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

Mark	Ship Cap	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	98	9,600	4,000	12 sec	154,000	1,200	76	200	800 dmg/sec	78,400 dmg/sec
II	88	19,200	4,200	12 sec	308,000	2,400	76	200	1,600 dmg/sec	140,800 dmg/sec
III	78	28,800	4,400	12 sec	462,000	3,600	76	200	2,400 dmg/sec	187,200 dmg/sec
IV	68	38,400	4,600	12 sec	616,000	4,800	76	200	3,200 dmg/sec	217,600 dmg/sec
V	49	48,000	4,800	12 sec	770,000	6,000	76	200	4,000 dmg/sec	196,000 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	137,200	19,600	156,800	9,800	00:19:36
II	2,500	2,800	400	3,200	200	00:00:24	246,400	35,200	281,600	17,600	00:35:12
III	6,000	5,600	800	6,400	200	00:00:47	436,800	62,400	499,200	15,600	01:01:06
IV	Adv Fac	8,400	1,200	9,600	200	00:01:10	571,200	81,600	652,800	13,600	01:19:20
V	Core Fab	11,200	1,600	12,800	200	00:01:34	548,800	78,400	627,200	9,800	01:16:46

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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