Why does the AI orbital station go nuclear when I blow it up?

[lemonizer]

My friends and I are clearing out the galaxy and when we blow up the AI orbital station, it goes nuclear, destroying all resources and making it impossible to gather knowledge or resources from it forever.

Does anyone know why it happens or whether we should blow it up last?

Thanks in advance.

[Haagenti]

It happens because one of your AI opponents has this as "special power". I think this particular AI is called "Scorched Earth" but I'm not sure. There is nothing you can do against this in this game, except conquering resources from the other AI opponent. Look at your star map to see which planets belong to which Ai.

If both AIs are Scorched Earth, you are up a certain creek without a paddle and may consider restarting the game.

[lemonizer]

Oh wow, that's pretty hardcore lol.

Thanks for the speedy reply.

[Volatar]

Thats why the Scorched Earth type AI is one of the "harder" AI types. 

[Haagenti]

I think that is also safe to say that with the possible exception of the Special Forces Commander, all Harder AIs are very nasty and punch two or more levels above their weight.

Try Technologist Raiders if you like pain.

[laxrulz777]

Someone had previously suggested

AI lvl 10
Technologist
Scorched Earth

For a roaring good time!

[x4000]

Someone had previously suggested

AI lvl 10
Technologist
Scorched Earth

For a roaring good time!

[x4000]

I think that is also safe to say that with the possible exception of the Special Forces Commander, all Harder AIs are very nasty and punch two or more levels above their weight.

Try Technologist Raiders if you like pain.

From the upcoming prerelease, a feature that I suspect will be very popular:

-New AI Type:  Random Harder Non-Technologist.  A random AI type that includes only the higher-difficulty types, but none of the "technologist" types.

-New AI Type:  Random All Non-Technologist.  A random AI type that includes all types except the technologist types.

[Ktoff]

I think it came up somewhere already, but in line with something similar, why not just have a list of AIs with checkboxes from which the AIs will be chosen randomly so

[ ]scorched earth

• sledgehammer
• teleport turtle

[ ]technologist

would give me only AIs of the type sledgehammer and teleport turtle (sorry, i was too lazy to put in all the AI types)

[Echo35]

Someone had previously suggested

AI lvl 10
Technologist
Scorched Earth

For a roaring good time!

If by "roaring good" you mean "cause me to get locked in a white padded room with a tight jacket on" then yes, I totally agree!

[x4000]

I think it came up somewhere already, but in line with something similar, why not just have a list of AIs with checkboxes from which the AIs will be chosen randomly so

[ ]scorched earth

• sledgehammer
• teleport turtle

[ ]technologist

would give me only AIs of the type sledgehammer and teleport turtle (sorry, i was too lazy to put in all the AI types)

At some point, will likely do something like that.

[Ktoff]

Very good,
thanks for the quick reply!

[x4000]

No problem!  That's been on the list for a while, but it's kind of a middling priority.  The new AI types that I'm adding are kind of a middle ground, because they let people avoid the "cheating" type AIs, and just play with all of the others.  With some of the other new harder AIs that are coming -- none of which are cheating-style -- that becomes increasingly relevant for the moment.