Capturing - Revision history

HIII: Minor note about radex bots being mostly for combat

2024-02-13T10:22:15Z

Minor note about radex bots being mostly for combat

HIII: Minor phrasing on wild bot behaviour to emphasise permadeath over being able to be re-irradiated.

2024-02-13T10:18:01Z

Minor phrasing on wild bot behaviour to emphasise permadeath over being able to be re-irradiated.

HIII: General page rewrite.

2024-02-13T08:15:11Z

General page rewrite.

Retyu at 22:37, 9 June 2021

2021-06-09T22:37:48Z

Retyu at 22:36, 9 June 2021

2021-06-09T22:36:19Z

Simon at 05:25, 26 November 2019

2019-11-26T05:25:38Z

Simon: updating to bot and minor fixes

2019-11-26T05:23:29Z

updating to bot and minor fixes

Nappy at 02:47, 18 May 2018

2018-05-18T02:47:36Z

Simon at 17:50, 26 January 2009

2009-01-26T17:50:03Z

Julian: 1 revision

2008-11-13T07:13:47Z

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-[[Fleet Commander Class|Fleet Commander]]s with the Radiation Expert subskill can capture certain uncapturable ships, but cannot dock these wild bots.
+[[Fleet Commander Class|Fleet Commander]]s with the Radiation Expert subskill can capture certain uncapturable ships, but cannot dock these wild bots. As such, radex wilds are captured almost entirely for combat.
-Wild bots with this Radiation Expert eligibility are known as '''Radx''', '''Radex''', or '''Radexable''' bots. (See [[Wild Bots]])
+Wild bots with this Radiation Expert eligibility are known as '''Radx''', '''Radex''', '''Radex-able''' or '''Radexable''' bots. (See [[Wild Bots]])
 Radiation Expert's three stages enables the capture of increasing ranges of radexable bots:
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-''Historically, [[Slave Stasis Generators|Statis Generators]] were required for all bots to avoid permanent destruction at 0 shields, but they have been depreciated after allowing combat and trade bots to automatically enter stasis without stasis gens.''
+To see an example of capturing ships: [https://youtu.be/dw-PF_4ZuKk]
-To see an example of capturing ships: [https://youtu.be/dw-PF_4ZuKk]
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-To capture a ship, it must be '''irradiated''', where its shields are reduced to zero with [[Radiation Damage]]. A spray of orange sparks and a temporary invulnerability indicates that the ship is irradiated and ready to be captured. The disabled ship can then be attacked with a capture weapon such as a [[Prismatic Conversion]] to turn the ship into a '''wild bot'''. If the ship is destroyed regardless of the final blow's damage type, this means the ship is '''uncapturable'''. Certain ships like [[Pax Astralogica]]s are immune to radiation damage, meaning they are practically uncapturable.
+To capture a ship, it must be killed by ''irradiation'', where the final blow is dealt with [[Radiation Damage]]. A spray of orange sparks and a temporary invulnerability indicates that the ship is irradiated and ready to be captured. The disabled ship can then be attacked with a capture weapon such as a [[Prismatic Conversion]] to turn the ship into a '''wild bot'''. If the ship is destroyed regardless of the final blow's damage type, this means the ship is '''uncapturable'''. Certain ships like [[Pax Astralogica]]s are immune to radiation damage, meaning they are practically uncapturable.
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 Ships as wild bots have certain attributes unique from combat or trade bots:
 *Owners cannot remotely interact with their inventories
-*Wild bots occupy '''wild bot slots''', separate from conventional '''combat bot slots''' or '''trade bot slots'''
+*Wild bots occupy '''wild bot slots''', separate from conventional combat bot slots or trade bot slots
-*Wild bots do not enter [[Stasis]] when killed, being susceptible to re-irradiation or '''permanent destruction!'''
+*Wild bots do not enter [[Stasis]] when killed, being susceptible to '''PERMANENT DESTRUCTION''' (or re-irradiated, if the final blow is from radiation damage)
 To ensure a ship is not permanently destroyed in combat, a wild bot must be docked into a [[Station]], where it can either be flown by a player, or re-activated as a combat or trade bot.

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-The forcible taking of ships as bots is called '''capturing'''.
+'''Capturing''' is a mechanic in which an AI [[Ships|ship]] is taken over and converted into a [[Wild Bots|Wild Bot]]. This is done with the use of any weapon with the '''Injects Prism Control''' attribute, such as a [[Prismatic Conversion]].
-Before you can capture a ship you need to have [[Remote Control]] skill equal or exceeding the tech level of the ship.  You also need to be able to use all of the gear equipped on the ship, for example if the ship has a tech 6 cloak equipped, you must have [[Cloaking]] 6.
+[[File:Irradiation.png|thumb|300|A [[Ruined Haraka]] [[Speed Demon Class|Speed Demon]] literally blasting the life out of a [[Tear]] in a [[DG]].]]
-To capture a ship, attack it as normal, but use a [[Radiation Damage|Radiation]] [[Weapons#Radiation_Weapons|weapon]] for the final shot that reduces its shield to zero. A circular explosion of small lines indicates that the ship is now disabled and ready to be captured. Shoot the disabled ship with a [[Prismatic Conversion]] or a [[Weapons#Energy Weapons|Corsair's Converter]] to turn the ship into a bot.
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-If the above method does not work, there are several possible reasons for failure.
+Successful capture of a ship has several requirements:
-* If the ship is immune to radiation weapons, the shields will never be reduced below zero.
+*The ship is capturable (see the list of [[Capturable Only|capturable ships]])
-* You might not have sufficient bot slots for the new bot (see [[Remote Control]]).
+*Skills at a level equal or higher than the requirements of all the gear on the ship (and the ship itself) to be captured
-* The ship may not be "capturable" (see the list of [[Capturable Only|capturable ships]]).
+**For example, an AI  [[Space Blue Alpha Scout]] is a tech 3 ship, so [[Piloting]] 3 is needed.
-* The ship may not have sufficient free space for the ''Prismatic Controlbot'' (size 3) fired from the [[Prismatic Conversion]]. Some AI ships have no extra hull space with their regular gear, so they can only be captured with a capacity augmenter equipped or with [[Modifications|miniaturized]] gear.
+**For example, an AI [[Space Blue Alpha Scout]] has a [[Blue Energy]] -- a tech 5 energy -- so [[Electric Engineering]] 5 is needed.
-[[Fleet Commander Class|Radiation Experts]] can capture ships that are not capturable and capture above their RC level up to their skill in Radiation Expert, but cannot dock these "wild" bots.
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-"Capturable" is a slang term used to tell whether or not a certain ship can be possessed forcibly.
+To capture a ship, it must be '''irradiated''', where its shields are reduced to zero with [[Radiation Damage]]. A spray of orange sparks and a temporary invulnerability indicates that the ship is irradiated and ready to be captured. The disabled ship can then be attacked with a capture weapon such as a [[Prismatic Conversion]] to turn the ship into a '''wild bot'''. If the ship is destroyed regardless of the final blow's damage type, this means the ship is '''uncapturable'''. Certain ships like [[Pax Astralogica]]s are immune to radiation damage, meaning they are practically uncapturable.
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 * You might not have sufficient slave slots for the new slave (see [[Remote Control]]).
 * The ship may not be "capturable" (see the list of [[Capturable Only|capturable ships]]).
-* The ship may not have sufficient free space for the ''Prismatic Controlbot'' (size 3) fired from the [[Prismatic Conversion]]. Some AI ships have no extra hull space with their regular gear, so they can only be captured with a capacity augmenter equipped or with [[Mods|miniaturized]] gear.
+* The ship may not have sufficient free space for the ''Prismatic Controlbot'' (size 3) fired from the [[Prismatic Conversion]]. Some AI ships have no extra hull space with their regular gear, so they can only be captured with a capacity augmenter equipped or with [[Modifications|miniaturized]] gear.
 [[Fleet Commander Class|Radiation Experts]] can capture ships that are not capturable and capture capture above their RC level up to their skill in Radiation Expert, but is unable to dock these "wild" slaves.

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