AD2460 Wiki:MILITARY: All you need to know

Your military is the most important part of the game. It's not just about the ships you can produce, though this is obviously important.. What makes this game unique is the tactics you can set that WILL make or break your path to victory. The combinations of ships you use in your fleet as well as the tactical options you choose will determine whether or not you emerge victorious. There are 4 classes of capital ships: Frigates, Cruisers, Battleships, and Carriers.

Commanders
Commanders are the people who lead your ships to battle, controlling every action of the battle. However you can assign tactics to your fleets so that your commander will retreat when ordered and target certain ships. Their personality also decides how a battle will play out, changing things such as how much damage to allocate and whether to send fighters in from or behind corvettes. Their ranks go from 1-10, and the titles are as shown: Each commander can command fleets with a maximum of 10k strength * rank. This means a vice admiral (rank 10) can command 100k strength. Each commander can also command other fleets, allowing for attacks much greater than what the commander can control in his or her own fleet. The number of fleets a commander can control is, starting from rank 1: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,10. Ranking up also increases their stats.
 * 1) 2nd Commander
 * 2) 1st Commander
 * 3) Captain
 * 4) Fleet Major
 * 5) Fleet Marshal
 * 6) Vice Marshal
 * 7) Vice Commodore
 * 8) Chief Commodore
 * 9) Master Commodore
 * 10) Vice Admiral

Frigates
Fast but weak, these ships are the first ships you will unlock. In larger fleets, they serve as cannon fodder, though special frigates can also provide unique support. Anti-minor frigates, once unlocked, do well in groups, destroying enemy minors. Boarding ships perform sabotage against enemy ships.
 * General
 * Light Frigate
 * Boarding Ship
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 * Outrider
 * Vanguard
 * Special: Hammerhead
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 * Arc
 * Rapphire
 * Special: Scythe
 * Neotech
 * Prime
 * Glimmer

Cruisers
Powerful but a bit slow, these ships are the second type unlocked. They have decent hull and the highest firepower/strength ratio of any capital ship. Special tech cruisers can have game changing effects on tactics and warfare.

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Carriers
Extremely slow, with high hull and low firepower, this is usually the third type of ship unlocked. They have carry space for 20 minor ships (more with upgrades).
 * Intech:
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 * Strontech
 * Heron
 * Neotech
 * Rivet

Battleships
Slow but deadly, these ships are the most powerful ship available. They have a higher hull: strength ratio than cruisers, but less firepower: strength. In smaller fleets, with the right tactics and the right targets, battleships can win fights with no losses. In larger fleets, they are primarily used for tanking damage.
 * Intech:
 * Warden
 * Omega
 * Strontech
 * Beast
 * Neotech
 * Beacon
 * Gravity Well

Fighters
Fighters are small and maneuverable vessels that shoot down missles and take out other minor ships. They are traingles on the battlefield and are built 5 at a time.


 * Tier 1: 70 strength each, these are the first fighters you get, and are unlocked with a lvl 1 production facility for each tech. They target enemy fighters first.


 * Intech


 * Spike
 * Strontech


 * Orb
 * Neotech


 * Swoop


 * Tier 2: 90 strength each, these are fighters unlockable through the tech tree. They target enemy corvettes first and have greater speed and firepower than tier one fighters.


 * Intech


 * Vulture
 * Strontech


 * Bolt
 * Neotech


 * Blink

Corvettes
Corvettes are designed to take on capital ships with their superior firepower while maintaining the speed of a fighter. They are built two at a time and are squares on the battlefield.
 * Intech
 * Anvil
 * Strontech
 * Blade
 * Neotech
 * Volt
 * Special: Ghost