
Hits on a target that has a correlating defense (point defense for missiles, shields for beams, or armor for mass drivers) will do damage to the defense itself. All weapons of similar type on the attacking ship will fire as one single attack. If its chosen target is out of range, it will attack another nearby ship. Whenever a weapon is ready, the ship will fire on its primary target.
Escorts and guardians will not move unless the ship they are defending has started moving forward as well.Ī ship will only stop advancing once it is even with the target ship, and will move further only if the target ship moves out of range. Support ships will not move unless all of the other types of combat ships in its fleet have been destroyed, at which point the support ships will also start moving towards their primary target. Interceptor, assault, and capital ships will begin moving forward on the battlefield towards their primary target. If there are multiple enemy ships of the preferred type, the ship will choose one of them at random. Ship combat takes place when a fleet attempts to enter a tile occupied by a fleet owned by a hostile power.Īt the start of combat, each ship will target an enemy ship of a type based on their role.
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