**Forewords:**

The Aurora has always been **the** player's ship, as AI is not that good at piloting it. While I don't aim to challenge this notion, I believe that what I present here is an early-mid game Aurora build that can be useful, even in the hand of AI officers!



**Breakdown:** The ship is modified from the Strike autofit variant, with emphasis on short engagements and quick damage burst. 

\-  ***2 SABOT SRM + 1 Ion Pulser*** provide quick shield pop and EMP disabling.

\-  The ***3 Antimater Blasters*** are very versatile, the AI can use it either for armor destroying or finishing off the enemies. Having Reapers or other missiles in place of these blasters would definitely shorten the burst time, but would also take away long-term effectiveness of the ship. 

\-  The addition of ***Converted Hangar*** and ***Xyphos*** can be a bit unexpected, but in my experience, these fighters are really effective at killing other fighters and warding Phase ships away. The later effect is quite potent as Starsector pilot AI often struggle against phase ships.



**Officer Build:** The Aurora is not an easy ship for AI to pilot effectively, and thus, requires 3 core officer's skills to become potent. 

\-  ***Agressive personality*** is prefered in my experience, as Steady officers waste too much time not getting close enough to finish ships. 

\-  ***Helmsmanship*** is required, as Speed is key in both chasing and escaping, which this Aurora will be doing a lot. 

\-  ***Field Modulation*** is simply mandatory for every High-tech ship. 

\-  ***System Expertise*** is the cream on the top, allowing my AI pilot to escape from countless hairy situations. 



**How to use in battles:**  Simply go to the fleet command screen, tell it to go to the left or right flank and press Seach & Destroy button.

\-  Against weaker opponents: Dang thing will just scurry off on it's own, wrecking everything in it's path. (My Aurora often solo mid-sized pirate raiding parties without even a scratch at the end)

\-  Against large clusters of ships: It will dance around searching for kill angles, pretty smart!

\-  If you are seeing it facing against Capital-class ships or anything it can't fight against, manually command it to run away or regroup, as Starsector AI is not good at disengaging. 

  
And that's that, tell me what you think, or even better, what build you use for your AI-pilot Aurora!

An AI-officer-friendly, Aurora build.