what is this ship attacking me with?

[Silent Sorrow]

In a tactical battle against the AI I had two damaged ships vs. one of his undamaged ships. The AI ship contained no offensive weapons except for planetary napalm, which only targets planets. It also had two PDC and some crystalline armour.

The AI ship took out both my damaged ships.

With what?

[Slick]

My guess is it rammed you.

edit: Did the AI ship run away or approach? If it approached to the adjacent square, it did ram you. This is a common strategy used on some of the better AI's (like in the TDM Modpack) for ships without offensive weapons (like colonizers).

Slick.

[ July 24, 2003, 03:14: Message edited by: Slick ]

[Taera]

actually organic/crystalline armor ramming is quite evil.

[Loser]

Got to love the colonizers with Planetary Napalm.

[Silent Sorrow]

Originally posted by Slick:
My guess is it rammed you.

edit: Did the AI ship run away or approach? If it approached to the adjacent square, it did ram you. This is a common strategy used on some of the better AI's (like in the TDM Modpack) for ships without offensive weapons (like colonizers).

Slick.

Hmm, that would have to be it then. It did charge me instead of running away. However, I actually did consider the possibility that it rammed me but I felt it should have been more heavily damaged than it was after a ram. But I suppose that crystal armour was the difference.

[Nocturnal]

I ram fighters all the time with transports. I rammed a satellite layer with a construction ship. Twice. (Didn't completely smash it the first time, just took out all its engines. So I came back the next turn after repairing.) Sometimes, I ram things with my organically armored battleships just for the fun of it. But if you try to ram a planet, you'll usually lose.

"Gravity is a harsh mistress." - The Tick

[ July 24, 2003, 16:10: Message edited by: Nocturnal ]