Dreadnought Detonate Carapace Ability video - Vong Invaders Expansion mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption

Here comes the main ability of this mighty behemoth. Its carapace is one of the later Vong inventions - a mixture of Yorik Coral enhanced with metallic parts. Thanks to this it offers great protection even against proton torpedoes, which have proven to be highly effective against standard Yorik Coral. Additionally, since the the ship cruises on lower level, it´s sort of shielded by it, so anyone trying to damage the ship has to destroy the carapace first.
About the special ability itself - the Dreadnought can overcharge lava veins under surface of the carapace and detonate it causing heavy damage to any enemy ships near it (idk how to make it damage allied ships as well though.) I tried to make the damage distribution somehow realistic - units standing closer to it will be damaged more, those caught on rand will take less damage and receive it later (so that it correlates with the animation of the debris).
Use the ability wisely though - the ship is way more fragile without the carapace and it regenerates only after the skirmish is over... You can see the carapace in damaged state on the image uploaded some time ago, third picture from top (on the right side of screen).

Now we are working on something for imperials to play with ;)