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|[[File:AIWarAstroTrain.png|left|Astro Train]] || valign="top" | Nearly-indestructible robotic courier.  Forms convoys and travels between [[Train Stations]] causing various problems for the human forces depending on the type of trains in the convoy. Note that Astrotrains do not have a direct attack themselves, they cause problems in other ways....<br/>
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|[[File:AIWarAstroTrain.png|left|Astro Train]] || valign="top" | These robotic couriers are used by the AI only. They travel between train stations at random, causing various problems for players depending on the type of train. Many trains enhance AI ships on the same planet, while others disable certain abilities of human ships. Some are even very destructive, but not by conventional weaponry. There are also "harmless" trains that only carry cargo from planet to planet, but over time they contribute to AI construction efforts that can be very dangerous in their own right.
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Astrotrains are enabled individually for each AI under the AI Plots tab during game setup. The range varies from 0 (off) to 10 (nigh-impossible) with 4 being considered the default.<br/>
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While Astrotrains are extremely difficult to kill, some of the more dangerous ones are easier (relatively) to destroy.<br/><br/>
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== Overview ==
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Nearly-indestructible robotic courier.  Forms convoys and travels between [[Train Stations]] causing various problems for the human forces depending on the type of trains in the convoy. Note that Astrotrains do not have a direct attack themselves, they cause problems in other ways....<br/>
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Astrotrains are enabled individually for each AI under the AI Plots tab during game setup. The range varies from 0 (off) to 10 (nigh-impossible) with 4 being considered the default.<br/><br/>
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Most Astrotrains are so difficult to destroy (400 million health) that they're not even autotargeted; Cargo, Regenerator, Shield, EMP, and Nuclear trains are much weaker (though still very tough) and your ships will target them automatically.<br/><br/>
 
When this plot is enabled for an AI, it will spawn [[Astrotrain Stations]] on its planets that act as way points for the Astrotrains.<br/>Destroying Astrotrain stations reduces the AI's possible destinations and can be used to influence the routes the trains take.<br/><br/>
 
When this plot is enabled for an AI, it will spawn [[Astrotrain Stations]] on its planets that act as way points for the Astrotrains.<br/>Destroying Astrotrain stations reduces the AI's possible destinations and can be used to influence the routes the trains take.<br/><br/>
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This plot can be enabled for one or both AIs depending on the challenge you are looking for. Note that the higher this minor faction is set to the nastier the tricks it will try are.
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This plot can be enabled for one or both AIs depending on the challenge you are looking for. Note that the higher this minor faction is set to the nastier the train types it will have access to are. Increasing the intensity of the minor faction will also result in larger convoys so their are more trains in total.
  
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==Train Mechanics==
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== Train Types ==
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===Train Spawning===
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Regardless of the AI's difficulty level or the intensity of the Astrotrain minor faction setting, no Astrotrains will spawn during map generation.<br/>
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Rather, if the Astrotrain Minor Faction is enabled, roughly every 20 minutes the AI will check to see if there are less then 10 Astrotrain Convoys alive. If there are less, the AI will spawn an Astrotrain Convoy at a random Astrotrain Station and that convoy will be present for the rest of the game.<br/>
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This means that it will be roughly at the 3 hour, 20 minute mark (200 minutes) that the Astrotrains will reach their maximum population of 10 convoys (20 convoys if Astrotrains are enabled for both AIs) for that game.<br/>
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Note that it is currently unknown if the population cap is per convoy or per train. IE: Will destroying 50% of two trains allow another convoy to spawn or do you have to destroy a convoy in its entirety to allow another convoy to spawn? (If you know leave a note on the forums please.)
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===Train Caps===
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The Astrotrain Intensity setting is the only factor in determining how big an Astrotrain Convoy will be when it spawns. AI difficulty does not affect it.<br/>
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The type of Astrotrains available to the AI to populate a convoy with are also determined by the Astrotrain Intensity setting.<br/>
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Exact convoy sizes at each intensity are not known and how a convoy gets populated with train types is also unknown.<br/>
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On Intensity 4 a convoy size of 4 Astrotrains has been reported.<br/>
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===Cargo Trains===
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The ''surprises'' that Cargo trains spawn once they have delivered enough materials are also affected by the Astrotrain Intensity.<br/>
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Not enough reports are in to determine everything that can spawn at the different intensities, however at Intensity 4 [[SuperFortress]]es have been reported and at Intensity 8 [[AI_War_Ships_and_Structures#Golems|Golems]] have been reported as spawning.
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== Train Types (Minimum Intensity to spawn) ==
 
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| '''Train Station:''' || Waypoint for astro trains.  Destroy to influence train routing. Causes 3 [[AIP]] on death. Note that the AI can build Train Stations once the game is under way by purchasing them from the [[Zenith Trader]]. Train stations bought this way do not incur any [[AIP]] on death. <font size="1">[[Astrotrain#Train Station|Stats]]</font>
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| '''Train Station (1):''' || Waypoint for astro trains.  Destroy to influence train routing. Causes 3 [[AIP]] on death. Note that the AI can build Train Stations once the game is under way by purchasing them from the [[Zenith Trader]]. Train stations bought this way do not incur any [[AIP]] on death. <font size="1">[[Astrotrain#Train Station|Stats]]</font>
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| '''Armor Booster (1):''' || Acts like the unit of the same name: boosts armor of all AI ships on the planet.
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| '''Armor Inhibitor (7):''' || Acts like the unit of the same name: negates armor of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet (also disables shields, like that unit does, though that may be changed in the future for both; it's a holdover from when the armor inhibitor was the shield inhibitor).
 
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| '''Armor Booster:''' || Acts like the unit of the same name: boosts armor of all AI ships on the planet.  
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| '''Attack Booster (1):''' || Boosts the attack of all AI ships on the planet.
 
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| '''Armor Inhibitor:''' || Acts like the unit of the same name: negates armor of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet (also disables shields, like that unit does, though that may be changed in the future for both; it's a holdover from when the armor inhibitor was the shield inhibitor).
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| '''Cargo Train (5):''' || Harmless in itself, but each "delivery" contributes towards a counter for that player, and when that fills up (you'll see an alert once it's past 50%) it spawns some surprises. The spawns are unpleasant but not massively so (unless you're on intensity 8 or higher, where you're asking for it).
 
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| '''Attack Booster:''' || Boosts the attack of all AI ships on the planet.
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| '''EMP Train (6):''' || Basically an EMP-guardian in train form. This is another one of the train types that's got way less hp and thus more feasible to destroy than others. If you have scouting on a planet with one of these, it shows up in the alert box.
 
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| '''Cargo Train:''' || Harmless in itself, but each "delivery" contributes towards a counter for that player, and when that fills up (you'll see an alert once it's past 50%) it spawns some surprises. The spawns are unpleasant but not massively so (unless you're on intensity 8 or higher, where you're asking for it).
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| '''Forcefield Jammer (7):''' || Prevents human forcefields/shields from working on the planet it's on.  
 
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| '''EMP Train:''' || Basically an EMP-guardian in train form. This is another one of the train types that's got way less hp and thus more feasible to destroy than others. If you have scouting on a planet with one of these, it shows up in the alert box.
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| '''Gravity Train (4):''' || Halves the speed of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet.
 
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| '''Forcefield Jammer:''' || Prevents human forcefields/shields from working on the planet it's on.  
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| '''Gravity Jammer (6):''' || Prevents human gravity emitters from working on the planet it's on (the limited-range stuff, not planet-wide stuff like logistics stations or grav drills).  
 
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| '''Gravity Train:''' || Halves the speed of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet.
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| '''Nuclear Train (10):''' || Kinda like an EMP guardian, but only triggers on non-destroyed planets with a human command station present. Oh, and it's a nuke instead of an EMP. Destroys itself when it goes off. This is one of the train types that's got way less hp and thus more feasible to destroy than others. If you have scouting on a planet with one of these, it shows up in the alert box. If destroyed by hostile fire the nuclear explosion does not go off.
 
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| '''Gravity Jammer:''' || Prevents human gravity emitters from working on the planet it's on (the limited-range stuff, not planet-wide stuff like logistics stations or grav drills).  
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| '''Radar Jammer (4):''' || Acts like the unit of the same name: halves attack range of everything on the planet. There's also a MkII variant that only halves enemy (to the AI) ranges.  
 
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| '''Nuclear Train:''' || Kinda like an EMP guardian, but only triggers on non-destroyed planets with a human command station present. Oh, and it's a nuke instead of an EMP. Destroys itself when it goes off. This is one of the train types that's got way less hp and thus more feasible to destroy than others. If you have scouting on a planet with one of these, it shows up in the alert box.  
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| '''Regenerator Train (1):''' || Resurrects AI units that are destroyed on the same planet. Sacrifices its own health to do so and resurrected units are teleported to a nearby AI planet nearby.
 
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| '''Radar Jammer:''' || Acts like the unit of the same name: halves attack range of everything on the planet. There's also a MkII variant that only halves enemy (to the AI) ranges.  
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| '''Repair Train (1):''' || Basically a super-MRS.
 
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| '''Repair Train:''' || Basically a super-MRS.
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| '''Shield Train (2):''' || Basically a shieldbearer (the shield does not push enemy units). Has a lot less health than most of the other trains and is thus somewhat feasible to kill.
 
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| '''Shield Train:''' || Basically a shieldbearer (the shield does not push enemy units). Has a lot less health than most of the other trains and is thus somewhat feasible to kill.
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| '''Speed Booster (1):''' || Boosts the speed of all allied units.  
 
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| '''Tachyon Train:''' || Provides planetary-wide tachyon coverage for the AI.  
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| '''Tachyon Train (2):''' || Provides planet-wide tachyon coverage for the AI.  
 
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| '''Tachyon Jammer:''' || Prevents human tachyon emitters from working on the planet it's on.  
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| '''Tachyon Jammer (3):''' || Prevents human tachyon emitters from working on the planet it's on.  
 
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| '''Tractor Train:''' || Has a bunch of tractor beams.
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| '''Tractor Train (2):''' || Has a bunch of tractor beams.
 
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| '''Tractor Jammer:''' || Prevents human tractor beams from working on the planet it's on.  
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| '''Tractor Jammer (6):''' || Prevents human tractor beams from working on the planet it's on.  
 
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| '''Widow Train:''' || Has a bunch of paralyzing tractor beams.
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| '''Widow Train (4):''' || Has a bunch of paralyzing tractor beams.
 
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Note that the intensity as listed is the lowest intensity you will see that type of train. As the intensity setting goes above this minimum the more you will see that type of train, and higher Marks of trains for the types that have abilities that scale.
  
 
== Train Station ==
 
== Train Station ==
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| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0 sec || {{AlgCtr}} | 50,000,000 || {{AlgCtr}} | 0 || {{AlgCtr}} | 0 || {{AlgCtr}} | Inf || {{AlgRgt}} | 0 dmg/sec || {{AlgLeft}} |  
 
| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0 sec || {{AlgCtr}} | 50,000,000 || {{AlgCtr}} | 0 || {{AlgCtr}} | 0 || {{AlgCtr}} | Inf || {{AlgRgt}} | 0 dmg/sec || {{AlgLeft}} |  
 
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== High-Health Trains ==
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== Trains Stats==
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Most Astrotrains are high-health trains with their own special ability. Note that all trains have the Tachyon Emission Ability that varies based on the specific train type.<br/>
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Most Astrotrains are high-health trains with their own special ability.<br/>
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Mark level for Astrotrains is in relation to the special ability only, none of the trains base stats change based on Mark.
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Mark level for Astrotrains is in relation to the special ability only, none of the trains base stats change based on Mark.<br/>
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'''Base stats:'''
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The following table lists the standard train stats, train specific abilities and other stats are listed below.
 
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! [[Ammunition Types and Immunities|Ammo Type]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Armor Types and Bonus Damage|Armor Type]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Ammunition Types and Immunities|Immunities]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Armor Types and Bonus Damage|Damage Bonuses]]
 
! [[Ammunition Types and Immunities|Ammo Type]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Armor Types and Bonus Damage|Armor Type]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Ammunition Types and Immunities|Immunities]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Armor Types and Bonus Damage|Damage Bonuses]]
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! {{AlgCtr}} | [[Armor|Damage]] || {{AlgCtr}} | Attack Range || {{AlgCtr}} | Reload || {{AlgCtr}} | Health || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Armor]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Engines and Speed|Speed]] || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Engines and Speed|Engine Health]] || {{AlgCtr}} | Single Ship DPS || {{AlgCtr}} | [[Abilities]]
 
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| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0 sec || {{AlgCtr}} | 400,000,000 || {{AlgCtr}} | 10,000 || {{AlgCtr}} | 80 || {{AlgCtr}} | Inf || {{AlgRgt}} | 0 dmg/sec || {{AlgLeft}} | Tachyon Beam Emission (750 to 2250 Range)
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| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0|| {{AlgCtr}} | 0 sec || {{AlgCtr}} | 400,000,000 || {{AlgCtr}} | 10,000 || {{AlgCtr}} | 80 || {{AlgCtr}} | Inf || {{AlgRgt}} | 0 dmg/sec || {{AlgLeft}} |
 
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'''Special Abilities:'''
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| '''Attack Booster:''' || Boosts the attack of all AI ships on the planet by 39/79/119% (Mk. I/II/III).
 
| '''Attack Booster:''' || Boosts the attack of all AI ships on the planet by 39/79/119% (Mk. I/II/III).
 
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| '''Cargo Train:''' || No combat ability, but spawns a surprise after enough of these have delivered their cargo to its destination.
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| '''Cargo Train:''' || 20,000,000 Health, 1,000 Armor. No combat ability, but spawns a surprise after enough of these have delivered their cargo to its destination.
 
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| '''EMP Train:''' || Enemy only EMP on wormhole exit. Lasts for 20/40/60 (Mk. I/II/III) seconds.
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| '''EMP Train:''' || 10,000,000 Health. Enemy only EMP on wormhole exit. Lasts for 20/40/60 (Mk. I/II/III) seconds.
 
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| '''Forcefield Jammer:''' || Disables all enemy force fields and shields on the same planet.  
 
| '''Forcefield Jammer:''' || Disables all enemy force fields and shields on the same planet.  
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| '''Gravity Jammer:''' || Prevents human gravity emitters from working on the planet it's on (the limited-range stuff, not planet-wide stuff like logistics stations or grav drills).  
 
| '''Gravity Jammer:''' || Prevents human gravity emitters from working on the planet it's on (the limited-range stuff, not planet-wide stuff like logistics stations or grav drills).  
 
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| '''Nuclear Train:''' || Nuclear Explosion on wormhole exit when the system has a human command station. Destroys itself to do so.
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| '''Nuclear Train:''' || 10,000,000 Health. Nuclear Explosion on wormhole exit when the system has a human command station. Destroys itself to do so. If destroyed by hostile fire the nuclear explosion does not go off.
 
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| '''Radar Jammer:''' || Mk. I: Halves the range of all units on planet. Mk. II: Halves the range of all enemy units on planet.
 
| '''Radar Jammer:''' || Mk. I: Halves the range of all units on planet. Mk. II: Halves the range of all enemy units on planet.
 
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| '''Repair Train:''' || Mounts a powerful multiplex repair beam that repairs all nearby units. Repair Rate 40/80/120 (Mk. I/II/III).
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| '''Regenerator Train:''' || Resurrects AI units that are destroyed on the same planet. Sacrifices its own health to do so and resurrected units are teleported to a nearby AI planet.
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| '''Repair Train:''' || 40,000,000 Health. Mounts a powerful multiplex repair beam that repairs all nearby units. Repair Rate 40/80/120 (Mk. I/II/III).
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| '''Shield Train:''' || 40,000,000 Health. Projects a shield to protect nearby units. Shield health is the trains health.
 
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| '''Shield Train:''' || Projects a shield to protect nearby units. Shield health is the trains health.
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| '''Speed Booster:''' || Boosts the speed of all allied units on the same planet. (Tests required on how much of a boost and if multiple boosts stack.)
 
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| '''Tachyon Train:''' || Provides planetary-wide tachyon coverage for the AI.  
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| '''Tachyon Train:''' || Provides planet-wide tachyon coverage for the AI.  
 
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| '''Tachyon Jammer:''' || Prevents human tachyon emitters from working on the planet it's on.  
 
| '''Tachyon Jammer:''' || Prevents human tachyon emitters from working on the planet it's on.  
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| '''Widow Train:''' || Mounts 100/200/300 paralyzing tractor beams with a 4000/8000/12000 range (Mk. I/II/III)
 
| '''Widow Train:''' || Mounts 100/200/300 paralyzing tractor beams with a 4000/8000/12000 range (Mk. I/II/III)
 
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 17 January 2017


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Astro Train
 These robotic couriers are used by the AI only. They travel between train stations at random, causing various problems for players depending on the type of train. Many trains enhance AI ships on the same planet, while others disable certain abilities of human ships. Some are even very destructive, but not by conventional weaponry. There are also "harmless" trains that only carry cargo from planet to planet, but over time they contribute to AI construction efforts that can be very dangerous in their own right.

Overview

Nearly-indestructible robotic courier. Forms convoys and travels between Train Stations causing various problems for the human forces depending on the type of trains in the convoy. Note that Astrotrains do not have a direct attack themselves, they cause problems in other ways....
Astrotrains are enabled individually for each AI under the AI Plots tab during game setup. The range varies from 0 (off) to 10 (nigh-impossible) with 4 being considered the default.

Most Astrotrains are so difficult to destroy (400 million health) that they're not even autotargeted; Cargo, Regenerator, Shield, EMP, and Nuclear trains are much weaker (though still very tough) and your ships will target them automatically.

When this plot is enabled for an AI, it will spawn Astrotrain Stations on its planets that act as way points for the Astrotrains.
Destroying Astrotrain stations reduces the AI's possible destinations and can be used to influence the routes the trains take.

This plot can be enabled for one or both AIs depending on the challenge you are looking for. Note that the higher this minor faction is set to the nastier the train types it will have access to are. Increasing the intensity of the minor faction will also result in larger convoys so their are more trains in total.

Train Mechanics

Train Spawning

Regardless of the AI's difficulty level or the intensity of the Astrotrain minor faction setting, no Astrotrains will spawn during map generation.

Rather, if the Astrotrain Minor Faction is enabled, roughly every 20 minutes the AI will check to see if there are less then 10 Astrotrain Convoys alive. If there are less, the AI will spawn an Astrotrain Convoy at a random Astrotrain Station and that convoy will be present for the rest of the game.
This means that it will be roughly at the 3 hour, 20 minute mark (200 minutes) that the Astrotrains will reach their maximum population of 10 convoys (20 convoys if Astrotrains are enabled for both AIs) for that game.
Note that it is currently unknown if the population cap is per convoy or per train. IE: Will destroying 50% of two trains allow another convoy to spawn or do you have to destroy a convoy in its entirety to allow another convoy to spawn? (If you know leave a note on the forums please.)

Train Caps

The Astrotrain Intensity setting is the only factor in determining how big an Astrotrain Convoy will be when it spawns. AI difficulty does not affect it.
The type of Astrotrains available to the AI to populate a convoy with are also determined by the Astrotrain Intensity setting.
Exact convoy sizes at each intensity are not known and how a convoy gets populated with train types is also unknown.
On Intensity 4 a convoy size of 4 Astrotrains has been reported.

Cargo Trains

The surprises that Cargo trains spawn once they have delivered enough materials are also affected by the Astrotrain Intensity.
Not enough reports are in to determine everything that can spawn at the different intensities, however at Intensity 4 SuperFortresses have been reported and at Intensity 8 Golems have been reported as spawning.

Train Types (Minimum Intensity to spawn)

Train Station (1): Waypoint for astro trains. Destroy to influence train routing. Causes 3 AIP on death. Note that the AI can build Train Stations once the game is under way by purchasing them from the Zenith Trader. Train stations bought this way do not incur any AIP on death. Stats
Armor Booster (1): Acts like the unit of the same name: boosts armor of all AI ships on the planet.
Armor Inhibitor (7): Acts like the unit of the same name: negates armor of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet (also disables shields, like that unit does, though that may be changed in the future for both; it's a holdover from when the armor inhibitor was the shield inhibitor).
Attack Booster (1): Boosts the attack of all AI ships on the planet.
Cargo Train (5): Harmless in itself, but each "delivery" contributes towards a counter for that player, and when that fills up (you'll see an alert once it's past 50%) it spawns some surprises. The spawns are unpleasant but not massively so (unless you're on intensity 8 or higher, where you're asking for it).
EMP Train (6): Basically an EMP-guardian in train form. This is another one of the train types that's got way less hp and thus more feasible to destroy than others. If you have scouting on a planet with one of these, it shows up in the alert box.
Forcefield Jammer (7): Prevents human forcefields/shields from working on the planet it's on.
Gravity Train (4): Halves the speed of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet.
Gravity Jammer (6): Prevents human gravity emitters from working on the planet it's on (the limited-range stuff, not planet-wide stuff like logistics stations or grav drills).
Nuclear Train (10): Kinda like an EMP guardian, but only triggers on non-destroyed planets with a human command station present. Oh, and it's a nuke instead of an EMP. Destroys itself when it goes off. This is one of the train types that's got way less hp and thus more feasible to destroy than others. If you have scouting on a planet with one of these, it shows up in the alert box. If destroyed by hostile fire the nuclear explosion does not go off.
Radar Jammer (4): Acts like the unit of the same name: halves attack range of everything on the planet. There's also a MkII variant that only halves enemy (to the AI) ranges.
Regenerator Train (1): Resurrects AI units that are destroyed on the same planet. Sacrifices its own health to do so and resurrected units are teleported to a nearby AI planet nearby.
Repair Train (1): Basically a super-MRS.
Shield Train (2): Basically a shieldbearer (the shield does not push enemy units). Has a lot less health than most of the other trains and is thus somewhat feasible to kill.
Speed Booster (1): Boosts the speed of all allied units.
Tachyon Train (2): Provides planet-wide tachyon coverage for the AI.
Tachyon Jammer (3): Prevents human tachyon emitters from working on the planet it's on.
Tractor Train (2): Has a bunch of tractor beams.
Tractor Jammer (6): Prevents human tractor beams from working on the planet it's on.
Widow Train (4): Has a bunch of paralyzing tractor beams.

Note that the intensity as listed is the lowest intensity you will see that type of train. As the intensity setting goes above this minimum the more you will see that type of train, and higher Marks of trains for the types that have abilities that scale.

Train Station

Train stations simply act as waypoints for Astrotrains and have no abilities or attack of their own.

Ammo Type Armor Type Immunities Damage Bonuses
Structural Fusion Cutters, Attack Boosts, Armor Boosts, Gravity Effects, Attrition, Tractor Beams, Reclamation, Paralysis Attacks, Transport, Swallow, Being Insta-Killed, EMPs


Damage Attack Range Reload Health Armor Speed Engine Health Single Ship DPS Abilities
0 0 0 sec 50,000,000 0 0 Inf 0 dmg/sec


Trains Stats

Most Astrotrains are high-health trains with their own special ability.
Mark level for Astrotrains is in relation to the special ability only, none of the trains base stats change based on Mark.
The following table lists the standard train stats, train specific abilities and other stats are listed below.

Ammo Type Armor Type Immunities Damage Bonuses
Command-Grade Fusion Cutters, Black Hole Machines, Speed Boosts, Gravity Effects, Attrition, Tractor Beams, Reclamation, Paralysis Attacks, Transport, Swallow, Force Fields, Being Insta-Killed, Repair


Damage Attack Range Reload Health Armor Speed Engine Health Single Ship DPS Abilities
0 0 0 sec 400,000,000 10,000 80 Inf 0 dmg/sec

Special Abilities:

Armor Booster: Doubles the armor of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet.
Armor Inhibitor: Reduces the armor to 0 and disables all Force Fields and Shields on all enemy-to-AI units on the planet.
Attack Booster: Boosts the attack of all AI ships on the planet by 39/79/119% (Mk. I/II/III).
Cargo Train: 20,000,000 Health, 1,000 Armor. No combat ability, but spawns a surprise after enough of these have delivered their cargo to its destination.
EMP Train: 10,000,000 Health. Enemy only EMP on wormhole exit. Lasts for 20/40/60 (Mk. I/II/III) seconds.
Forcefield Jammer: Disables all enemy force fields and shields on the same planet.
Gravity Train: Halves the speed of all enemy-to-AI ships on the planet.
Gravity Jammer: Prevents human gravity emitters from working on the planet it's on (the limited-range stuff, not planet-wide stuff like logistics stations or grav drills).
Nuclear Train: 10,000,000 Health. Nuclear Explosion on wormhole exit when the system has a human command station. Destroys itself to do so. If destroyed by hostile fire the nuclear explosion does not go off.
Radar Jammer: Mk. I: Halves the range of all units on planet. Mk. II: Halves the range of all enemy units on planet.
Regenerator Train: Resurrects AI units that are destroyed on the same planet. Sacrifices its own health to do so and resurrected units are teleported to a nearby AI planet.
Repair Train: 40,000,000 Health. Mounts a powerful multiplex repair beam that repairs all nearby units. Repair Rate 40/80/120 (Mk. I/II/III).
Shield Train: 40,000,000 Health. Projects a shield to protect nearby units. Shield health is the trains health.
Speed Booster: Boosts the speed of all allied units on the same planet. (Tests required on how much of a boost and if multiple boosts stack.)
Tachyon Train: Provides planet-wide tachyon coverage for the AI.
Tachyon Jammer: Prevents human tachyon emitters from working on the planet it's on.
Tractor Train: Mounts 100/200/300 tractor beams with a 4000/8000/12000 range (Mk. I/II/III)
Tractor Jammer: Prevents human tractor beams from working on the planet it's on.
Widow Train: Mounts 100/200/300 paralyzing tractor beams with a 4000/8000/12000 range (Mk. I/II/III)



Ships and Structures Navigation
Fleet Ships

Built at
Space Dock

Scout ♦ Fighter ♦ Bomber ♦ Missile Frigate

Bonus fleet ships: Acid Sprayer ♦ Anti-Armor ♦ Armor Booster ♦ Armor Ship ♦ Attractor Drone ♦ Autocannon Minipod ♦ Bulletproof Fighter ♦ Electric Shuttle ♦ Etherjet ♦ Eye Bot ♦ Grenade Launcher ♦ Impulse Reaction Emitter ♦ Infiltrator ♦ Laser Gatling ♦ Lightning Torpedo Frigate ♦ MLRS ♦ Munitions Booster ♦ Neinzul Railpod ♦ Neinzul Scapegoat ♦ Neinzul Youngling Commando ♦ Neinzul Youngling Firefly ♦ Neinzul Youngling Nanoswarm ♦ Neinzul Youngling Shrike ♦ Neinzul Youngling Tiger ♦ Neinzul Youngling Vulture ♦ Neinzul Youngling Weasel ♦ Parasite ♦ Raider ♦ Raptor ♦ Saboteur ♦ Sentinel Frigate ♦ Shield Bearer ♦ Sniper ♦ Space Plane ♦ Space Tank ♦ Spider Bot ♦ Spire Armor Rotter ♦ Spire Blade ♦ Spire Blade Spawner ♦ Spire Gravity Drainer ♦ Spire Gravity Ripper ♦ Spire Maw ♦ Spire Mini Ram ♦ Spire Railcluster ♦ Spire Stealth Battleship ♦ Spire Teleporting Leech ♦ Spire Tractor Platform ♦ Tachyon Microfighter ♦ Tackle Drone Launcher ♦ Teleport Battle Station ♦ Teleport Raider ♦ Vampire Claw ♦ Vorticular Cutlass ♦ Zenith Auto Bomb ♦ Zenith Beam Frigate ♦ Zenith Bombard ♦ Zenith Chameleon ♦ Zenith Electric Bomber ♦ Zenith Hydra ♦ Zenith Medic Frigate ♦ Zenith Mirror ♦ Zenith Paralyzer ♦ Zenith Polarizer ♦ Zenith Reprocessor ♦ Zenith Siege Engine ♦ Zenith Viral Shredder

Experimental: Decoy Drone ♦ MicroParasite ♦ Speed Booster ♦ Spider Bot ♦ Translocator

Minor faction: Dyson Gatling ♦ Neinzul Bomber ♦ Neinzul Viral Swarmer ♦ Preservation Warden Bomber ♦ Preservation Warden Commando ♦ Resistance Fighter/Bomber ♦ Resistance Frigate

Miscellaneous: Neinzul Youngling Cockroach ♦ Wasp

Starships Cloaker Starship ♦ Flagship ♦ Heavy Bomber Starship ♦ Leech Starship ♦ Neinzul Enclave Starship ♦ Plasma Siege Starship ♦ Raid Starship ♦ Riot Control Starship ♦ Scout Starship ♦ Spire Starship ♦ Zenith Starship

Bonus starships: Lightning Starship ♦ Neinzul Combat Carrier ♦ Protector Starship ♦ Spire Corvette ♦ Translocator Starship ♦ Zenith Devastator

Experimental: Beam Starship ♦ Warbird Starship

Miscellaneous: AI-Neinzul Hybrid ♦ Avenger ♦ Beachhead ♦ Carrier ♦ Decloaker ♦ Core Starship ♦ Galactic Control Ship ♦ Hunter/Killer ♦ Mobile Builder ♦ Mothership ♦ Neinzul Preservation Warden ♦ Neinzul Roaming Enclave ♦ Transport Ship

Turrets Regular: Needler Turret ♦ Laser Turret ♦ MLRS Turret ♦ Missile Turret ♦ Flak Turret ♦ Lightning Turret ♦ Sniper Turret ♦ Spider Turret

Advanced: Heavy Beam Turret ♦ Counter Dark Matter Turret ♦ Counter Missile Turret ♦ Counter Sniper Turret ♦ Tractor Beam Turret ♦ Gravitational Turret ♦ Tachyon Beam Emitter

Guardians Combat Carrier Guardian ♦ Devastator Guardian ♦ Disassembler Guardian ♦ EMP Guardian ♦ Enclave Guardian ♦ Flak Guardian ♦ Gravity Guardian ♦ Heavy Beam Guardian ♦ Infiltrator Guardian ♦ Laser Guardian ♦ Lightning Guardian ♦ Missile Guardian ♦ MLRS Guardian ♦ Munitions Boosting Guardian ♦ Needler Guardian ♦ Plasma Guardian ♦ Raider Guardian ♦ Self-Destruction Guardian ♦ Shield Guardian ♦ Sniper Guardian ♦ Special Forces Rally Guardian ♦ Spider Guardian ♦ Spire Implosion Guardian ♦ Tractor Guardian ♦ Translocator Guardian ♦ Vampire Guardian ♦ Warp Gate Guardian ♦ Widow Guardian ♦ Zombie Guardian
Dire Guardians Dire Guardian Lair ♦ Dire Artillery Guardian ♦ Dire Disassembler Guardian ♦ Dire Gravity Guardian ♦ Dire Implosion Guardian ♦ Dire Infiltration Guardian ♦ Dire Laser Guardian ♦ Dire MLRS Guardian ♦ Dire Munitions Boosting Guardian ♦ Dire Needler Guardian ♦ Dire Raider Guardian ♦ Dire Shield Guardian ♦ Dire Sniper Guardian ♦ Dire Spider Guardian ♦ Dire Tractor Guardian ♦ Dire Widow Guardian
Guard Posts Regular Guard Posts: Arachnid Guard Post ♦ Cloaker Guard Post ♦ Command Station Shield Guard Post ♦ Laser Guard Post ♦ Missile Guard Post ♦ MLRS Guard Post ♦ Needler Guard Post ♦ Spire Shield Sphere Guard Post

Special Guard Posts: Special Forces Guard Post ♦ Warp Counterattack Guard Post ♦ Wormhole Guard Post

Exotic Guard Posts: Disassembler Guard Post ♦ Enclave Guard Post ♦ Gravity Guard Post ♦ Implosion Guard Post ♦ Munition Boosting Guard Post ♦ Plasma Guard Post ♦ Sniper Guard Post ♦ Spider Guard Post ♦ Tachyon Sentinel ♦ Tractor Guard Post ♦ Widow Guard Post

Core Guard Posts: Core Arachnid Guard Post ♦ Booster Guard Post ♦ Electric Guard Post ♦ Heavy Beam Guard Post ♦ Core Implosion Drone Guard Post ♦ Leech Guard Post ♦ Core Missile Guard Post ♦ Neinzul Melee Guard Post ♦ Neinzul Spawner Guard Post ♦ Riot Control Guard Post ♦ Sentinel Guard Post ♦ Core Spire Shield Sphere Guard Post ♦ Zenith Bombard Guard Post ♦ Zenith Fortress Guard Post

Brutal Guard Posts: Cross Planet Attack Guard Post ♦ Grav Reactor Guard Post ♦ Hunter/Killer Factory Guard Post ♦ Raid Engine Guard Post ♦ Shredder Drone Guard Post ♦ Teuthida Guard Post ♦ Wrath Lance Guard Post

Military Structures Advanced Warp Sensor ♦ Alarm Post ♦ Attritioner ♦ Barracks ♦ Black Hole Machine ♦ Co-Processor ♦ Core Shield Generator ♦ Counter-Spy ♦ Dark Spire Vengeance Generator ♦ Data Center ♦ Drone Spawner ♦ Dyson Antagonizer ♦ Dyson Converter ♦ Force Field ♦ Gravity Drill ♦ Hybrid Spawn ♦ Inter-Planetary Munitions Booster ♦ Ion Cannon ♦ Mobile Space Dock ♦ Neinzul Bomber Cluster ♦ Neinzul Cluster ♦ Neinzul Nest ♦ Neinzul Privacy Cluster ♦ Neinzul Rocketry Corps Silo ♦ Neinzul Viral Cluster ♦ Orbital Mass Driver ♦ Planetary Armor Booster ♦ Planetary Armor Inhibitor ♦ Planetary Cloak ♦ Radar Jammer ♦ Raid Engine ♦ Rally Post ♦ Special Forces Alarm Post ♦ SuperTerminal ♦ Troop Accelerator ♦ Warhead Interceptor ♦ Warp Gate ♦ Zenith Reserve ♦ Zenith Spacetime Manipulator

Mines: Minefield ♦ Area Minefield ♦ Widow Minefield

Fortresses: Fortress ♦ Mini-Fortress ♦ Modular Fortress ♦ Modular Fortress Command Station ♦ Neinzul Modular Fortress ♦ Spire Modular Fortress ♦ SuperFortress ♦ Zenith Modular Fortress

AI Eyes: Ion Eye ♦ Nuclear Eye ♦ Parasite Eye ♦ Plasma Eye (Core) ♦ Raid Eye (Core) ♦ Sentry Eye (Core) ♦ Threatening Eye (Core) ♦ Translocator Eye (Core)

Economic Structures Asteroid (Adamantite) (Ebonite) (Pysite) (Reptite) (Titanite) (Xampite) ♦ Advanced Research Station ♦ Advanced Factory ♦ Advanced Starship Constructor ♦ Captive Human Settlement ♦ Cleanup Drone ♦ Economic Command Station ♦ Colony Ship ♦ Core Fabricator ♦ Distribution Node ♦ Command Station ♦ Energy Collector ♦ Engineer ♦ Exo-Galactic Wormhole ♦ Experimental Fabricator ♦ Foldout ♦ Harvester ♦ Harvester Exo-Shield ♦ Home Human Settlement ♦ Human Cryogenic Pod ♦ Intra-Galactic Warp Gate ♦ Knowledge Hacker ♦ Logistical Command Station ♦ Matter Converter ♦ Mercenary Space Dock ♦ Military Command Station ♦ Missile Silo ♦ Neinzul Regeneration Chamber ♦ Orbital Command Station ♦ Rebel Colony ♦ Remains ♦ Remains Rebuilder ♦ Science Lab ♦ Ship-Design Hacker ♦ Spire Archive ♦ Spire Civilian Leader ♦ Space Dock ♦ Starship Constructor ♦ Tachyon Drone ♦ Warp Jammer Command Station ♦ Wormhole ♦ Zenith Power Generator
Fallen Spire Campaign Fallen Spire Overview ♦ Survey Ship ♦ Subspace Receiver ♦ Spire Frigate ♦ Spire Destroyer ♦ Spire Cruiser ♦ Spire Battleship ♦ Spire Dreadnought ♦ Spire Super Dreadnought ♦ Spire Shard ♦ Spire Colony Ship ♦ Spire Outpost ♦ Spire City Hub ♦ Spire Habitation Center ♦ Spire Shard Reactor ♦ Spire Shipyard ♦ Spire Galactic Capitol ♦ Exogalactic Transceiver
Ancient Shadows Ancient Shadows Campaign ♦ Shadow Ships (Champion Ships) All Types: Human/Neinzul/Spire/Zenith and All Sizes: Frigate/Destroyer/Cruiser/Battleship
General Nebulae ♦ Epsilon Eridani Remnant Found ♦ Shattered Pillar Zenith Found ♦ Neinzul Mourner Wardens Found ♦ Gray Spire Cluster Found ♦ Shattered Pillar Found ♦ Human Resistance Found ♦ IMT Needs Help Again ♦ Allies Under Attack ♦ The Battle Rages ♦ Empty Nebula
Spirecraft Spirecraft Attritioner ♦ Spirecraft Implosion Artillery ♦ Spirecraft Ion Blaster ♦ Spirecraft Jumpship ♦ Spirecraft Martyr ♦ Spirecraft Penetrator ♦ Spirecraft Ram ♦ Spirecraft Scout ♦ Spirecraft Shield Bearer ♦ Spirecraft Siege Tower ♦ Spire Mining Ship ♦ Spirecraft Mining Enclosure
Golems Broken Golems: Armored Golem ♦ Artillery Golem ♦ Black Widow Golem ♦ Cursed Golem ♦ Hive Golem ♦ Regenerator Golem

Special Broken Golems: Botnet Golem ♦ Nomad Beacon ♦ Exodian Blade

Minor Faction Golems: Devourer Golem ♦ Dyson Sphere ♦ Mining Golem ♦ Zenith Trade Ship

Warheads Armored Warhead ♦ EMP ♦ Lightning Warhead ♦ Nuclear Warhead ♦ Tachyon Warhead
Astro Trains Astrotrains Overview ♦ Astrotrain Station
Train Types: Astrotrain ♦ Armor Booster ♦ Armor Inhibitor ♦ Attack Booster ♦ Cargo ♦ EMP ♦ Forcefield Jammer ♦ Gravity ♦ Gravity Jammer ♦ Nuclear ♦ Paralyzing ♦ Radar Jammer ♦ Regenerator ♦ Repair ♦ Shield ♦ Speed Booster ♦ Supply Inhibitor ♦ Tachyon ♦ Tachyon Jammer ♦ Tractor ♦ Tractor Jammer



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