AI War:Space Plane

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Cloaked fighter excellent for bypassing enemy defenses (such as mines and tractor beams), with special onboard radar-dampening equipment that makes it impossible for ships to hit it if they are beyond a certain range from the plane.

Base Stats

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Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
Laser	Ultra-Light	Area Damage Tractor Beams Mines	3.2 Light, 3.2 Heavy, 3.2 Ultra-Heavy, 3.2 Polycrystal

Mark	Ship Cap	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	171	7,200	5,500	9 sec	29,400	0	108	200	800 dmg/sec	136,800 dmg/sec	Cloaking Radar Dampening Range 3,000
II	154	14,400	6,000	9 sec	58,800	0	108	200	1,600 dmg/sec	246,400 dmg/sec	Cloaking Radar Dampening Range 3,000
III	137	21,600	6,500	9 sec	88,200	0	108	200	2,400 dmg/sec	328,800 dmg/sec	Cloaking Radar Dampening Range 3,000
IV	120	28,800	7,000	9 sec	117,600	0	108	200	3,200 dmg/sec	384,000 dmg/sec	Cloaking Radar Dampening Range 3,000
V	85	36,000	7,500	9 sec	147,000	0	108	200	4,000 dmg/sec	340,000 dmg/sec	Cloaking Radar Dampening Range 3,000

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	--	150	150	300	50	00:00:02	25,650	25,650	51,300	8,550	00:05:42
II	2,500	300	300	600	100	00:00:03	46,200	46,200	92,400	15,400	00:07:42
III	6,000	600	600	1,200	100	00:00:05	82,200	82,200	164,400	13,700	00:11:25
IV	Adv Fac	900	900	1,800	100	00:00:08	108,000	108,000	216,000	12,000	00:16:00
V	Core Fab	1,200	1,200	2,400	100	00:00:10	102,000	102,000	204,000	8,500	00:14:10

How to use in your fleet

In the balance between Raiders, Raptors and Space Planes, the latter is the most extreme example of a glass cannon. For as long as you keep them out of tachyon coverage and out of range, they will inflict much general pain - on Fighters, Bombers, and various things that Bombers themselves excel at. The upgrades add much needed range increases which will help you keep them alive for that much longer, and in addition they are immune to tractors (good for chasing down Tractor Guardians and Spire Tractor Platforms that kidnap your ships).

Unike most raiders, Missile Frigates are not counters as they find it difficult to get into radar dampening range. If you don't watch them, however, they aren't likely to escape on their own - set up auto-kiting in the controls to > 3000. Thankfully they are not expensive to replace (you will need to semi-regularly).

How to counter when in the AI fleet

If allowed to disperse throughout your systems, Space Planes will be hard to root out. Establishing tachyon coverage and gravity turrets will make everything a cake-walk, so it's important not to neglect your basics whenever you expand.

If you're having trouble tracking down everything, here is a forum list of things that ignore radar dampening: Sniper Turret, Spider Turret, Railgun modules (on Spire Destroyers and larger), Counter Spy and Ion Cannon.

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