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VB6 Aurora => Spoilers => Topic started by: Zincat on January 25, 2014, 08:56:19 PM

Title: Swarm - fighters in the hundreds?
Post by: Zincat on January 25, 2014, 08:56:19 PM
So, I fought today with my first swarm queen. Didn't spoil myself, learned through trial and error, and finally killed it. First time I went to that system, the queen had around 30 fighters....

... and when I came back to kill it, a couple years later, it had over 200?

Just wanted to know, is this normal? Because, well... it was quite a shock and things didn't go as planned, I had planned for 50-60 at most, not 200 XD Luckily my laser batteries eventually killed them all, but I did lose quite a few ships in the process.

So, did the queen spawn them, or perhaps someone sent the queen fodder? Some other less than smart NPR who kept feeding the swarm?


I also wonder if there's something bigger than the queen but... I don't want to know, so don't tell me XD
Title: Re: Swarm - fighters in the hundreds?
Post by: Nathan_ on January 25, 2014, 09:50:50 PM
thoroughly explore the system after you win vs the queen, you should find a couple of other things.
Title: Re: Swarm - fighters in the hundreds?
Post by: MarcAFK on January 25, 2014, 10:01:55 PM
There is a reason they're called the swarm you know :p
I'm assuming an NPR probably fed the queen some survey craft or freighters, or well, something else.
Title: Re: Swarm - fighters in the hundreds?
Post by: Zincat on January 26, 2014, 05:59:31 AM
thoroughly explore the system after you win vs the queen, you should find a couple of other things.

I am assuming here you are referring to the 5650 tons ships in orbit around a planet. Miners or something I'd guess? Hive spawners? Hive luxury resort facilities XD ? Whatever they were, I am told my planets are selling insect parts as curiosities this week....

If there's something else, then I have missed it, but it's strange considering I surveyed the entire system. Except from a planet 800 billions of kilometers away....
Title: Re: Swarm - fighters in the hundreds?
Post by: MarcAFK on February 09, 2014, 06:29:12 AM
Bump, so did you find anything else in the system?
Title: Re: Swarm - fighters in the hundreds?
Post by: Zincat on February 09, 2014, 08:32:01 AM
No, only those ships I mentioned above