BFRed

The Very Large Red Beam is a beam used by the Shivans in FreeSpace 2.

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

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Weapons in FreeSpace 2

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Description

Shivan anti-capital ship beam weapon mounted on SJ Sathanas.

Performance

Statistics

Range	7400 m
Recharge Time	10 s
Beam Lifetime	7 s
Type:	Direct
Shots	1
Damage per second	11 550
Damage per second (sustained)	80 850
Damage per pulse	{{{8}}}

Notes

Veteran Comments

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This is the undisputed king of all beam cannons in FreeSpace 2, beating out the MjolnirBeam and BFGreen. Four of these cannons can easily destroy a GTD Hecate in a single shot (Bearbaiting).

Really fun to play with when using cheats. If you force both primaries to this, you can take down an SJ Sathanas in a couple of shots.

Or take BFReds on both of the slots in an Erinyes. 8 BFReds will take down a Sathanas in one hit.

Here's a little note for new pilots playing the game on Medium difficulty or higher: the BFRed has the exact same recharge time as the LRed, which means that, on the highest difficulty levels, there is no recharge time at all; it will charge, fire, then immediately charge and fire again. On lower difficulties, the recharge time is increased a little across all beams, so there will be a pause of about five seconds while the BFRed recharges.