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Then probably IF you'd incorporate say 'shield depleting weapons' in the AI designcreation file, they have a chance of using massive shield depleters, as long as they belong to the same group as normal shield depleters (would seem odd if they didn't).

Massive planetary shield would have to be incorporated into the build lines for various planet types for each AI. Then they'd be built, *eventually* *IF* the AI gets the tech.

Neural net...is that included in the group combat modifiers? Then they would be used automatically right?

It's possible I've once seen an AI use them but I'm extremely unsure about that.