AI War:Dyson Gatling

These oversized, automated alien ships fire lightning-fast energy bursts at long range. Depending on the mood of the dyson sphere when these are created, they may attack everyone, AIs only, or humans only. Neutral Dyson Gatlings cannot shoot at Mark V targets. Dyson Gatlings do not attack AI targets that could free AI ships (guard posts, command stations, etc). As the Dyson Sphere does have its own concerns, it spawns Dyson Gatlings in response to how much attention the AI is giving the galaxy. (In other words, the maximum number of Dyson Gatlings alive at once is equal to the current AIP value.) Note the '0 Command Grade' damage bonus is not present on Dyson Gatlings that are friendly to the AI and those Gatlings are very capable of killing your command stations.

Base Stats

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Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
Laser	Heavy	Sniper Shots, Fusion Cutters, Black Hole Machines, Reclamation, Paralysis Attacks, Transport, Swallow, Force Fields, Nuclear Explosions, Being Insta-Killed, EMPs, Mines, Repair	0 Command-Grade

Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
400,000	12,000	2 sec	7,200,000	0	76	Inf	200,000 dmg/sec	200,000 dmg/sec

Dyson Gatlings are automatically spawned by the Dyson Sphere

How to use in your fleet

Dyson gatlings cannot be controlled by the player. The Dyson sphere begins the game on an AI planet and spawns gatlings that are hostile to both the player and AI (purple border). If the command center in this planet is destroyed, the sphere will switch to spawning player-allied gatlings (yellow border). Thematically, the Dyson sphere recognises the player's benign intent.

An ally dyson gatling will enter and patrol your worlds against hostile incursions if there is a neighbouring player-controlled planet. Therefore, to utilise this benefit connect your worlds to the dyson-sphere's planet, without building a command center at the dyson's planet itself. Doing so will antagonise the sphere, which will start spawning hostile gatlings (red border) to eliminate the player until the command center is destroyed.

Once spawned, dyson gatlings will not change their mission. There is therefore no point in waiting for purple or red gatling to convert.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Fortunately, the AI does not build dyson gatlings. However, there are ways the AI can get the Dyson to produce hostile gatlings, under very certain conditions and Sub-Plots. By the time you're dealing with that issue, you'll know how to deal with them... or die learning.

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