Ship:Space Battle (2015)

Space Battles (2015) was a special game mode launched during the Closed Beta testing phase of World of Warships. It ran from 11.4 - 13.4.2015, and has not been available since its original release.

Gameplay

During the event, five new ships were credited into players accounts: Flyfire, Galaxy, Zaya, Yamato and Enterprice. For this event, no extra game mode was added that players could select. Instead, players that selected and tried to play a Random Battle with one of the five new ships would be placed in a special matchmaker that put the ships up against each other.

Battles would be played exclusively on the map “Ruinberg in Space”. Only one battle mode was available: domination with three capture zones.

Besides the unique visuals, the gameplay remained largely the same as a standard random battle.

Playable ships

Flyfire

An ordinary Resettini-class spaceship. The Resettini-class is one of the best known and most numerous classes of spaceships. They were the workhorses piloted by many space adventurers.

This ship’s appearance and statistics are based on Gearing.

Galaxy

The pride and glory of the Federation Space Fleet, this Galaxy-class cruiser is the first ship in a series of cruisers constructed over the course of the war between the Federation and the robots.

This ship’s appearance and statistics are based on Des Moines.

Zaya

Zaya is a renegade ship from the Enlightenment’s 44th Eastern Fleet. Zaya’s avatar joined the Space Fleet of the United Earth to study the relationships between humans and the Enlightenment, with the purpose of enhancing tactical programs after the incident involving the 22nd Eastern Fleet.

This ship’s appearance and statistics are based on Zao (named Senjo during CBT).

Yamato

The new flagship of the United Earth Space Fleet, Yamato was converted from the enormous battleship that was scuttled during World War II. She replaced the previous flagship, the battleship Masamune, which had become obsolete.

This ship’s appearance and statistics are based on Yamato.

Enterprice

Built at the United Earth space yards, this Pricelist-class warship is one of the most distinguished Federation spaceships. Enterprice gained glory during operations in the Rigel, Vega and Talos star systems.

This ship’s appearance and statistics are based on Essex.

Trivia

• The game mode was added to celebrate Cosmonautics Day.
• The game mode would inspire the 2018 variant of the game mode in theming.
• All special ships added for the mode were listed as tier XXX.
• The appearance and name of the ships within the game mode we’re inspired by various media:
  • Flyfire was likely inspired by Serenity from the TV-series Firefly (2002).
  • Zaya was inspired by Arpeggio of Blue Steel, closely resembling Takao in appearance and lore.
  • Galaxy is possibly inspired by Battlestar Galactica from the franchise with the same name.
  • Enterprice references the USS Enterprise from Star Trek.
  • Yamato references the Space Battleship Yamato from the anime series by the same name.
• The map “Ruinberg in space” is a reference to the Ruinberg map from World of Tanks.
  • The Bathtub battle April Fools game mode from 2016 would also feature a map named “Ruinberg in jacuzzi”, referencing the name of the map used in Space Battles.

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