Armor

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Effect 3 Production 4 Special

[edit] Overview

There is an ablative material on most ships and fighters that will protect their internal systems from enemy weapon fire. This material is quantified in units of armor. Armor on fighters is used differently than on ships.

[edit] Effect

• Each unit of armor will absorb 1 point of damage from a weapon.
• Weapons also have an atribute "Armor Arc". A value > 0 means that the weapon can surpass armor equal to the armor arc value and do damage directly to the internal systems of a ship (The Ion Cannon and the Ionic Gun Array have an armor arc value of 3000!).

[edit] Production

• Armor can be produced in an Engine Plant ground base structure. It costs 1 duranium and 100 megacredits to produce 100 armor units.
  • You can put the armor from the base on the ship when building the ship.
  • You can also set a ship to "replenish armor" from a base. When ending the turn over one of your own bases or an allied base, the ship will try to take as much armor from the base as it can hold.

• Armor can also be produced on ships by repairing armor. Ships have a maximum armor value. The ship's Repair Units can be used to generate armor for a ship when it is below its maximum value. Repair Units can be produced from a Ship Repair Shop at a cost of 1 duranium for 100 Repair Units. 5 Repair Units will be consumed to produce 1 armor unit. This method is less expensive, but may take longer to produce armor.

• The best way to make armor is using the Mobile Repair Plant on a ship. It makes 100 repair units from only 1 kt duranium.

• The final method of producing armor is using an Exotic Tech called Borlox Armor. 20% of the ship's maximum armor value will be produced each turn until full for every ship that you own.
  - Borlox armor costs 5000 MC each turn. if your not building/repairing enough ships each turn that will use 5000 MC's worth of armor, then i reccomend not using it. however if you build ships on a regular basis that have high armor like the virgo, cubes or most rebel ships. then borlox armor becomes a cost effective means and long term savings of Credit capitol that could be used elsewhere.--protomatter 17:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
  Borlox can also be effective if you already have big ships and are fighting. If they survive, the additional armor can make a difference in the next turns. Jochen 19:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special

• Some ships like the Lotus Class Pursuit Ship have a special kind of armor called Organic Armor.
• The Cyborg Collective ships will replace damaged armor by converting Duranium that is on the ship directly into armor at a rate of 1 duranium to 100 armor units. This repair method event occurs in the host order after standard armor repair using repair units.