AI War:Vorticular Cutlass

Spinning blade mass crashes into enemies, damaging itself and them, straight through their armor. Unless issued a specific command by its controller, it will automatically attack nearby enemies.

Base Stats

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Ship Cap	Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
352	Blades	Close-Combat	Tractor Beams Force Fields Repair	4 Light, 4 Neutron, 0.01 Command-Grade, 4 Composite

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Ship Cap HP	Abilities
I	8	0	1 sec	815	7	128	Inf	8 dmg/sec	2,816 dmg/sec	286,880	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 100 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
II	16	0	1 sec	1,630	15	128	Inf	16 dmg/sec	5,632 dmg/sec	573,760	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 100 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
III	24	0	1 sec	2,450	22	128	Inf	24 dmg/sec	8,448 dmg/sec	862,400	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 100 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
IV	32	0	1 sec	3,250	30	128	Inf	32 dmg/sec	11,264 dmg/sec	1,144,000	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 100 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
V	40	0	1 sec	4,090	37	128	Inf	40 dmg/sec	14,080 dmg/sec	1,439,680	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 100 Attacks Are Self-Damaging

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	--	60	60	120	20	00:00:01	11,760	11,760	23,520	3,920	00:03:16
II	2,500	120	120	240	40	00:00:01	23,520	23,520	47,040	7,840	00:03:16
III	4,000	240	240	480	40	00:00:02	47,040	47,040	94,080	7,840	00:06:32
IV	Adv Fac	360	360	720	40	00:00:03	70,560	70,560	141,120	7,840	00:09:48
V	Core Fab	480	480	960	40	00:00:04	94,080	94,080	188,160	7,840	00:13:04

How to use in your fleet

After the 5.026 buff, Vorticular Cutlasses have become the units that they deserve to be. Numerous and vicious, if they can reach a non-command-grade target, they will shred it. The Blade attack has few immunities (where as fusion cutters have plenty). All of these points make the ships a good addition to the player fleet, as long as they are regularly replaced.

Their ultimate demise comes in the form of self-damage, and gravity (speed reduction). You will experience massive losses in a long battle just from the self-attritioning aspect of the ship, and you will also experience much waiting-angst nearby Gravity Guardians. If the AI unlocks Spire Gravity Drainers, your flying blades of doom will be reduced to glorified damage-soakers.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Gravitational Turrets. End of story. As with all melee-ships, it is worth build an extra layer or two to increase the slowing area if you only unlock the mark-I version.

Adding the Flagship-line of starships to your fleet will also assist immensely with taking down Cutlasses.

As with most melee-range ships, translocation can keep you from getting overwhelmed, and Riot Control Starships with paralysis can knock Cutlasses out of range and prevent them from immediately re-engaging.

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