AI War:Dyson Sphere Golem
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The massive Dyson Sphere Golem exists at one of the AI planets, and is basically a massive fortress that will attack humans and AIs alike. However, if you free the planet from the AI, the sphere will realize your benign intent and will help you fight the AI on nearby planets. If you take the planet for yourself, the sphere will attack you until you give up the planet. |
The Dyson Sphere qualifies as a Minor Faction on its own and is enabled/disabled via the Zenith Dyson Sphere option under Game Options during game setup. It is only available on maps with at least 30 planets.
That alive golem is indestructible and immobile. It appears under the galaxy filters "Immobile Minor Factions" and "Golem". It hasn't a broken version and cannot be repaired and controlled by players. Its description pretty clearly tells how to interact with it. The only thing worth mentioning is that instead of weapons, it spawns Dyson Gatlings. These units are either neutral, hostile or friendly depending on the mood of the Sphere itself when it created them; their outlining color is a clue of their stance. Changing the mood of the Sphere doesn't change the mood of the spawned gatlings, however.
Neutral gatlings attack both AI and players, hostile only players and friendly only AI. The gatlings can cross wormholes and if the Sphere's planet is both neutral (controlled by nobody) and connected to players' territory, many friendly gatlings will roam this territory, providing a substantial help against waves and other unpleasant guests. If the Sphere is hostile, its gatlings might as well invade your other planets.
By not controlling the Dyson Sphere's planet, players forfeit one energy collector (per player) and one supply source. Knowledge can be gathered normally and provide the usual payoff for the AIP increase. Supply can be brought to that planet by capturing at least one adjacent planet, allowing the construction of turrets and other defensive structures if required. Also, as a neutral planet, the AI won't be able to send wave against it. If there are capturables on the Sphere's planet that players desire, they can capture it for a very brief time and scrap the Command Station just after its completion; only a handful of hostile gatlings must be dispatched and the Sphere will return to a friendly mood. All in all, the neutral and hostile moods will have barely no impact on the game and that Minor Faction might be seen as almost only beneficial.
Please note that the AI consider neutral Gatlings as a threat and, with time, may reinforce the Sphere's planet with lots of ships.
Base Stats
| Ammo Type | Armor Type | Immunities | Damage Bonuses |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Ultra-Heavy | Mass Drivers, Fusion Cutters, Black Hole Machines, Attack Boosts, Armor Boosts, Tractor Beams, Reclamation, Being Scrapped, Paralysis Attacks, Transport, Swallow, Nuclear Explosions, Being Insta-Killed, EMPs, Repair |
| Damage | Attack Range | Reload | Health | Armor | Speed | Engine Health | Single Ship DPS | Abilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 sec | 200,000,000 | 200,000,000 | 0 | Inf | 0 dmg/sec | Regen Time 16:40 |
Travia
Note that while the Dyson Sphere produces 200,000,000 Energy, it is for its own use only. This is a reference to the [functioning] of a Dyson Sphere: a structure encircling a star to gather its energy. As the Zenith Spere's picture shows, there is a small star in the middle of the golem itself.
It is supposed that each band of the Sphere is one Zenith being, making the whole Sphere a community of several golems.
The size of the Sphere unit doesn't feel completely right, as the theoretical size of a structure able to encompass even a small star would be tremendously gigantic. The Dyson Sphere might be better suited in place of the planet in the background; the structure spawning the gatlings would be an orbiting space dock of some kind. However, the effect of nuclear weapons or other effects that can destroy whole planets (nuclear eye, mining golems, etc) would require some decision about wether or not they can harm the Dyson Sphere.
