Tables of fleet strength needed to bomb primitive colonies
How many ships do you need to successfully destroy a colony of a given
strength? That depends on your technologies: Do you have shields that
protect your ships and/or do you have Smart Bombs or
Bio-weapons. It also depends on what type of ships you bring: Are they
specialized Invasion Ships and Assault Bombers or more general
warships? The tables on this page assume you do not have any special
technology except possibly effective shields and that you use only the most
efficient ships for bombing.
(For more choices and more detailed information use the
bomb/enslave attack simulator.)
To get the most bombing capacity for as little i.p. as possible you
need to build Invasion Ships and possibly top up with one to three
Assault Bombers for any remaining "loose change".
Four Assault Bombers cost the same as one
Invasion Ship, so you should never consider building more than three -
if you can afford a fourth you are better off building an Invasion Ship
instead (provided you have the starport capacity and all the ships are built
by the same colony).
The tables show the succes rate for fleets made up of a given number of
Invasion Ships (IS) and Assault Bombers (AB) bombing a worst case
primitive colony on a given turn. The "worst case" is based on the "Max."
columns of the tables showing the development of
primitives in "Stellar Conflict".
The tables assume that the invasion fleet is completely intact when it
starts bombing, i.e. that ships have not been damaged by any orbital defences.
That means you should add additional fleet strength to handle orbital defences
(if invading on turn 10 or later).
Empty entries to the left of the 100.0% entry in a row
indicate zero chance of succes while empty entries to the right of the
100.0% entry indicate 100% chance of succes. So for example
reading the first table below you can learn that if you in turn 4 attack
a worst case size 75 terran planet you will have zero chance of success if
you bring less than one Invasion Ship, you have 34.5% chance of
succes if you bring only an Invasion Ship
and you are assured success if you bring at least one Invasion Ship
and one Assault Bomber.
Rather than having one huge table for unshielded ships and one huge table
for shielded ships, the tables have been split into multiple tables
in order not to have too many columns to fit in your browser.
Entries are shown even for turn 1, but it is certainly not recommended
to blindly send out expensive bombers in turn 1 before exploring your
surroundings.
Unshielded ships
These tables are valid if you do not have shield technology offering protection
from the defending guns of the primitives.
| Strength of unshielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 2 AB | 3 AB | 1 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 2 IS |
1 | size 65 | 70.0% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | 20.9% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 75 | 3.5% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 80 | 0.2% | 100.0% | | | | | |
2 | size 65 | | 92.2% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 70 | | 79.3% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 75 | | 48.9% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 80 | | 21.1% | 100.0% | | | | |
3 | size 65 | | 0.1% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 70 | | | 100.0% | | | | |
size 75 | | | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | |
size 80 | | | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | |
4 | size 65 | | | 80.0% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | | 58.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | 34.5% | 100.0% | | | |
size 80 | | | 6.0% | 99.5% | 100.0% | | |
5 | size 65 | | | | 2.3% | 87.4% | 100.0% | |
size 70 | | | | | 46.1% | 99.4% | 100.0% |
size 75 | | | | | 16.6% | 95.9% | 100.0% |
size 80 | | | | | 0.2% | 61.4% | 100.0% |
| Strength of unshielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 1 IS+3 AB | 2 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 3 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB |
6 | size 65 | 0.4% | 89.8% | 100.0% | | | | | | |
size 70 | | 58.0% | 99.7% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 75 | | 7.2% | 81.7% | 99.8% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 80 | | 0.1% | 21.4% | 92.3% | 100.0% | | | | |
7 | size 65 | | | 0.2% | 20.2% | 91.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | | | 0.3% | 28.2% | 99.2% | 100.0% | | |
size 75 | | | | | 0.4% | 73.4% | 99.2% | 100.0% | |
size 80 | | | | | | 12.8% | 79.5% | 99.3% | 100.0% |
| Strength of unshielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 3 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 4 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 5 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB |
8 | size 65 | 1.4% | 58.6% | 96.8% | 100.0% | | | | | | | |
size 70 | | 0.7% | 42.9% | 94.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 75 | | | 0.8% | 46.2% | 99.0% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 80 | | | | 0.4% | 66.0% | 97.3% | 100.0% | | | | |
9 | size 65 | | | 0.2% | 2.0% | 78.2% | 99.6% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 70 | | | | | 10.5% | 65.2% | 98.5% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | | | | 5.7% | 55.3% | 95.5% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | | | | 1.0% | 30.5% | 97.2% | 99.9% | 100.0% |
| Strength of unshielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 4 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 5 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 6 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB |
10 | size 65 | 0.5% | 10.9% | 61.2% | 96.5% | 100.0% | | | | | | |
size 70 | | 0.2% | 3.3% | 30.8% | 95.7% | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 75 | | | 0.1% | 1.2% | 44.8% | 88.7% | 99.6% | 100.0% | | | |
size 80 | | | | | 2.1% | 18.3% | 64.0% | 96.8% | 100.0% | | |
11 | size 65 | | 1.4% | 15.5% | 67.7% | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | | | 0.1% | 3.3% | 63.9% | 96.3% | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | | 0.1% | 4.4% | 30.8% | 79.8% | 98.2% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | | | 0.8% | 11.0% | 52.1% | 98.6% | 100.0% | |
12 | size 65 | | 0.7% | 9.0% | 46.2% | 97.9% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | | | 0.1% | 2.0% | 40.6% | 87.7% | 99.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | | | 1.5% | 16.0% | 60.3% | 93.6% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | | 0.1% | 0.3% | 6.3% | 29.9% | 92.8% | 99.8% | 100.0% |
13 | size 65 | | 0.5% | 9.0% | 45.6% | 98.1% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | | | 0.1% | 2.0% | 40.6% | 87.7% | 99.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | | | 1.5% | 16.0% | 60.3% | 93.6% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | | 0.1% | 0.3% | 6.3% | 29.9% | 92.8% | 99.8% | 100.0% |
14 | size 65 | | 0.5% | 9.0% | 45.6% | 98.1% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | | | 0.1% | 2.0% | 40.6% | 87.7% | 99.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | | | 1.5% | 16.0% | 60.3% | 93.6% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | | 0.1% | 0.3% | 6.3% | 29.9% | 92.8% | 99.8% | 100.0% |
Shielded ships
These tables are valid for a fleet where all ships are eqiupped with shields
offering protection against the current weapon technology of the primitives.
In turns 1 to 3 this means at least the Energy Shield, on turns
4 and 5 it means at least the Graviton Shield and on turn 6 or later
it means the Antimatter Shield.
| Strength of shielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 1 AB | 2 AB | 3 AB | 1 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB |
1 | size 65 | 0.5% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 75 | | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 80 | | 100.0% | | | | | |
2 | size 65 | | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 70 | | 98.9% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 75 | | 93.5% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 80 | | 78.7% | 100.0% | | | | |
3 | size 65 | | 12.9% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 70 | | 3.5% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 75 | | 0.9% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 80 | | | 100.0% | | | | |
4 | size 65 | | | 97.7% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | | 91.2% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | 82.9% | 100.0% | | | |
size 80 | | | 57.5% | 100.0% | | | |
5 | size 65 | | | 0.1% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | | | 99.1% | 100.0% | | |
size 75 | | | | 94.2% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | 53.6% | 100.0% | | |
6 | size 65 | | | | 0.2% | 89.0% | 100.0% | |
size 70 | | | | | 59.5% | 100.0% | |
size 75 | | | | | 10.6% | 99.1% | 100.0% |
size 80 | | | | | | 71.4% | 100.0% |
| Strength of shielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 1 IS+2 AB | +3 AB | 2 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 3 IS | +1 AB |
7 | size 65 | 7.2% | 97.8% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 70 | | 55.9% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 75 | | 3.2% | 100.0% | | | | | |
size 80 | | | 90.6% | 100.0% | | | | |
8 | size 65 | | | 74.8% | 100.0% | | | | |
size 70 | | | 4.0% | 95.5% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | | 0.1% | 33.8% | 99.7% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | | 0.5% | 69.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% | |
9 | size 65 | | | | 1.4% | 90.1% | 100.0% | | |
size 70 | | | | | 7.7% | 97.9% | 100.0% | |
size 75 | | | | | | 33.9% | 100.0% | |
size 80 | | | | | | 0.6% | 96.0% | 100.0% |
| Strength of shielded bombing fleet |
Turn | Terran | 2 IS+2 AB | +3 AB | 3 IS | +1 AB | +2 AB | +3 AB | 4 IS |
10 | size 65 | 1.3% | 39.8% | 99.9% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | 1.8% | 94.7% | 100.0% | | | |
size 75 | | 0.1% | 26.6% | 97.6% | 100.0% | | |
size 80 | | | 0.4% | 28.1% | 97.7% | 100.0% | |
11 | size 65 | 0.1% | 8.3% | 98.9% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | 0.1% | 42.1% | 99.2% | 100.0% | | |
size 75 | | | 2.6% | 43.6% | 99.4% | 100.0% | |
size 80 | | | | 1.9% | 49.4% | 99.5% | 100.0% |
12 | size 65 | | 6.3% | 97.5% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | 0.3% | 25.6% | 96.3% | 100.0% | | |
size 75 | | | 1.8% | 27.5% | 96.1% | 100.0% | |
size 80 | | | | 1.4% | 29.5% | 96.8% | 100.0% |
13 | size 65 | | 5.6% | 95.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | 0.3% | 25.6% | 96.3% | 100.0% | | |
size 75 | | | 1.8% | 27.5% | 96.1% | 100.0% | |
size 80 | | | | 1.4% | 29.5% | 96.8% | 100.0% |
14 | size 65 | | 5.6% | 95.8% | 100.0% | | | |
size 70 | | 0.3% | 25.6% | 96.3% | 100.0% | | |
size 75 | | | 1.8% | 27.5% | 96.1% | 100.0% | |
size 80 | | | | 1.4% | 29.5% | 96.8% | 100.0% |
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