![]() Beam Spam: Take your pick - laser beams, force beams, primary beams, energy beams, needle beams, capital force beams, capital primary beams, capital energy beams, second-generation capital force beams, nuclear-pumped X-ray lasers, heterodyne lasers, and don't even get me started on inertial sinks.The Terrans, Orions note cat aliens, and Ophiuchi note bird aliens first encountered them when they ran into the Rigellians note bear aliens. Their carriers mount their own weapons with which to defend themselves even if all their fighters are deployed. Fighters are tiny, fragile, single-seat weapon platforms capable of flying faster and turning more sharply than a normal-sized starship. The Battlestar: The first expansion published during the 1st Edition years, Starfire II, introduced fighter carriers.Capital primary beams drop the "only do a single point of damage" bit, though they still do less damage than a standard capital-scale weapon would. Primary (force) beams skip armour and shields, but only do a single point of damage. Armor-Piercing Attack: Lasers pierce (a limited, tech-determined number of) shields.Of course, having all that antimatter sitting in your starship's missile holds can be a tad dangerous. Antimatter: If nuclear missiles don't pack enough punch for your Space Navy, you can upgrade their warheads to the antimatter variety, which (depending on the tech level and which rule revision you're playing with) can do anywhere from 2-5 times as much damage.A Form You Are Comfortable With: When dealing with humans, the Vestrii (from Alkelda Dawn) like to wear powered armor suits that make them look like humans - often hot chick humans.If an enemy can work its way into a ship's blind spot, it can shoot all of its weapons at the ship and its target will be powerless to fire back. Achilles' Heel: All starships have a 60 degree "blind spot" directly aft.Also bears no relation to the 1980 coin-op Arcade Game Star Fire, or to the rocket-armed F-94C, or to the nuclear fusion process that powers actual stars. ![]() Not to be confused with the DC Comics character, Starfire. Oblivion (by Steve White and Charles E.Imperative (by Steve White and Charles E.Extremis (by Steve White and Charles E. ![]()
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