AI War:Spire Armor Rotter

Shots do fairly little damage, but eat away at the armor of ships they hit with each shot. Ship armor gradually regenerates over time (it takes up to 10 minutes to fully regenerate, depending on how much armor the target has), but cannot be directly repaired. Thus the armor rotters can create a window of opportunity for other ships to strike high-armor ships.

Base Stats

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Ship Cap	Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
96	Energy Burst	Medium	Reclamation Paralysis Attacks	3 Heavy, 3 Ultra-Heavy, 3 Polycrystal

Mark	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Ship Cap HP	Abilities
I	24	7,000	2 sec	1,640	0	72	100,000	12 dmg/sec	1,152 dmg/sec	157,440	Armor Piercing 9,999 Armor Damage 50
II	48	7,000	2 sec	3,280	0	72	100,000	24 dmg/sec	2,304 dmg/sec	314,880	Armor Piercing 9,999 Armor Damage 100
III	74	7,000	2 sec	4,900	0	72	100,000	37 dmg/sec	3,552 dmg/sec	470,400	Armor Piercing 9,999 Armor Damage 150
IV	98	7,000	2 sec	6,550	0	72	100,000	49 dmg/sec	4,704 dmg/sec	628,800	Armor Piercing 9,999 Armor Damage 200
V	122	7,000	2 sec	8,200	0	72	100,000	61 dmg/sec	5,856 dmg/sec	787,200	Armor Piercing 9,999 Armor Damage 250

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	--	900	1,800	2,700	250	00:00:15	43,200	86,400	129,600	12,000	00:12:00
II	2,500	1,800	3,600	5,400	500	00:00:30	86,400	172,800	259,200	24,000	00:24:00
III	4,000	3,600	7,000	10,600	500	00:00:59	172,800	336,000	508,800	24,000	00:47:12
IV	Adv Fac	5,400	10,800	16,200	500	00:01:30	259,200	518,400	777,600	24,000	01:12:00
V	Core Fab	7,000	14,000	21,000	500	00:01:57	336,000	672,000	1,008,000	24,000	01:33:36

How to use in your fleet

Armor Rotters are capable combat vessels for use in combination with the player fleet. Its value over that of anti-armor ship-types is that these vessels effectively increase the damage of the entire fleet against highly armored targets (effectively in 5.029, Raid Starships, Armored Golems, and Spirecraft Siege Towers). Its armor-cancelling bonuses are marginally noticable against regular armored fleet ships such as Bombers. Admittedly, armor mechanics will be reviewed for the next large release - therefore watch this space for future developments.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Combat as normal - use Fighters to increase your DPS against these vessels.

Note that all Spire ships are immune to Reclamation and paralysis.

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