Bots
Non-Player Characters are the AI-controlled characters in Vendetta. These can range from a small trading vessel to a huge battlecruiser, and can be either Unaligned or aligned with one or more factions.
Military Bots
These bots are part of the military of a given faction. They are either defensive or offensive.
- Station Guards - Defend stations and national territory from individuals of low standing with the faction in question. These bots are found at all stations.
- Strike Force - If somebody enters a Guarded sector who is Hated or KOS with that sector's guardians, the Station Guards will call for help, bringing these bots into the sector.
- Aerna Seeker - These bots come with a Strike Force. They will persue the KOS person at high velocities and, if possible, detonate themselves on his or her hull, causing immense damage.
Hive Bots
Hive bots are the unallied enemies in Vendetta Online. They serve as pirates, mining drones, and target practice. All Hive Bots are Unaligned. The different known types of Hive Bots are shown below:
- Observers - Spies, small and fast.
- Collector drones - The hive's source of ores, easy to kill while they are mining.
- Assault drones - Very agile ships that often defend transports.
- Transport drones - The hive's main way to transport ores, scrap metals, and other goodies.
- Guardian drones - The hive's heavily armored ships, big, bulky, and with tons of guns.
- Overseers - These are powerful vessels that guard the Hive Queens.
- Hive Queen - The source of the hive bots.
- Leviathan - Hive Queen Creator, the embodyment of the Hive.
- Bot Data Table - A table of information about the hive bots.
Other NPCs
There are also friendly NPC's in Vendetta online.
- NPC Traders - Keep the economy afloat by trading goods. They are each aligned with specific factions.
- GuideBots - These bots are provided for target practice in the Tutorial mission.
Historical NPCs
- Frigate (Deprecated) - This used to be a stationary NPC located in Sector 16- it was known as [NPC] Gentu. It has been superceded by the Heavy Assault Cruiser class of vessels.