AI War:Parasite

Fires fairly powerful shots that do reclamation damage. An enemy ship with reclamation damage equal to or greater than its max health will be reclaimed when destroyed. The newly-reclaimed ship will have health = total reclamation damage it had taken.

Base Stats

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Ship Cap	Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
96	Shell	Ultra-Light	Reclamation	4 Medium, 4 Neutron

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Ship Cap HP	Abilities
I	20	6,000	8 sec	1,020	4	68	100	3 dmg/sec	240 dmg/sec	97,920	Reclaims Enemy Ships Armor Piercing 7
II	40	6,000	8 sec	2,050	9	68	100	5 dmg/sec	480 dmg/sec	196,800	Reclaims Enemy Ships Armor Piercing 15
III	62	6,000	8 sec	3,080	13	68	100	8 dmg/sec	744 dmg/sec	295,680	Reclaims Enemy Ships Armor Piercing 22
IV	82	6,000	8 sec	4,100	18	68	100	10 dmg/sec	984 dmg/sec	393,600	Reclaims Enemy Ships Armor Piercing 30
V	102	6,000	8 sec	5,100	22	68	100	13 dmg/sec	1,224 dmg/sec	489,600	Reclaims Enemy Ships Armor Piercing 37

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	--	200	1,000	1,200	400	00:00:09	9,600	48,000	57,600	19,200	00:07:12
II	2,500	400	2,000	2,400	800	00:00:17	19,200	96,000	115,200	38,400	00:13:36
III	4,000	800	4,000	4,800	800	00:00:34	38,400	192,000	230,400	38,400	00:27:12
IV	Adv Fac	1,200	6,000	7,200	800	00:00:50	57,600	288,000	345,600	38,400	00:40:00
V	Core Fab	1,600	8,000	9,600	800	00:01:07	76,800	384,000	460,800	38,400	00:53:36

How to use in your fleet

Parasites are utility ships that give the player the powerful ability to convert AI fleet-ships to their cause. They are not strong in general fleet combat, and should be escorted by Fighters and Bombers to maximize survival effectiveness - ships with sufficient reclamation damage to be converted must still be 'destroyed' first. If you unlock these, consider also unlocking Leech Starships as a complement.

Reclaimed ships will simply sit around by default, or they can path to a suitable rally point if you toggle the relevant controls. It is therefore a good idea to bring a Mobile Rally Point (plus Engineers) or Mobile Space Dock (which has a good repair ability) with you on offense. Also check your Command Station for strays after a defensive battle.

Due to the way reclamation damage is calculated (below), higher marks should be unlocked early. Snipers, Zenith Bombards and Sentinel Frigates are a personal favorite target, but some shepherding is required to capture ships with a retreat range. It should be noted that players cannot reclaim more ships than allowed by the ship-cap, e.g. if you already have the maximum of a cap the next ship that would otherwise be reclaimed is destroyed instead.

Reclamation damage is scaled by the following multipliers as of 5.001:

• If the reclamator is 4 mks higher than the target (mkV shooting mkI), multiply by 64.
• If the reclamator is 3 mks higher than the target, 48.
• If the reclamator is 2 mks higher than the target, 32.
• If the reclamator is 1 mk higher than the target, 16.
• If the reclamator is the same mk as the target, 8.
• If the reclamator is 1 mk lower than the target, 4.
• If the reclamator is 2 mks lower than the target, 2.
• If the reclamator is 3 mks lower than the target, 1.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

The general threat-level varies depending on when/where Parasites are encountered. An AI-waves with pure Parasites are of little threat, but if a number of parasites are interspersed among significant enemy firepower an avalanche will soon develop with a constant absorption of the player's fleet (unlike players, the AI has no regard for ship-caps).

Fighting with reclamation-immune assets is the only sure counter, with Starships, Turrets and some select fleet ships. In many offensive situations, however, there are not enough parasites+firepower present to justify a deviation in the general strategy.

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