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 Post Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 3:28 pm    Post subject:
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mantis (class 3 ship)


blasts itself to destroy all class 4 enemy ships and also your own class 4 ships. it's not easy to use the mantis, but it can be a scary deadly weapon against ships. (caution! self destruction!)

since the buildings at your homeplanet are positioned between your class 4 ships, this ship affects them also, only your research center and shipyard are big enough to withstand the explosion

attack/life: 0/100
manpower: 350

researchtime: 3 d
buildingtime: 16 h


kazuuula-technology
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battle details:modifies AP and LP by -5000/-5000 of all ships of any ship-type in the enemy fleet in class 4 but some ships and buildings are immune against this effect
(battle engine syntax: kill,enemy,all,4,all)
modifies AP and LP by -5000/-5000 of all ships of any ship-type in your own fleet in class 4 but some ships and buildings are immune against this effect
battlemessage: "mantis explodes"
(battle engine syntax: kill,self,all,4,all,mantis explodes,n)
self destructs!
(battle engine syntax: sd)
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 Post Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 5:28 pm    Post subject:
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Why post this for discussion?
It requires a mothership to deliver. Total cost is 670. It is not worthwhile to attack a fleet with a mothership. But it is certainly worthwhile to attack a planet with 16 motherships!! I encounter one. But since my race is Nanite, I could not produce a mantis.
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 Post Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 7:21 pm    Post subject:
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Well, as a nanite, you could deliver it with a core driver, it also has tactical advantages (yu can strand attackers) and it also wipes out transwarps and def array!!

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 Post Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 9:21 pm    Post subject:
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Cap, this is a kazuuula ship and nanite could not research in it. Ask your nanite friends.
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 Post Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 1:54 am    Post subject:
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Oops, sorry, I guess you would need to be mycilloid to do that.

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 Post Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 10:55 pm    Post subject:
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lol...i guess this can be a nice ship, eh? =)
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 Post Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 7:40 am    Post subject:
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Yeah... As long as you don't keep it in your base fleet

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 Post Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 2:03 pm    Post subject:
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it would be better if i can use it with a core driver but i cant because i am an eray =( lol =)
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 Post Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 2:55 pm    Post subject:
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Still don't keep in base Maybe use a time-slipper?

Looooooooooooooooooooool

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 Post Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:16 am    Post subject:
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lol no way man !! =)
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 Post Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 12:29 pm    Post subject:
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I really wonder how it'll behave in combo with the Lowrider /I'm too lazy to check if that combo is possible/

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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 Post Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:03 pm    Post subject:
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lowrider? =)
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 Post Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 2:07 am    Post subject:
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You know:

"All my friends drive lowrider
And a lowrider it's a little lower
Take a little trip, take a little trip, take a little trip with me

KoRn - LowRider"

Nah, just kidding, I ment the human ship, the more friendly version of the Fleet Tender

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 Post Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 6:34 pm    Post subject:
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looool. ic. =)
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 Post Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:59 am    Post subject:
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Whats the deal with this thing? It says that Shipyards and Research Centers aren't killed by a Mantis, but if I'm reading the battle details right, all class 4's get -5000/-5000. That would take out anything....
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 Post Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 11:02 am    Post subject:
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No it just don't. Otherwise this ship would be too powerful
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 Post Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 12:44 pm    Post subject:
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does the mantis only attayk class 4 ships?
or does it attack buildings too?


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 Post Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 2:07 pm    Post subject:
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It destroys all class 4 ships and all the buildings (except the shipyard en the research-center) because the the buildings act in class 4.
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 Post Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:31 pm    Post subject:
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Let's see:
battle details:modifies AP and LP by -5000/-5000 of all ships of any ship-type in the enemy fleet in class 4 but some ships and buildings are immune against this effect
(battle engine syntax: kill,enemy,all,4,all)
modifies AP and LP by -5000/-5000 of all ships of any ship-type in your own fleet in class 4 but some ships and buildings are immune against this effect

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 Post Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:53 am    Post subject:

well, just use a dsp on the planet you want to attack. the lowrider combo is possible, and probably the best. it's fast and you don't loose too many points. since the mantis would destroy every class 4 ship, you won't care about the lowriders ability to blow itself to dust once damaged. back to the dsp... just have a look at your target. if he has 4 or more class 4 'thingies' (ships or buildings) you'd destroy enough to have a positive score with the lowrider/mantis combo. and about that change thingie: don't make both destructable by the mantis. IF there is going to be a change (which i think is not really neccessary), make it random wheather the shipyard or the research-center gets destroyed.
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