Kodiak

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This article describes the NPC boss ship known as Kodiak, not the actual player-owned vessel. For the player ship with an identical appearance, see Kraken.

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Behavior

The Kodiak is a Pirate boss that drops materials necessary to create the ships such as the Obliterator and Nautilus. The Kodiak can spawn multiple times in a round, however, due to the wait length and average round length, often only spawns once. (TESTED AND CONFIRMED)

Most common and what-is-assumed-to-be-correct spawn time is every 240 minutes or 4 hours. (TESTED AND CONFIRMED) No player count requirement and can spawn in VIP servers. - TESTED AND CONFIRMED As with all boss ships like the Decimator and Galleon, the Kodiak can call pirate ships to its side for reinforcements. These reinforcement ships can be dangerous at close range but can straggle behind, making them less of a threat until they warp to catch up.

This ship exhibits typical AI behavior, chasing after its targets by warping and moving back and forth in a roughly linear pattern when targets are stationary. Once it locks on and begins firing at its target, it won't stop until the target or itself has been destroyed.

A friendly warning to the community:

The explosion radius is 1500 or 15,000 studs, the 2nd highest in the game tied with both prototypes and the Lucifer (being behind Mothership at levels 3-5), be sure to warp far, far away from it to avoid being nuked, as anything within that radius will likely be destroyed. The safest option is warping roughly 15k from the explosion, but most Dreadnoughts can survive closer ranges without difficulty. Keep in mind that the damage increases greatly the closer you are to the explosion.

Loot

The wreck of the Kodiak contains 1 Quantum Core, 2 Kodiak Plating, 15 Plasma Batteries, and 375 Armor Scraps, along with several tens of thousands of credits in combat rewards when destroyed solo (usually with support and a powerful ship you may get 50k or 60k).

(YOU HAVE TO RESPAWN YOUR SHIP AND LOOT IT AGAIN TO GET BOTH PLATINGS, AS YOU'LL ONLY GET 1 PLATING WHEN YOU LOOT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT WON'T LET YOU LOOT THE SECOND PLATING)

Strategy

- This ship's high firepower can destroy even well-armored tanking ships extremely quickly at close range, so a distraction ship such as the Draco or Viper is highly recommended. - The best way to kill a Kodiak is to lure it to a planet such as an upgraded Frion and hide behind it so the Kodiak would fire at the player but hits the planet allowing you to kill the Kodiak with ease. This also works with starbases above level 3, as you can easily hide in the Starhunters' fighter bay and let the base tank the Kodiak's fire. However, be aware that letting the Starbase tank all the damage may end its destruction, or leave it crippled. A modification to this strategy is using the Draco or Viper to distract both the Kodiak and Pirate fleet while the starbase/planet destroys the pirate fleet.

- Warp very far away due to the very large and powerful nuke, at least 15,000 studs. You'll have time to warp, but do not delay.

- Even most dreadnoughts, and some supercapitals, cannot take on the full firepower of the Kodiak, even without taking its spinals. Be very aware of this, stay near the starbase/planet, and dock-despawn if you're taking large amounts of damage at once and are not confident to keep taking it.

- Teamwork helps greatly, but it can be solo if you're willing to take risks.

- Also trivia, a common strategy is to lure the Kodiak to the Mega Base, assuming the Decimator is present with an alien fleet (due to their similar spawn times), and let the 2 fleets destroy/cripple one another. While the Kodiak usually wins this encounter, it has been recorded that the Decimator has come very close to winning, at times surviving (although usually with player help) up to the Kodiak's explosion

- Stay at least 8k away and dodge incoming torpedoes if the Kodiak is targeting you. Up close it can absolutely obliterate most Capital Ships before they do any real damage. Do not warp further than 15k from it. It will warp to you and you may lose your ship.

- Try to designate a ship as a target for the Kodiak so they can lure it in one direction at a distance and let other combat ships deal damage. If done properly, everyone attacking the Kodiak will take little to no damage.

- When looting the Kodiak, make sure you’re not at war in case other players become angry, most people will want the loot and may attack if you take it without clear permission. Keep in mind that even if you are not at war people may still start a war.

Version History

- Disabled in version ???

- It was previously equipped with 4 Triple Heavy Cannons and 4 Triple Heavy Lasers, but in version .65a6, with the Kraken.

- Re-enabled as a naturally-spawning boss in version .73a3.

- 20 Armored Platings changed to 500 Armor Scraps in version .73c10.

- From 7 players could was changed to 3 players to be able to spawn the Kodiak

- 3 player now only needs 1 player with 90 minutes of round

- Requires 4 players and spawns at a point between 21 and 150 minutes. (.74b17)

- Player requirement reduced once more to at least 1 player in an unknown version.

- Loot Reduced in an unknown version, 30 Plasma Batteries --> 15 Plasma Batteries, 750 Armor Scraps --> 375 Armor Scraps.

Trivia

- A similar ship named the Hijacked Kodiak exists in the game, but its purpose is unknown.

- The Kodiak used to be spawned at Lucifer Station by obtaining an item through the quest Dining In Hell. It had 18,000 Shield and 18,000 Hull and was equipped with 4 Kodiak Lasers and 4 Kodiak Cannons. The Kodiak also had 8 Medium Torpedoes and 4 Huge Phasers as Spinals, similarly to the current version. The Kodiak previously dropped up to 5 Kodiak Armor Plates, a material previously used to create the Kraken through the questline Depthbreaker.

- Has an admin variant, called the Kodiak A, which has way less HP and smaller hitbox than the Kodiak boss

- Referring to the turret change, the Kodiak and Kraken share turret models and sounds, most notably the railguns, although with different projectile coloring, turret coloring/texturing, and size.

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