LRed

Large Red Beam is the basic beam used by the Shivans in the FreeSpace 2.

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

Weapons in FreeSpace 2

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS2

Description

Basic Shivan anti-capital ship beam weapon

Performance

Statistics

Range	4000 m
Recharge Time	10 s
Beam Lifetime	7 s
Type:	Direct
Shots	1
Damage per second	3 300
Damage per second (sustained)	2 310
Damage per pulse	23 100

Notes

Veteran Comments

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Standard enough Shivan beam cannon, roughly equivalent to the BGreen or BVas, but does more sustained damage / second. Mounted on the SC Lilith making it into kind of a monitor (see Wikipedia: Monitor) as well as the destroyers SD Demon and SD Ravana.

The LRed actually does more damage per minute than the BFGreen or LRBGreen, according to the Beam Reference, and only slightly less damage per minute than the MjolnirBeam due to its long firing time and short recharge rate. If not for the random turret refire delay, this beam can actually fire again as soon as its life expires.