Ancient Mining Drones / Chasmal Horde

[Sammyrism]

From out of nowhere, I got three Ancient Mining Drones and one Chasmal Horde ship that I can contol. I think it happened when I conquered a solar system some time ago. I can't upgrade them or have them merge with my other fleets, and their power is 112 and 178, so they're pretty useless. (I'm in late-game, my fleet has 75k power.)

What's the point / purpose of these ships, and where did they actually come from? I remember having enemies like those earlier.

[Inrage]

I think you get them from researching certain anomalies. Early game I use them as scouts to sent to the outskirts of the galaxy to scout ahead for my science ships.

If I get them mid game I just let them tag along with my main fleet and usually they will die in the first war I start. So yes then they are useless.

On the other hand when you find some early game with better tech than you have it can be a nice boost during an early conquest.

[Sammyrism]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Inrage:

I think you get them from researching certain anomalies. Early game I use them as scouts to sent to the outskirts of the galaxy to scout ahead for my science ships.

If I get them mid game I just let them tag along with my main fleet and usually they will die in the first war I start. So yes then they are useless.

On the other hand when you find some early game with better tech than you have it can be a nice boost during an early conquest.

True true. Thanks for explaining!

[Dray Prescot]

Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to research intact ships that are under your control for tech bonuses, we can only investigate wreckage for tech advances. (unless the new beta changed it ?)

[Sammyrism]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Dray Prescot:

Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to research intact ships that are under your control for tech bonuses, we can only investigate wreckage for tech advances. (unless the new beta changed it ?)

It would be insanely cool if we could research and produce ships we own that are not our race's original ships!