AI War:Vorticular Cutlass

This page was designed for release 5.026 and is likely extremely inaccurate.

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

Mark	Ship Cap	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	196	1,440	0	1 sec	147,000	1,500	128	Inf	1,440 dmg/sec	282,240 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
II	176	2,880	0	1 sec	294,000	3,000	128	Inf	2,880 dmg/sec	506,880 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
III	156	4,320	0	1 sec	441,000	4,500	128	Inf	4,320 dmg/sec	673,920 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
IV	137	5,760	0	1 sec	588,000	6,000	128	Inf	5,760 dmg/sec	789,120 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 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	Ship 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	21,120	21,120	42,240	7,040	00:02:56
III	6,000	240	240	480	40	00:00:02	37,440	37,440	74,880	6,240	00:05:12
IV	Adv Fac	360	360	720	40	00:00:03	49,320	49,320	98,640	5,480	00:06:51

Note: Cutlass does not have a Mark V version.

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.

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