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 == Summary ==
-The '''Dark Fog''' is the main enemy in Dyson Sphere Program. It is a mechanical automaton, resembling a [[wikipedia:Self-replicating_spacecraft|Von Neumann swarm]]. It was created by COSMO prior to the Dyson Sphere Program, with the goal of providing energy to CenterBrain. For unknown reasons connection to CenterBrain was lost, and the Swarm went rogue. It consists of [[Space Hive|Space Hives]] and [[Planetary Base|Planetary Bases]], gathering energy from stars and matter from planets.
+The '''Dark Fog''' is the main enemy in Dyson Sphere Program. It is a mechanical automaton, resembling a [[wikipedia:Self-replicating_spacecraft|Von Neumann swarm]]. It was created by COSMO prior to the Dyson Sphere Program, with the goal of providing energy to CenterBrain. For unknown reasons, its connection to CenterBrain was lost, and the Swarm went rogue. It consists of [[Space Hive|Space Hives]] and [[Planetary Base|Planetary Bases]], gathering energy from stars and matter from planets.
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 ==Player Tips & Tricks==
-* Dark Fog is the only renewable source of [[Soil Pile]], dropping in small quantities from all Dark Fog units.
+* [[Battlefield Analysis Base|Battlefield Analysis Bases]] can automate nearby repairs and item collection, and even filter specific Dark Fog drops. By continuously inciting the Dark Fog and using turrets to destroy its units as fast as they are produced, the player can set up an automatic farm. Farming the Dark Fog makes every item they drop renewable, allowing the player to get extremely limited resources such as [[Unipolar Magnet|Unipolar Magnets]] without depleting any ore deposits. All Dark Fog units also drop [[Soil Pile|Soil Piles]], making them the only renewable source of it. ''See [[Dark Fog Farming|here]] for an in-depth guide to farming.''
-* Dark Fog allows players to obtain extremely limited resources such as [[Unipolar Magnet|Unipolar Magnets]] without depleting any ore deposits.
-* You can set a [[Battlefield Analysis Base]] to automate repairs and item collection. You can even set filters for what will be collected, this can be used to farm Dark Fog drops.
-* If you set a defense perimeter close enough to a Dark Fog planetary base, but not close enough to its core, it will keep "farming" units endlessly. With the correct setup, you can automate this farm. An example of this would be setting towers being automatically fed by ammo with a nearby [[Battlefield Analysis Base]] to collect your desired drops. These drops can be fed to your logistics and be supplied to your factory.
 * Filling a Planetary Core does not invalidate the "Environmentalist" achievement.
 * A [[Gauss Turret]] with [[Magnum Ammo Box|Magnum Ammo]] and no damage upgrade needs 8(?) bullets to kill a level 0 Raider.
-* The Dark Fog's level does not actually increase units' stats that much, so take Dark Fog seriously even at level 0. What really dictates the Dark Fog's danger is how many units it has created. A quick way to gauge the Dark Fog's strength from a safe distance is to look at the Hive's side on the star map; well-established Hives are larger overall and likely will have many squadrons of fighters around it, while weak Hives are small and may be patrolled by only a handful of units.
+* The Dark Fog's level does not actually increase units' stats that much, so take Dark Fog seriously even at level 0. What really dictates the Dark Fog's danger is how many units it has created. A quick way to gauge the Dark Fog's strength from a safe distance is to look at the Hive on the star map; well-established Hives are larger overall and likely will have many squadrons of fighters around it, while weak Hives are small and may be patrolled by only a handful of units.
 * Pay attention to any Dark Fog Seeds in the cluster. Seeds travel very slowly, so it's not necessary to take them down immediately, but allowing them to take root and establish a proper Hive is dangerous. If the Seed does manage to grow a Hive, the Hive will still take time to build proper defenses, so nip it in the bud and eradicate the new Hive quickly.
-* Eradicating a Dark Fog Hive requires more than just destroying the Hive itself. Once the Hive's core is destroyed, any Relays occupying planets in the system will send matter back, reconstructing the core almost immediately. While the newly-repaired Hive will still take time to rebuild its defenses, the only way to truly destroy it for good is to also destroy all its Relays in the system. Destroying the Planetary Bases in the system is not necessary; once a Base's Relay is destroyed, the Base can no longer gather matter for the Hive or itself.
+* Eradicating a Dark Fog Hive requires more than just destroying the Hive itself. Once the Hive's core is destroyed, any Relays occupying planets in the system will send matter back, reconstructing the core almost immediately. While the newly-repaired Hive will still take time to rebuild its defenses, the only way to truly destroy it for good is to also destroy all its Relays in the system. Destroying the Planetary Bases in the system is not necessary; once a Base's Relay is destroyed, the Base will eventually run out of energy and go dormant.
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