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===Advantages=== | ===Advantages=== | ||
*A Mobile Assault Colony can be used to hit targets who feel safe in their current universe position due to the lack of enemies. | *A Mobile Assault Colony can be used to hit targets who feel safe in their current universe position due to the lack of enemies. | ||
| − | *A MAC is superior to a Hephaestus in that it can build new ships and [[Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles]]. | + | *A MAC is superior to a Hephaestus in that it can build new ships, defenses, mines, and [[Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles]]. |
*A player can have multiple MACs. | *A player can have multiple MACs. | ||
| − | *A Gaia is almost 30 times faster than a Heph, | + | *A Gaia is almost 30 times faster than a Heph, and even a Zeus is slightly faster than a Heph. MACs can be deployed faster than a Hephaestus to the same area. |
| + | *A player has to have very high levels of research before unlocking the Hephaestus class attack platform. A MAC can be deployed as soon as the player has unlocked the gaia class colony ship. | ||
| + | *A MAC costs fewer resources to build than a hephaestus class attack platform. | ||
*A Hephaestus may be destroyed, along with all ships aboard and all ships in transit from it and returning to it. The MAC can not be destroyed, only abandoned by the commander. | *A Hephaestus may be destroyed, along with all ships aboard and all ships in transit from it and returning to it. The MAC can not be destroyed, only abandoned by the commander. | ||
Revision as of 04:24, 13 September 2014
A Mobile Assault Colony, more commonly known as a MAC, is a colony created to quickly attack a target.
Description
When a commander colonizes a MAC, he or she will usually send a large attack fleet along with their Gaia. They also take little note of the fields on the planet, usually only needing enough to build a fodder-producing Shipyard and possibly a Missile Silo. A MAC is used to quickly attack targets in a particular system and move on to a new system with new targets, similar to the Hephaestus Class Attack Platform.
Evaluation
Advantages
- A Mobile Assault Colony can be used to hit targets who feel safe in their current universe position due to the lack of enemies.
- A MAC is superior to a Hephaestus in that it can build new ships, defenses, mines, and Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles.
- A player can have multiple MACs.
- A Gaia is almost 30 times faster than a Heph, and even a Zeus is slightly faster than a Heph. MACs can be deployed faster than a Hephaestus to the same area.
- A player has to have very high levels of research before unlocking the Hephaestus class attack platform. A MAC can be deployed as soon as the player has unlocked the gaia class colony ship.
- A MAC costs fewer resources to build than a hephaestus class attack platform.
- A Hephaestus may be destroyed, along with all ships aboard and all ships in transit from it and returning to it. The MAC can not be destroyed, only abandoned by the commander.
Disadvantages
- A single MAC is completely immobile, and multiple MACs less mobile than a Heph, which can go anywhere in the universe if the player has enough hydrogen.
- A MAC requires the use of a planet slot.
