How often does the AI use the Ram attack?

[Deimos]

I've played the UDM mod for countless hours and never noticed the AI using Ram before, until just now haha.

I was in the early part of the game and Species 8472 showed up in the same sector as my Outpost and some 20+ Romulan ships.

To my surprise, all the Romulan ships rammed Species 8472, destroying it!

So the Romulans saved my outpost and as any good peaceful Federation member would do, I destroyed the remaining 2 Romulan ships as a thank you.

You have to show strength to Romulans, after all!

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

To my surprise, all the Romulan ships rammed Species 8472, destroying it!

Yeah, it's part of an AI tactical combat patch with many custom options.
I guess otherwise the monster had killed you all, since this action is only triggered with a 'lose' prognosis:

All ships not expected to survive shootouts vs 3 random enemy ships & Pugnacity 5 (jihad) Ram

--> new code:

Cloaked -> skip Ram Escalation & Escort NoShields Evade & 4th random command

Ram Escalation if Prognosis: (no escalation i.e. 'ram light' = lose & noShields & KillRamOK)

- Win = noShields & KillRamOK & HigherGroup (so fast group noShields should use evade)
- Unclear = noShields & KillRamOK
- Lose = KillRamOK or (SacrificeRamOK & noShields or (Monster & NoHigherGroup))

KillRamOK = own ship can survive ramming the target
SacrificeRamOK = ramming can kill target (no matter own ship survives)

Overkill (101 65h) = skip Prognosis 0 Retreat (unless battle start)
Havoc (102+ 66h+) = whole fleet random target wildcard Ram if Pronosis 0 (battle start Retreat)

So the Romulans saved my outpost and as any good peaceful Federation member would do, I destroyed the remaining 2 Romulan ships as a thank you.

You have to show strength to Romulans, after all!

A shining example of benevolence, son!

[Deimos]

Heh that's neat.
I think I saw it happen in another game I played when I had Bajor as a member and had built a starbase next to DS9/Terok Nor
I think it was a handful of small Cardassian ships that rammed Terok, but didn't destroy it.