Posted by: Slornie
« on: September 29, 2020, 04:37:16 PM »These are raid fleets which have a random chance to appear in any battle where the defender has a shipyard. Essentially they are a third faction in the battle that is not affiliated with either combatant. When a raid fleet has been triggered you will receive a warning message about unknown forces incoming (advisor tooltip bottom left) which provides at least a minutes warning before the units enter the battle.
The composition and origin (faction basis) of the raid fleet varies but will not be the same faction as either attacker or defender. The units are not drawn from the state of the galactic map (in current versions at least) and will tend to move in the general direction of the shipyard, engaging any units that are within range.
There is no way to prevent or disable raids in-game (aside from there being no shipyard present) but to get raids five times in a row is pretty unlucky as the odds of it happening in any particular battle are about 3/20. With the advance warning you can even use the appearance of a raid fleet to your advantage and alter your tactics and unit disposition to account for their presence.
The composition and origin (faction basis) of the raid fleet varies but will not be the same faction as either attacker or defender. The units are not drawn from the state of the galactic map (in current versions at least) and will tend to move in the general direction of the shipyard, engaging any units that are within range.
There is no way to prevent or disable raids in-game (aside from there being no shipyard present) but to get raids five times in a row is pretty unlucky as the odds of it happening in any particular battle are about 3/20. With the advance warning you can even use the appearance of a raid fleet to your advantage and alter your tactics and unit disposition to account for their presence.