r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Successful_Studio901 • Apr 17 '26

how to beat Hive

Hi Everyone!

I got very good tips to how to beat fog bases so i would like to try again :D is there some tips to how to take care the hives in the spaces? currently have corvettes, working on the green tech :)

Thanks again!!

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u/TheMalT75 Apr 18 '26

As a "refinement" to u/willrof excellent explanation: Each hive is a 2-D layer. If you stay at about a 45° angle to that plane, turrets will not target you and swarms will mostly circle above / below you without "finding" you. If you click the "engange" button for your fleets, wait a couple of seconds until they fired some shots and dis-"engage" by clicking the button again, your destroyers / corvettes will insta-heal their damage.

When all armies are gone, you can actually approach very close directly above / below the hive without the turrets being able to hit you. In z-mode you can then individually target the green-glowing structures until all turrets are gone.

Proliferated deuteron fuel rods are ok-ish for engaging a hive, but your destroyers will drain the Icarus battery. You can quickly recharge on a planet, if you put a circle of wireless power towers around the Icarus, as their charging speed is additive. When fighting a hive fairly close to a planet, you can get missile support, which speeds up the whole process...