With enough pawns, a single firing cycle can devastate huge groups of raiders. Charge rifles should be given to as many pawns as possible, as it provides large amounts of damage with a decent burst shot count and armor penetration. Your pawns should be equipped with the best weapons possible to survive the coming 15 day onslaught after building the ship. Generally, a parka made from the textiles mentioned above will generally provide both better protection and insulation than a wool duster.Ĭloth should be avoided as it has the worst protection of any textile. Wool, as always, provides excellent insulation in cold areas, though should be avoided for dusters due to its terrible protection. If none of these can be acquired, high tier leathers, such as rhinoceros leather or heavy fur may be substituted. Devilstrand works wonders as a replacement for these two options, as it provides lesser, but still excellent protection, and can be mass-produced with large enough fields. Their rarity means that you may still have trouble amassing them in endgame even if you can easily afford them. If you have slain some thrumbos then thrumbofur also makes a equally good choice. Hyperweave makes a good choice of fabric as it provides excellent protection. Keep in mind that a high quality thrumbofur or devilstrand duster and flak vest combo may provide similar protection to power armor of a similar quality. You may want to buy power armor instead as crafting it costs a great amount of time, however crafting it can be cheaper than directly buying the armor and more readily available. Soldiers can be equipped with full sets of power armor for maximum protection.

Parkas are not recommended except in very cold climates due to the lower protection it provides. Dusters are preferable as they also provide protection to the legs. You should have all your colonists wear dusters or jackets, to provide additional insulation and protection. Even if you can afford it, you will need to consider where to put your reactors. They provide a constant 1000W power, however they cost quite some resources, take up lots of space and can only be built outside. If you want, you can also have some ship reactors to power your base. Generally, it follows the same rules as midgame power, except in a much larger scale. Solar panels and wind turbines should be built as needed, and you should have a great backup power supply enough for one or two days' worth of power as well. You will need supplementary power sources in order to do so. If you feel really overwhelmed, you can also call these troops during the cooldown at a cost of extra honor.īy now you should have a vastly expanded base, no matter what playthrough you are going for.Įven if you have geothermal generators sitting around all your steam geysers by now, that may not be enough to power an endgame base. If you have a noble in your colony, you can use your permit to call in small squads of Empire soldiers to assist you. At this stage, you can always sacrifice some goodwill they can be repaired by rescuing any downed survivors of the reinforcement (capturing will bring instant bad will), or gifting them.

Even though they aren't that powerful in combat compared to your endgame soldiers, they can still distract them for a while, giving you time to deal with the raiders. They will be glad to send a few fighters to help your efforts. If you feel that you're overwhelmed, don't be afraid to request aid from your friendly factions. Killboxes funnel the raiders, allowing you to use traps efficiently and concentrate fire on raiders. Mortars can be operated by any colonist as long as they are not incapable of violence.Ī common and effective method to repel endgame-level raids is to build a wall around the base and then build killboxes. 5-6 should be easily affordable by an endgame colony, as well as the mortar shells and barrels needed to operate the mortars. You can build a lot of mortars to bombard any incoming raiders. You can see defense tactics for more defensive strategies, or defense structures for constructed defenses. They can easily overwhelm your colonists, so you must have a strong defense system and clever strategies in place. This will attract large numbers of powerful raiders who will attempt to plunder your colony to get at the wealth stored within. Defense Įndgame colonies tend to be very rich. This guide discusses bringing a colony to full maturity, including the options of making new settlements and reaching one of the end-of-game scenarios.

If you have made it this far into the game, you have survived mechanoid raids, solar flares, manhunter packs, and many other horrible things, congratulations! By now you should have a full-fledged colony with strong defenses and a plentiful supply of food and power.

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