AI War:Parasite

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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 per Mark	Flare	Medium

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	2,540	5,000	8 sec	51,000	900	80	100	318 dmg/sec	30,480 dmg/sec	Attack Paralyzes x8
II	5,080	5,000	8 sec	102,000	1,800	80	100	635 dmg/sec	60,960 dmg/sec	Attack Paralyzes x10
III	7,600	5,000	8 sec	154,000	2,700	80	100	950 dmg/sec	91,200 dmg/sec	Attack Paralyzes x12
IV	10,200	5,000	8 sec	204,000	3,600	80	100	1,275 dmg/sec	122,400 dmg/sec	Attack Paralyzes x14
V	12,760	5,000	8 sec	256,000	4,500	80	100	1,595 dmg/sec	153,120 dmg/sec	Attack Paralyzes x16

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	--	200	50	250	100	00:00:02	19,200	4,800	24,000	9,600	00:03:12
II	2,500	400	100	500	200	00:00:04	38,400	9,600	48,000	19,200	00:06:24
III	6,000	800	200	1,000	200	00:00:07	76,800	19,200	96,000	19,200	00:11:12
IV	Adv Fac	1,200	300	1,500	200	00:00:10	115,200	28,800	144,000	19,200	00:16:00
V	Core Fab	1,600	400	2,000	200	00:00:14	153,600	38,400	192,000	19,200	00:22:24

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 maximise 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 Repair Station 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 favourite 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 (say, 98 Space Tank-Is) 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 amongst 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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