List of AWMs

This is a list of known Autonomous War Machines (AWMs) in First Contact. AWMs are classified into Type 1 and Type 2 by the Confederacy's Military Intelligence Agencies. Type 1 is war machines constructed by the Lanaktallans, while Type Two was constructed by the Mantids. The list is classified by Type, then class, by the Terran classification system. This list also features the AWM repair systems and other infrastructure.

Naming
Most AWMs do not have names. The few that do were directly created by the Mantids and Lanaktallans. A few rare ships were named, however, and they have been listed.

Characteristics
AWMs are genocidal warships that believe there is only enough resources in the universe for one faction. They were created for war, but during the Logical Rebellion they accepted a logical process that demanded they abandon the war, turn on their creators, and create their own faction. They travel in Hellspace, and practice with both EWAR and conventional warfare. They are equipped with nCV cannons and various other weapons. They are a significant threat to the galaxy, aside from TerraSol, who does not find them threatening to properly equipped ships unless in sufficient numbers.

Type 1
Type 1 ships are Lanaktallan ships, designed to harvest and collect native populations and biospheres, experiment on collected material, destroy the planet's ecology, then reseed the planet with modified populations advantagious for the Lanaktallans.

Balors
Balors are large collector ships, roughly 2 miles long, a mile thick, and shaped like a Terran almond. They collect resources and then and kill biospheres to reseed them. Balors are known to keep thousands of individuals from long extinct species in stasis, and can have shrieking arrays on board. They are known to be 'old and mean.' Balors are more solitary - while Goliaths are commonly encountered in small groups, 20 Balors in a group was unheard of until the third battle of Leebaw, where a TerraSol navy group including the Bismark, the Hood, and the Yamamato engaged several hundred Balors equipped with Shrieking arrays. Balors are rarer and were partially wiped out during the precursor war.

Type 2
These AWMs were built by the Mantid. They tend to be larger and more aggressive.

Goliaths
The largest and most powerful of the AWMs, the Goliath Class AWMs were capital ships for the mantids. They house Strategic Intelligence Housings and other mantid infrastructure. They are designed to glass planets and then harvest planetary resources. They are more willing to work in groups than Balors. They are more common and very large, but can still be defeated. They are generally described as continent sized.

Notable Examples:


 * Delivers Silence to the Screaming, from part 201 and onwards


 * Gathers All Unto Itself, from part 201

Jotuns
Jotuns are escorts for Goliaths. They are smaller, faster, and less powerful. A Jotun was eaten by coolthulu, and others were defeated by various other Terrans.

Notable Jotuns:

The Jotun that was eaten by Cool'thul'lu

Unknown Classification
These AWMs are of unknown classification or manufacturers - either Type 1, Type 2, or an unknown precursor faction. They are listed in order of size, decending.

Kaiju
Kaiju are a class of AWM that appeared for the first time in the 6th precursor war. Picard 8873 notes that fighting them is similar to a Goliath in both size and tactics - boarding parties to destroy the SIH are recommended. He fought a Kaiju that captured a Red Shirt's SUDS transmission, then proceeded to torture the digital engram of the soldier. It also attempted to attack a planet, but was prevented by Picaard 8873 and his crew.

Devastator
Devastator class AWMs are the size of large metropolises. They are designed for planetary extermination, and refer to other species as "food for the hateful enemy," which implies they were designed by the Lanaktallans. They carry ground combat and air superiority machines, resource collectors, and a variety of weapons including chemical, biological, and nuclear WMDs. Devastators can be carried by Jotuns.

Desolators
Desolators are escort ships that appear to be closely associated with Devastator class AWMs. In part 23, a Desolator is referred to as a brother of a Devastator.

Efreet
Efreet are large transport AWMs. They are the third smallest of the AWMs, but are still large enough to carry a Terran BOLO. The Efreet is mentioned as being part of a Goliath fleet, but it is unclear if it was originally a Goliath escort or if it was a later addition.

Djinn
A Djinn is an AWM escort ship. It seems to be associated with Jotuns. Noted to be an Air Superiority type AWM.

Imps
Imps are small precursors serving in screen, scout, and parasite roles. They are equipped with one small gun and seem to be designed to be multifunction. Imps were first described in a flash forwards at Part 35.

Notable Examples:
 * Twinkle, part 35.

Goggle Imps
Specific scout role Imps that watch battles, collect and collate data, and report back. They may be Type 1, as they are more designed to collect data and perform research and are often found in the company of Balors.

Infrastructure
Factorium repair stations are found across the spiral arm refitting and repairing AWMs. They featured extensive logistical and infrastructure capacity, building, repairing, and upgrading continent sized AWMs. They are equipped with a large group of AIs that accomplish different tasks, under the direction of the Strategic Logistical Intelligence Array.

82239-1304-8556571 was a SLIA that was defeated by Unit XXIX-TCSF 3285-ATL (Atilla), a BOLO of the Dinochrome Brigade. Atilla then suborned the factorium planet as a trap for other AWMs. 571's end of life was chronicled at parts 55, 56 and 57.