AI War:Raider

Fast ship able to bypass many standard defenses such as mines and tractor beams.

Base Stats

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Ship Cap	Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
240	Laser	Ultra-Light	Tractor Beams Mines	5 Light, 5 Medium, 5 Artillery, 5 Ultra-Light

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Ship Cap HP	Abilities
I	10	7,100	2 sec	620	0	140	100	5 dmg/sec	1,200 dmg/sec	148,800
II	22	7,200	2 sec	1,250	0	140	100	11 dmg/sec	2,640 dmg/sec	300,000
III	32	7,300	2 sec	1,870	0	140	100	16 dmg/sec	3,840 dmg/sec	448,800
IV	44	7,400	2 sec	2,500	0	140	100	22 dmg/sec	5,280 dmg/sec	600,000
V	54	7,500	2 sec	3,100	0	140	100	27 dmg/sec	6,480 dmg/sec	744,000

Mark	Knowledge	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Cap Metal Cost	Cap Crystal Cost	Cap Total Cost	Cap Energy Cost	Cap Build Time
I	--	100	240	340	32	00:00:02	12,000	28,800	40,800	3,840	00:04:00
II	2,500	200	500	700	66	00:00:05	24,000	60,000	84,000	7,920	00:10:00
III	4,000	400	1,000	1,400	66	00:00:09	48,000	120,000	168,000	7,920	00:18:00
IV	Adv Fac	600	1,500	2,100	66	00:00:13	72,000	180,000	252,000	7,920	00:26:00
V	Core Fab	800	2,000	2,800	66	00:00:17	96,000	240,000	336,000	7,920	00:34:00

How to use in your fleet

The Raider is eponymously designed to make runs at AI guard posts and hound at isolated heavy targets. One might consider them as nimble mid-range Bombers, and use them for effective Guard Post hunting (although not gate-raiding). It may be a weak ship by itself, but it can to used to both kite and hunt down long-range vessels.

Raiders and Space Planes fill similar niches: the former can serve better as a general combat vessel, while the latter is more specialised (and possibly somewhat better overall).

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Defenses against an overwhelming number of these ships come down to effective Gravitational Turret placement. They are not strong individually, and will lose to both Fighters and Missile Frigates when caught.

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