and escorts.

*'''Length:''' 9-10km; approx
*'''Width:''' 2-4km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 39.2 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 77,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration