AI War:Riot Control Starship

Specializes in disabling and destroying large numbers of weaker disturbances to the peace. Has a variety of hardpoints that mount a number of different weapons and modules.

The AI can only use these as part of its Special Forces.

Riot Control Starship Stats

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Ship Cap	Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
4	Shell	Heavy	Fusion Cutters, Area Damage, Armor Boosts, Tractor Beams, Reclamation, Paralysis Attacks, Swallow, Nuclear Explosions, Being Insta-Killed, EMPs	4 Light, 4 Medium, 4 Swarmer, 4 Ultra-Light, 4 Close-Combat

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	5x 8,000	6,000	4 sec	1,800,000	500	60	100,000	10,000 dmg/sec	40,000 dmg/sec	Engine Damage 40
II	5x 16,000	6,000	4 sec	3,600,000	1,000	60	200,000	20,000 dmg/sec	80,000 dmg/sec	Engine Damage 80
III	5x 24,000	6,000	4 sec	5,400,000	1,500	60	300,000	30,000 dmg/sec	120,000 dmg/sec	Engine Damage 120, Tachyon Beam Emission (6000 Range)

Mark	Knowledge	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Cap Metal Cost	Cap Crystal Cost	Cap Total Cost	Cap Energy Cost	Cap Build Time
I	--	30,000	50,000	80,000	3,000	00:06:57	120,000	200,000	320,000	12,000	00:27:48
II	4,000	60,000	100,000	160,000	3,000	00:13:54	240,000	400,000	640,000	12,000	00:55:36
III	5,000	120,000	200,000	320,000	3,000	00:27:47	480,000	800,000	1,280,000	12,000	01:51:08

Module Slots

Mark	I	II	III
Light	4	2	0
Light(Advanced)	0	1	3
Medium	2	2	2
Heavy	0	1	2

Modules

Light Modules

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Module	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Single Turret DPS	Damage Bonuses	Abilities	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Notes
Riot Control Machine Gun	400 x12	14,000	4 sec	22,000	600	1,200 dmg/sec	4 Light, 4 Swarmer, 4 Close-Combat, 4 Refractive	Engine Damage 30	300	300	600	0	00:00:03	Cannot reduce engine below 40%
Riot Control Laser	400 x8	23,000	8 sec	40,000	800	400 dmg/sec	4 Artillery, 4 Neutron, 4 Close-Combat	Engine Damage 30	400	1,300	1,700	0	00:00:11	Cannot reduce engine below 25%

Light(Advanced) Modules

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Module	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Single Turret DPS	Damage Bonuses	Abilities	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Notes
Riot Control Machine Gun II	800 x12	14,000	4 sec	44,000	1,200	2,400 dmg/sec	4 Light, 4 Swarmer, 4 Close-Combat, 4 Refractive	Engine Damage 60	600	600	1,200	0	00:00:05	Cannot reduce engine below 20%
Riot Control Laser II	800 x8	23,000	8 sec	80,000	1,600	800 dmg/sec	4 Artillery, 4 Neutron, 4 Close-Combat	Engine Damage 60	800	2,600	3,400	0	00:00:22	Cannot reduce engine below 10%

Medium Modules

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Module	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Single Turret DPS	Damage Bonuses	Abilities	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Notes
Havoc Riot Control Shotgun	800 x25	12,000	5 sec	80,000	2,000	4,000 dmg/sec	4 Light, 4 Swarmer, 4 Close-Combat, 4 Refractive	Engine Damage 35	2,000	1,400	3,400	0	00:00:17	Cannot reduce engines below 25%
Riot Control Tractor	--	--	-- sec	108,000	1,200	-- dmg/sec		72x Tractor Beam (4400 Range)	200	1,800	2,000	0	00:00:15	Cannot be mounted on a Mk II Riot
Riot Shield	--	--	-- sec	2,000,000	4,000	-- dmg/sec		Regen Time 00:30	400	1,000	1,400	0	00:00:30	Can shield allies and block enemies

Heavy Modules

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Module	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Single Turret DPS	Damage Bonuses	Abilities	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Notes
"Ave It!" Riot Control Shotgun	800 x50	12,000	5 sec	160,000	4,000	8,000 dmg/sec	4 Light, 4 Swarmer, 4 Close-Combat, 4 Refractive	Engine Damage 36	4,000	2,800	6,800	0	00:00:34	Cannot reduce engines below 10%
Riot Control Tractor II	--	--	-- sec	216,000	2,400	-- dmg/sec		144x Tractor Beam (4400 Range)	400	3,600	2,400	0	00:00:30	Cannot be mounted on a Mk II Riot
Riot Control Tazer	600	4,000	8 sec	40,000	800	75 dmg/sec	Artillery 4 Close-Combat 4 Medium 4 Swarmer 4	Strikes all enemies in range Attack paralyzes x3	600	2,000	2,600	0	00:00:17	Short range but stuns all enemies in range Can only be mounted on a Mk II Riot
Riot Control Grav Tazer	1,200	5,000	8 sec	40,000	800	150 dmg/sec	Artillery 4 Close-Combat 4 Medium 4 Swarmer 4	Engine Damage 4 Strikes all enemies in range Attack paralyzes x3 Armor Piercing 999,999	1,200	4,000	5,200	0	00:00:34	Short range but stuns all enemies in range, also slows ships that are immune to stun. Can only be mounted on a Mk III Riot
Riot Control Grav Generator	--	5,000	--	40,000	0	-- dmg/sec		Max Ship Speed 8 withing 5,000 Range	500	7,000	7,500	0	00:00:59	Slows the movement of enemy ships within range. Requires unlocking the Gravitational Turret Mark I before it can be built. Can only be mounted on a Mk III Riot
Riot Shield II	--	--	-- sec	4,000,000	8,000	-- dmg/sec		Regen Time 00:40	1,600	4,000	5,600	0	00:00:34	Can shield allies and block enemies

How to use in your fleet

Summary of possible configurations:

• Any module slot can be occupied by a some kind of gun (machine gun, laser, shotgun) that efficiently inflicts engine damage on many fleet ships.
• All Riot Control Starships can replace up to [Mark level +1] guns with forcefields.
• Mark Is can mount up to two Riot Control Tractors instead of guns or forcefields.
• Mark IIs can mount one Riot Control Tazer instead of a gun or forcefield.
• Mark IIIs can mount up to two Riot Control Tractors instead of guns or forcefields, and up to a total of two Riot Control Tractor IIs, Riot Control Grav Tazers, and/or Riot Control Grav Generators instead of guns or forcefields.

What Riot Control Starships lack in firepower, they make up in utility. A group of Riot Control Starships can effectively neutralize a large chunk of the AI's fleet, and can dramatically increase the effectiveness of a wormhole chunk by knocking out the engines of enemy ships as they come through the wormhole.

That said, they're not cheap, and usually need to be supplemented with additional firepower to actually kill the fleet.

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