AI War:Spire Frigate

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The smallest of the fully military ships used by the Spire. Mounts a single Photon Bombardment Cannon, a form of beam weapon vastly different from that commonly used by either the Zenith or the Humans. Each Spire Shipyard supports four of these frigates, and the Refugee Outpost supports an additional four.

Base Stats

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Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
Beam Weapon	Heavy	Fusion Cutters Black Hole Machines Armor Boosts Tractor Beams Reclamation Paralysis Attacks Nuclear Explosions Being Insta-Killed EMPs

Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Abilities
4,000,000	13,000	8 sec	5,000,000	200	56	300,000	400,000 dmg/sec	Personal Attack Boost Limited To +20% Armor Piercing 6,000

Knowledge	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time
--	32,000	56,000	88,000	2,000	00:07:47

How to use in your fleet

Spire Frigates are the basic units of the Spire Fleet, and each sport enough fire-power to eliminate fleet ships with ease, if aimed properly. The cannon is actually a damage over time weapon lasting two seconds, unlike the similar Zenith Beam Frigate. This aiming is also an inexact science: once a frigate fires its "laser", it is fixed at a certain angle to the firing ship instead of the first target.

Therefore, a good tactic is to establish a direction that the AI is coming from and then kite your Spire Fleet directly backwards. Parking your whole fleet in a sizeable battle can often result in arcs of AI-ships stopping at their respective maximum ranges (the cannon will punch through a point, and then waste the rest of its damage). Conversely, your Frigates won't be very useful doing drive-bys on stationary targets. There are many other ways to increase your mileage out of the Spire Fleet.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Coming soon

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