Decoy Drone Fabricator

[Faulty Logic]

Am I missing something?

They seem absolutely worthless. Fighter IIs have more durability, and you only get 9.

[Diazo]

This is in fact worthless at the moment.

The ship cap has been set so low to control how many the AI get when the Support Corps send them at you in waves.

They are on the to-rework list, but this specific fabricator spawns so rarely that it near the bottom of the to do list.

D.

[Faulty Logic]

Thanks, Diazo.

[Bognor]

From what I've seen, enemies will keep targeting a decoy drone even when there are 1000 missiles heading straight toward it.  Each one ends up taking tremendous overkill (in some situations), so their effective health is very high.  If I remember right, you can also down-power them, only switching a new one on when the previous one is destroyed.

Can Artillery Golems target these?  If so, a cap of 9 should buy you 72 seconds to destroy the golem before it takes out your Advanced Factory / Fabricator / Home Command Station.  I haven't tried it but presumably you could also use them to shut down a Cursed Golem for quite a while, given how long their ammo takes to traverse an entire planet.

[onyhow]

Doesn't Shield Bearer do the same against Arty golem in that circumstance?

[Faulty Logic]

After much experimentation, I found a use for them. Stick them under a stack of forcefields, and arrange your fleet so that they are in decoy range but not under a ff, and you get the benefit of a protected fleet without the x.25 attack penalty.

I would still rather have any other fabricator.

Doesn't Shield Bearer do the same against Arty golem in that circumstance?

Yes, but the AI doesn't tolerate mkV shield bearer fabs, knowing they would be its downfall.