AI War:Bomber

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Inflicts high damage on heavy defenses. Best ship class for hitting force fields and the final AI command stations.

Base Stats

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Ship Cap	Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
96	Energy Bomb	Polycrystal		6 Heavy, 6 Artillery, 6 Command-Grade, 6 Ultra-Heavy, 6 Structural

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	9,760	4,000	12 sec	156,000	1,200	72	200	813 dmg/sec	78,080 dmg/sec
II	19,560	4,200	12 sec	314,000	2,400	72	200	1,630 dmg/sec	156,480 dmg/sec
III	29,200	4,400	12 sec	470,000	3,600	72	200	2,433 dmg/sec	233,600 dmg/sec
IV	39,000	4,600	12 sec	628,000	4,800	72	200	3,250 dmg/sec	312,000 dmg/sec
V	48,800	4,800	12 sec	780,000	6,000	72	200	4,067 dmg/sec	390,400 dmg/sec

Mark	Knowledge	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Cap Metal Cost	Cap Crystal Cost	Cap Total Cost	Cap Energy Cost	Ship Cap Build Time
I	--	1,400	200	1,600	100	00:00:12	134,400	19,200	153,600	9,600	00:19:12
II	2,500	2,800	400	3,200	200	00:00:24	268,800	38,400	307,200	19,200	00:38:24
III	6,000	5,800	800	6,600	200	00:00:49	556,800	76,800	633,600	19,200	01:18:24
IV	Adv Fac	8,600	1,200	9,800	200	00:01:12	825,600	115,200	940,800	19,200	01:55:12
V	Core Fab	11,600	1,600	13,200	200	00:01:37	825,600	153,600	1,267,200	19,200	02:35:12

How to use in your fleet

The Bomber is designed to inflict heavy damage on all sorts of fortifications, and is in turn a priority target of many other ships. Protect them, and they will serve you well - otherwise rebuilding these constantly will likely bankrupt your metal reserves. Within the triangle, bombers counter Missile Frigates. You will often find yourself sending these against AI Fortresses since few other ships can survive its powerful defenses.

You will find that often these are the ships you'll want to upgrade to MK II first to assist with forcefield destruction and general versatility. They are actually lower in raw DPS then the rest of the triangle ships but their multipliers and the commonality of Heavy armor makes them very useful.

A Hint: Ion-cannons will always target your bombers before fighters and missile frigates.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Bombers in the AI Fleet will always be there, they're a triangle ship. One of the largest concerns with them however is large waves of them coming at you. They will completely ruin even large clumps of forcefields quickly, and the polycrystal armor they use makes them resistant to a number of heavy hitters you might have. They can also tear through your starships if you're not careful. So fighting them is a two step process.

First, Fighters are cheap and durable against bombers, and are built to be the triangle 'counter' to bombers. These are your first 'go to' for bomber removal, and are always available to you.

Next, both Missile Turrets and Sniper Turrets have significant bonuses against bombers, and as a bonus are your two longest range turrets. Toss in Grav Turrets to slow the bomber's approach down and you should be fine. Once you've got enough of these turrets in place on your whipping boy(s), you should be able to bring your fighters out for other duties.

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