Ship

EMP-Bomb

The weapon against alien shields: the EMP bomb weakens the particle shield of an alien planet and is used up in the process.

Before your fleet can fight an alien planet, its particle shield has to fall. Every attack weakens the shield. If it is stronger than your fleet's damage, the attack bounces off and your ships return home without a fight. EMP bombs deal many times the damage of normal ships against this shield.

The bombs are completely used up in the attack – whether the shield falls or not. If it breaks, the battle against the alien defense begins in the very same attack.

Tips

Always send EMP bombs together with Jammer probe units and your battle fleet – without a jammer probe no attack on aliens is possible.
A spy report from your jammer probes tells you how strong the alien shield still is.

Background

The EMP-Bomb creates at impact a strong electromagnetic impulse which is specially designed for the charge of alien particle shields. They work very similar to our particle cannons which are useless against aliens because of a different frequency.