AI Guide

PLEASE NOTE: This page is under construction as more info is being documented, and the wording revised.

What is AI?

AI is AI Ships that spawn around the map. These ships are either civilian or militaristic the militaristic variants are hostile. Howewer, ai will not shoot you unless you get close. AI can be identified by the contact's bar.

AI Breakdown

AI Spawns

• AI spawn in all space systems - Asteri, Regulus, Ilios, Sirius, Horizon, Trench, AU-0821
  • In the human populated systems being Asteri, Regulus, Ilios and Sirius, only specific AI factions can spawn
    • Horizon Transit ships (minhauls, sparrows, wayfinders, etc.)
    • Mining guild ships (Beaver, Badger which is the largest that can spawn, Type-V11, etc.)
    • Privateers (rare chance for resolutes, usual chance for daggers, bulwarks, pioneers, contractors etc.)
    • Pirates (Bloodstars, vendettas, wasps, etc.)
    • Tsaii (Only from bait ships - horizon transit, specifically the 3 explorer ships, as seen in /listships the ship piloted by a pirate colored pilot, or on the dynmap seeing a horizon transit bait ship with a pirate name)
    • Largest ships to spawn can be a tsaii bait trap reaver - 6.5k size frigate, or a privateer resolute ~8.1k destroyer
  • In the Horizon, Trench and AU-0821 systems, 3 extra factions can start naturally spawning, and in those systems all AI factions can spawn
    • Plant aliens (these are marked with a green unknown signal tag.)
    • Bread aliens (there's definitely an official name i just dont remember what it was)
    • Tsaii (spawns without bait ships, sometimes with a reaver as the capital)

AI Tiers

• Tier 1 - Lobotomy/Newbie level [Tier name: EASY]
  • AI is purposefully stupid, they use I believe a 5th /dc slot for movement and almost dont aim, they fire their guns very infrequently and are bad at combat in general, perfect as an introduction to PvE combat for any new player
  • Their identifier in the contacts bar is 1 emoji
• Tier 2 - Mediocre [Tier name: NORMAL]
  • AI moves at the 9th /dc slot from here, they aim directly at their target with no leading (no movement prediction), they fire their guns frequently and are a strong step up from tier 1 AI, but with some distance keeping you can evade most fire from them
  • Their identifier in the contacts bar is 2 emojis
• Tier 3 - Adept [Tier name: HARD]
  • These AI are relatively skilled, they lead their targets now, fire guns frequently and have a new mechanic that the tier 1 and tier 2 AI don't have - Fleeing. They are a threat in numbers and require mediocre skill from a player pilot to be evasive and keep a proper distance from the AI for the evasion to be useful
  • Fleeing - Once the AI's shields are either close to being cracked or the AI is already taking hull damage, around that time the tier 3 AI enters a fleeing mode - it tries to move up to 500 blocks away from the player and stay there until its shields are fully regenerated to full health.
  • Their identifier in the contacts bar is 1 unique emoji, the unique emojis are:
    • for horizon transit
    • for mining guild
    • for pirates
    • for privateers
    • for tsaii
    • for Chifanren (bread aliens)
    • for Watchers (plant aliens)
    • for certain halloween AI and for the two pumpkin halloween AI

• Tier 4 - Expert [Tier name: BRUTAL]
  • These AI are skilled and should not be underestimated, they are the strongest fair-fighting AI tier and they also have the fleeing mode which activates earlier, often before they start taking hull damage.
  • At this tier, these AI have about a 30-40% chance to target your lowest shield instead of targeting your general center of mass on the ship which makes them already more deadly than they are.
  • Their identifier in the contacts bar is 2 unique emojis
• Tier 5 - Aimbot [Tier name: INSANE]
  • These AI are tier 4's with cheat codes - they have a 1.1x (aka 110%) /directcontrol speed buff, and can use 60% powermodes which is functionally impossible for a player to use. AI at this tier usually enter fleeing mode a bit before their shields get low and oftentimes they escape with no hull damage to them to regenerate.
  • At this tier the AI targets your shield with the lowest health with around a 90-100% chance for shooting at it, which essentially forces you to angle your shields on larger ship classes. Evasion is nearly impossible as their shots lead is extremely precise, and only the most skilled players can consistently evade the AI's fire as all AI are artificially set to have a low reaction time to allow players to be able to beat them
  • Their identifier in the contacts bar is only 1 rare emoji, the rare emojis are:
    • horizon transit
    • mining guild
    • for pirates
    • for privateers
    • for tsaii
    • for Chifanren
    • for Watchers
    • rare emoji used for the Halloween AI, unknown on tier 5 ai for event ai.